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By Andrew Atkinson Altior has been withdrawn from the Queen Mother Champion Chase on day two at the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday after trainer Nicky Henderson revealed the chaser had returned an unsatisfactory scope. “We are very sorry that we have taken the difficult decision not to run Altior in the Champion Chase. He coughed […]

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By Andrew Atkinson Exclusive Cheltenham Triumph Hurdle 1995 winner Kissair and 2000 Arkle winner Tiutchev, bred by Mrs D M Rothschild, continue to spend happy lives in retirement with Nikki Atkinson. “Rabbit (Kissair) was 30 on March 7, having been gifted to me in 1999, a couple of months after my sister died of cancer,” […]

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Quote: ‘I’m not saying we’ll win – but I have nothing to point to that would make me think we’ll definitely get beaten in the Arkle’ – trainer Dan Skelton DAN Skelton trained five-year-old Allmankind runs in the Sporting Life Arkle at Cheltenham after winning the Kingmaker Novices’ Chase at Warwick. “I was happy with […]

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By Andrew Atkinson Tiger Roll will not run in the 2021 Aintree Grand National in a controversial move – having been handicapped to carry 11st 9lbs. Gordon Elliott based Gigginstown based stables claim the horse’s allocated handicap mark of 166 did not reflect 11-year-old Tiger Roll’s obvious decline. Tiger Roll, winner of the  2018 and […]

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By Andrew Atkinson Tiger Roll will not run in the 2021 Aintree Grand National in a controversial move – having been handicapped to carry 11st 9lbs. Gordon Elliott based Gigginstown based stables claim the horse’s allocated handicap mark of 166 did not reflect 11-year-old Tiger Roll’s obvious decline. Tiger Roll, winner of the  2018 and […]

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