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Daily Mirror
26-04-2025
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- Daily Mirror
AP McCoy hails successor Sean Bowen as he makes perfect start to stag do with huge win
Trainer Olly Murphy showed his emotions on ITV Racing as Bowen - set to go to Tenerife ahead of his wedding to Harriet Matthews - won the bet365 Gold Cup on 9-2 chance Resplendent Grey Sean Bowen was paid the ultimate compliment by the sporting star he followed to become champion jockey. The new top rider of National Hunt racing was lavished with praise by Sir AP McCoy after winning the bet365 Gold Cup on 9-2 chance Resplendent Grey. On the day he was crowned champion jockey, Bowen delivered the Olly Murphy-trained chaser with a perfect run to land the £175,000 feature race at Sandown Park. It was a final big win of 2024-25 for the Welshman, who heads off on his stag do in Tenerife on Sunday before his wedding to Harriet Matthews. And Bowen was sent on his way by all-time great McCoy, who took the championship on 20 occasions, hailing him as a "top class jockey." Reviewing Bowen's ride on ITV Racing, he said "You need to get horses to believe in you, to want to do it for you and give their all - that's what he is good at. Good at getting inside their heads. "He convinces them all the way through. You see from the second last to the last and from the last to the winning post, he always looked like he was getting there. "It was an all out ride but it was confident as well. He's a top class jockey, he won an Irish National last week. It is hard to get on good horses if you are not riding for Willie Mullins, Paul Nicholls and Nicky Henderson. What a way to end the season." Bowen will have to celebrate abroad without his best man and brother James, a super sub for Nico de Boinville on Constitution Hill at the Punchestown Festival next week or Harry Cobden, who joins him on the plane. But Murphy, who kept Resplendent Grey in top form all season, might be tempted to join the party in the Canary Islands on the back of a career best for his stable with 140 winners and £1.6million in prize money. "I've been a very small cog in Sean's wheel," he said. "He has been a massive part of Warren Chase. It's brilliant. "I'm always an emotional man when I have big winners. There is a big team behind us both. This is absolutely magic." Resplendent Grey travelled sweetly in first-time cheekpieces and collared Rachael Blackmore-ridden and Willie Mullins-trained Lombron after the final fence. "Honestly the best two weeks of my life," said Bowen. "I hope it carries on forever." Mullins - who saw off determined rival Dan Skelton to retain the trainers' championship - also saddled third High Class Hero (10-3 favourite), fourth Spanish Harlem (22-1) and fifth-placed Grangeclare West (14-1).
Telegraph
23-04-2025
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- Telegraph
Horse racing tips: Wednesday April 23
There are six horse racing meetings taking place across the UK and Ireland today, three of each code. They go jumping at Perth (1.48-5.32pm), Ludlow (2.38-5.15) and Taunton (5.25-8.00), with Catterick (2.00-5.10), Gowran Park (3.57-7.12) and Lingfield (4.50-7.50) staging Flat cards. Our nap of the day comes from the meeting at Perth and is an Olly Murphy-trained gelding who has enjoyed success over both hurdles and fences. Dan Fitch's selection: If you already have a Betfair account and are looking for a new bookmaker to use for this week's racing, check out more free bets from the best betting sites, reviewed by our experts. 3.20 Perth – Class 3 Handicap Chase (2m) VOCITO won four of his seven races in 2024, three of those victories coming over hurdles and one, on his most recent outing, in a 2m 1f handicap chase at Plumpton in November. That was the seven-year-old's only race of the year over fences, but prior to that he had won novice hurdles at Worcester (twice) and Stratford, each time with Sean Bowen in the saddle. Bowen rides Vocito again here and is in decent form too, having partnered Haiti Couleurs to an impressive win in the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse on Monday. So we're backing Olly Murphy's gelding to shake off his rust and claim another victory on his seasonal reappearance.
Telegraph
20-02-2025
- Sport
- Telegraph
Horse racing tips – Thursday February 20: Lingfield and Huntingdon
Our betting expert has focused on today's jump meetings at Huntingdon (1.45-4.45) and Lingfield (2.05-5.05) for his three selections. Thursday's line-up is completed by a third National Hunt card at Punchestown (1.25-5.00pm) and an all-weather Flat fixture at Newcastle (4.55-8.30). Calum Weill's selections: Odds provided by Betfair and correct at the time of writing. If you already have a Betfair account and are looking for a new bookmaker to use for this week's racing, check out our list of the best free bets. 4.05 Punchestown – Sri Lanka Awaits You Handicap Hurdle (2m 7f) Freddie Gordon's valuable 3lb claim ensures that SAN PEDRO effectively escapes having to carry top wait and a 3lb penalty for winning last time out at Plumpton 10 days ago. The eight-year-old produced a brave run that day in a conditional jockeys' race over 3m 1f, and while the jockeys Gordon faces today will have more quality, the same can't be said for their mounts, with only one of San Pedro's nine rivals having finished better than fifth last time out. There has been a bit of support for the Olly Murphy-trained Tropical Speed, but that should just ensure some value in today's nap. 1.45 Huntingdon – Advertise Your Business At Huntingdon Maiden Hurdle (2m) When CARLTON was trained by Tracy Waggott, he made his hurdles debut at Market Rasen in August, but finished out of the frame after jumping to his right throughout the race. The five-year-old son of Frankel has since moved to the yard of James Owen, who has transformed the horse on the Flat, Carlton recording a four-timer and rising 20lb in the weights. Similar improvement today plus Huntingdon's right-handed track should ensure that he makes the frame here. 2.35 Lingfield – Sri Lanka, The Wonder Of Asia Handicap Chase (2m 7½f) SUMMER IN MILAN steps up in trip on his chasing debut after just two runs at handicap hurdle level, both at Fontwell, where he came eighth over 2m 1½f in December and third over 2m 5½f last month. Trainer Chris Gordon has an excellent record at Lingfield and it looks like today's selection may have been laid out for this test of stamina over the bigger obstacles. Having placed in an Irish point-to-point race that was won by the current favourite for the County Hurdle at Cheltenham, it is very likely that Summer In Milan will relish today's conditions. Expert's tipping record
