The Stayers’ Hurdle often rewards proven stamina and experience around Cheltenham, but this year’s renewal looks slightly different. There is no obvious front-runner and the race shape suggests a steady early tempo, meaning positioning and a turn of foot could prove just as important as raw staying power.The market is headed by Teahupoo, the reigning…

This does not look a race to get cute with. With Lossiemouth diverted, the 2026 Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle has opened up, but only to a point. On the evidence in front of us, Wodhooh is the mare with the strongest overall profile and the one they all have to beat.She has done very little…

The 2.00 at Cheltenham is one of those Festival handicaps where the pace map matters almost as much as the form book. This year’s Jack Richards Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase looks loaded with forward goers, and that points to a proper test from flagfall.HRB has it down as a very strong shape with high collapse…

The 1.20 at Cheltenham, the Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle, looks deep on numbers but the race still revolves around one mare: Bambino Fever.This is not a contest crying out for a wild swing. The Mullins mare has the strongest overall profile on the evidence in front of us and she is the one they all…

This 7f Class 5 handicap at Southwell looks a race where pace, rather than pure ability, will decide the outcome.The HRB race shape flags a very strong early pace with a high collapse risk, and that is the key piece of information here. Three habitual front runners line up in Goldmoyne, How Impressive and Golden…

The 1m4f Class 6 handicap at Southwell looks the usual midweek all-weather affair where proven course form and current fitness tend to outweigh potential. In a field of eight, several arrive with questions to answer, leaving a small group of runners who make genuine appeal.The likely favourite Tenadaay is easy to see the case for.…

This is a typical Southwell Class 6 sprint where the margins are small but the pace map gives us a useful angle into the race.The early speed looks fairly obvious. Faster Bee, Beneficiary and Coast all like to go forward and none of them are particularly strong finishers. With three habitual front runners in a…

Fillies’ Handicap (1m)A small field of six but tactically quite interesting. The pace data from both HRB and Timeform suggests very little early speed, meaning this could easily turn into a steadily-run race where track position becomes crucial. In that type of scenario, horses buried off the pace often struggle to get involved when the…

This does not look a deep novice and the race sets up nicely for Into The Light.Charlie Appleby’s colt made a good start at Lingfield, winning over 10f in a race that was not strongly run. He still got the job done with something in hand, which is important because this Southwell contest also looks…