Andrew Nelis racing

  Queen Mother Champion Chase heroine   Put The Kettle On   is among   Altior ’s potential rivals in the bet365 Celebration Chase at Sandown. Having missed out on bidding for a hat-trick in the Champion Chase for the second year in succession following a late setback,  Nicky Henderson ’s Altior looks set to round off his campaign by bidding for a fourth win in the final Grade One of the season on Saturday. The 11-year-old might not have things all his own way, however, with Henry de Bromhead’s mare Put The Kettle On set to be in opposition. The Stowaway mare claimed her second Festival success in the Champion Chase last month, following on from her victory in the Arkle Trophy 12 months earlier.                        Andrew Nelis racing 

Royal Ascot disappointment  Eye Of Heaven  bids to redeem his reputation in the National Stakes at Sandown on Thursday. The Exceed And Excel colt justified market confidence with an impressive racecourse debut at Newmarket in early June – beating, among others, the Queen’s subsequent Windsor Castle and July Stakes winner Tactical. Off the back of that performance,  Mark Johnston ’s juvenile was unsurprisingly all the rage for the Norfolk Stakes, but had to settle for ninth in the hands of  Frankie Dettori  and drops to Listed class for her latest assignment...                         Andrew Nelis racing 

Enable will face six rivals in a mouthwatering renewal of the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Sunday. John Gosden's superstar is back in training for a fifth season after narrowly missing out in her bid for a record-breaking third win in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe last October. Enable won the 10-furlong Group One first time out last term, beating Magical, and she faces another stiff task this time, although no three-year-olds are permitted this year.                     Andrew Nelis Racing 

The  Coral -Eclipse at Sandown remains the most likely comeback target for superstar mare  Enable . The daughter of Nathaniel was just denied in her bid for an historic third consecutive victory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at the end of last season, filling the runner-up spot behind Waldgeist to end her sequence of 12 straight victories. Less than a fortnight later, Enable’s owner-breeder Khalid Abdullah delighted racing fans by confirming his charge would stay in training as a six-year-old – with a return to Paris in the autumn top of the agenda. Connections decided against an appearance at Royal Ascot, but the owner’s racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe reports the  John Gosden -trained mare to be firmly on course for the Eclipse on July 5 following a pleasing workout under Frankie Dettori last week. “It’s been a gradual build-up – she’s a six-year-old mare, so I don’t think John wants to do anything too quickly,” Grimthorpe told Sky Sports Racing. “She’s ...

Few would have fancied Monkerhostin to snap a near 30-month losing streak when he lined up in the 2008 renewal of the Bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown. Philip Hobbs’ runner was a 25-1 shot and seemingly up against it as he tried to claim a first win since beating Kauto Star in the Haldon Gold Cup of November 2005, a race marred by the death of triple Gold Cup hero Best Mate. Monkerhostin had blotted his copybook for plenty of punters when sent off co-favourite for the previous year’s Grand National won by Silver Birch, not taking to the Aintree fences at all before refusing at the seventh. But those that kept the faith were handsomely rewarded, with Monkerhostin defying his veteran status as an 11-year-old to run out a two-and-a-quarter-length winner from Royal Auclair in the hands of Richard Johnson. The four-times champion recalled: “The Bet365 is one of those races you always want to win – the big prize at the end of the season. “Monkerhostin was a real favourite in the yard, h...

                          Vindication Cheltenham bound . Vindication Kim baileys 7yr old  has been  penciled in for the Ultima handicap chase at Cheltenham in less of a month until the festival  . Hes only had one bumper run this horse ,  had a string of wins  in hurdles  , then running a double victory over the bigger obstacles, before coming up short   beaten by  Champion chase hotpot  defi Du suil in the Sicily Isles at sandown  plus the JLT st the festival last  year . Kim Baileys charge is noted to be in fine form and working well at home , plus the team are very much looking forward  to Vindication  taking his chances in the Ultima come the festival  were the roads lead .!!!                                             ...