Home Sport Horse Racing 2008 04 05

Horse Racing for 5 April 2008

Showing 1-16 of 16 articles .

Articles...

Mullins harbours thoughts of writing name in history

Apr 5 2008

TOM MULLINS won’t predict anything, but he is hoping to add his name to the many Irish family dynasties to have conquered Aintree’s famous race....

King’s charge Voy masterminds Melling success

Apr 5 2008

VOY POR USTEDES turned around a 19-length deficit with Master Minded from the Queen Mother Champion Chase in emphatic fashion to inflict a second big-race defeat on the Paul Nicholls-Clive Smith team in the John Smith’s Melling Chase at Aintree yesterday....

Six of the best from the Emerald Isle

Apr 5 2008

FOR 24 years Irish-trained horses failed to win a single John Smith’s Grand National....

Dobbin wants to bow out on a high

Apr 5 2008

THERE’S a horse who fell at the first fence in the John Smith’s Grand National....

McCain seeks bright end to long Lane

Apr 5 2008

MOMENTUM which started in the Haydock Park winner’s enclosure in January 2006 may reach its conclusion at Aintree this afternoon....

Williams hopes Mon Mome changes luck

Apr 5 2008

FEW races are as much of an emotional roller-coaster as the John Smith’s Grand National. But Venetia Williams could be forgiven for being a little more emotional than most when Mon Mome bids to end her bad luck in the race this afternoon....

Pipe aiming to follow in the family tradition

Apr 5 2008

IT is pretty easy to spot David Pipe. At six-foot plus, he certainly stands out in the crowd....

Mercer keen to find edge on home territory

Apr 5 2008

LESS than a week ago Keith Mercer wasn’t sure he would ride in the John Smith’s Grand National. Then 48 hours ago he had two possibilities in Contraband and Joes Edge....

Choc’s away as King looks for lift-off in Aintree’s top flight

Apr 5 2008

ASKED whether his horse, D’Argent, would take to the daunting Aintree obstacles in this afternoon’s John Smith’s Grand National, Alan King had just one word: “No!”...

Pitman mantle still to be taken up

Apr 5 2008

JENNY PITMAN is still the only woman to have trained the winner of the Grand National....

Maguire hopes for Silver lining to National bid

Apr 5 2008

SOME jockeys wait a lifetime to win a John Smith’s Grand National and the chance never arrives. So to pass up the opportunity of riding the winner must be particularly galling....

Cloudy can rain on Irish parade to dent domination

Apr 5 2008

CLOUDY Lane looks a rock-solid choice to stop the Irish domination of the John Smith’s Grand National this afternoon....

Cheers to ring out as Queally lands hat-trick of victories at Aintree

Apr 5 2008

AL EILE can secure a hat-trick of victories in the Scottish And Newcastle Pub Enterprises Aintree Hurdle today (2.50pm)....

Famous name targeting famous Aintree victory

Apr 5 2008

TOM SCUDAMORE believes he is on a “proper National horse” in Madison Du Berlais in today’s John Smith’s Grand National....

McCain follows in father’s footsteps with odds – now for the course

Apr 5 2008

DONALD McCAIN junior’s Cloudy Lane looks set to go off one of the shortest-priced favourite since his father Ginger saddled Red Rum in the 1970s, but the trainer is not feeling any pressure....

Hughes hopes Irish seven turns up Black

Apr 5 2008

DESSIE HUGHES has shown he can land some of the biggest races with outsiders on trips to England....

Showing 1 - 16 of 16

Explore Sports

John Smith's Grand National

Aintree race course fence building

Buy photos online

BUY photographs from the 2008 John Smith's Grand National meeting at Aintree racecourse. Read

E-Newsletter Sign Up

E-Newsletter Sign Up

FREE news by email

Receive the latest Liverpool Daily Post news and sport direct to your inbox. Sign up for our free E-Newsletters. Read

The Legal Week Website

Mike Chapple's pub blog

Mike Chapple

Your Post

Help us make the news - contact us with your stories, pictures and videos ...