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Monday The calm before the storm and with the British jumps season having come to a thrilling climax on Saturday, six Flat meetings across Britain and Ireland start a fascinating week. The pick of the day's racing comes from Navan where the Listed Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Woodlands Stakes (2.25) is the feature of an eight-race card. Ayr hosts the first of its two-day meeting to herald the beginning of its Flat season, Lingfield and Southwell host all-weather afternoon fixtures and Windsor and Thirsk keep the action going well into the evening. Tuesday The jumps season might be over i...

Underwriting Exchange Gold Cup Novice Chase | 2m4f | Grade 1 | 5yo+ | RTE2/RTV Willie Mullins has won the last two runnings of this and it is the unreliable Asterion Forlonge rather than the ultra-reliable Energumene who spearheads his challenge. This was the scene for the first of Al Boum Photo's three Grade 1 wins. He was the Willie Mullins second string that day when seeing off Shattered Love, while Voix Du Reve led home a 1-2 for the stable the last time this race was run in 2019. So, where do we stand with Asterion Forlonge? The giant grey looked to have the world at his feet when brushi...

UPDATED 6:42PM, FEB 21 2021 Disappointed but not completely disillusioned. That was the reaction of Gordon Elliott after dual Grand National hero Tiger Roll trailed home last of the six finishers behind Beacon Edge in the Ladbrokes Ireland Boyne Hurdle at Navan on Sunday. There was no mention of the Grand National from Elliott afterwards – William Hill have pushed him all the way out to 25-1 for that – but the good news for his legions of fans is that the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase remains very much part of the plan. You have certainly not seen the last of him.  Elliott sa...

'); 'It’s still all systems go for Cheltenham': Elliott unconcerned as Tiger Roll fades in Boyne Hurdle Beacon Edge won today’s Grade 2 feature at Navan. By Press Association Sunday 21 Feb 2021, 4:03 PM Feb 21st 2021, 4:03 PM 2,732 Views 2 Comments Beacon Edge, left, chases down Fury Road to win the Boyne Hurdle. Image: Niall Carson/PA Image: Niall Carson/PA DUAL GRAND NATIONAL hero Tiger Roll remains on course for the Cheltenham Festiva...