It's impossible to feel anything but admiration for the superlative achievement of Fergal O'Brien in training his hundredth winner at Kempton on Monday evening, and it's only a shame that there could be no fan club there to celebrate with him. This has been a breakthrough season where the only witnesses have been on TV or online.  The O'Brien story is not quite a rags to riches one, but make...

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Albi Tufnell, enjoying a gap year with Fergal O'Brien, enjoyed his second Rules winner at Stratford's fixture yesterday, when I'm Wiser Now got up late home to win the Grass Roots Hunters Chase.  It looked an unlikely victory even in a four runner field. Always handy, he was outpaced four out, but rejoined the lead around the home turn, before a last fence blunder appeared to have put paid t...

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Tom Scudamore is a former pupil at Cheltenham College, which alumni association sponsors a race at Andoversford. In the absence of the race fixture this year, the school roped in Tom to talk about his schooldays and his progression to be aoming the top flight of the sport.     

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The Aintree Foxhunter is on any amateur's bucket list as a precursor to a tilt at the mother of all steeplechases, the Grand National, and today, one entry limbered up with a final run before next Thursday's big event.  Caid du Berlais, a 15/2 chance at Aintree, was a ready winner of the Air Wedding Hunters' Chase at Warwick for Sam Loxton and Will Biddick at the prohibitive odds of 1/8. And...

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