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NUBE Negra (7/1) can cause a minor surprise in the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase, today's feature race at the Cheltenham Festival. Backing against Chacun Pour Soi (10/11) may prove folly, of course, but as yet the big-race favourite still needs to prove his appetite for the Cheltenham hill. While Willie Mullins' hotpot has been beaten just once in Ireland since his move from France in 2016, in all that time we have only seen him in action seven times. Nevertheless, as a nine-year-old he should be at his peak now - although there is obviously a fragility about him, which reared it...

Cheltenham Festival: Donn McClean with five Irish handicappers to follow By Donn McClean 21:45 · MON March 15, 2021 The leading pundit completes his build-up to Cheltenham with five Irish horses expected to outrun their prices in handicaps this week. You Raised Me Up (Martin Brassil) You Raised Me Up didn’t run at Cheltenham last year. Third in the Ladbrokes Hurdle at the 2020 Dublin Racing Festival, he was an 11th-hour withdrawal from the County Hurdle, a race that was run on ground that would have been softer than ideal for him. Martin Brassil’s horse was impressive in winning his maid...

Horse & Hound Trending: 13 March, 2021 12:24 SUNBURY, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 27: Harry Skelton riding Nube Negra clear the last to win The Ladbrokes Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton Park Racecourse on December 27, 2020 in Sunbury, England. Owners are allowed to attend if they have a runner at the meeting otherwise racing remains behind closed doors to the public due to the Coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images) Horse & Hound is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The sev...

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Comment The story of Crisp, whose heroic defeat at the '73 Grand National helped tee up the legend of Red Rum Crisp was beaten by Red Rum in racing's crown jewel despite having led at one stage by 30 lengths in one of the all-time epic races Crisp (R) is beaten by Red Rum in the 1973 Grand National Credit: REX FEATURES It is an irony of sport and, indeed, soldiery – I am thinking Napoleon and Waterloo here – that occasionally the greats are defined by a defeat rather than their numerous victories. Never was there a better example in racing than Crisp, one of the genuine heroes of the wint...