Posts tagged Binocular
Nicky Henderson focussed on Binocular return
Nov 24th
After the winners of both the Queen Mother Champion Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup have proved that their powers remain undiminished, it is the turn of the reigning champion hurdler. When Binocular won last season’s Champion Hurdle it came at the end of a bizarre period when Nicky Henderson had all but ruled the horse [...]
Binocular requires sense of perspective
Mar 5th
This is usually the time before a Cheltenham Festival that produces more hard-luck stories than the poor house, as fancied horses succumb to various injuries and ailments. Now Binocular appears ready to buck the trend by making the line-up for the Champion Hurdle, having been ruled out by Nicky Henderson with a muscle problem. [...]
Henderson hopes for clarity with Binocular
Feb 2nd
The Champion Hurdle crown appears to be up for grabs in an open year and yet Sandown has reported a shortage of runners for the latest trial. Despite losing much of January to the freeze, there were only six initial entries for Saturday’s Toteswinger Contenders Hurdle, meaning that the race was re-opened until this morning. [...]
Irish trainers play numbers game
Jan 20th
The days when Irish-trained runners dominated the major prizes at the Cheltenham Festival may be receding into the more distant memory now but they will not lack for numbers in this year’s Champion Hurdle. Having failed to even make the frame in the past two renewals of the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, Irish trainers appear [...]
Go Native faces latest bonus hurdle
Dec 22nd
Having had another day to think about matters nine horses have been left in for the williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle at Kempton Park on Boxing Day. Noel Meade, who has landed three of the last five runnings of the Grade One race, plans to run Go Native (he also has Donnas Palm in the field) who [...]
Henderson hooked on the winning line
Dec 18th
At the time it could be dismissed as nothing more than one of the quirks of superstition that run through sport. Caracciola had just become the oldest horse in modern times to win a Royal Ascot race in the Queen Alexandra Stakes, the longest race in the Flat calendar. However, there was no sign of [...]
JP looking for initial big-race success
Dec 16th
A look at the various championship tables in jump racing suggests that it is very much business as usual. Tony McCoy is still repelling all challengers from the ranks of jockeys as he appears to have done since God was a child, Paul Nicholls is turning out big-race winners by the handful to keep both [...]
Weight of evidence on Denman’s side
Nov 27th
A certainty or the first to be safely crossed off the list? This year’s renewal of the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury has been dominated, in more ways than one, by Denman. The topweight has to carry 11st 12lb, the same weight that he made light of to win the race two years ago. However, [...]
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