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WHAT about the betting? It's a question — and a criticism — that comes our way at ITV every time we are on air and it will be no different this afternoon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BET OF THE DAY: SIR GINO (Newcastle 2.10) is a selection with my head and heart. I can exclusively reveal a percentage of what he earns this season is going to my charity, WellChild. It is an amazing gesture by his owners, Joe and Marie Donnelly, and let's hope he wins the Fighting Fifth Hurdle. Ed Chamberlin is a Sky Bet ambassador [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHAT about the betting? It's a question — and a criticism — that comes our way at ITV every time we are on air and it will be no different this afternoon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHAT about the betting? It's a question — and a criticism — that comes our way at ITV every time we are on air and it will be no different this afternoon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT'S been my privilege to be a sports broadcaster for 25 years but I can't recall a more difficult day than Sunday at Cheltenham. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT'S been my privilege to be a sports broadcaster for 25 years but I can't recall a more difficult day than Sunday at Cheltenham. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BET OF THE DAY: LATENIGHTPASS in the Grand Sefton (Aintree 2.40). Relishes the fences and travelled so well in the National. This looks a far more suitable test. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WE had fireworks in midweek but there will be no sparkle at Doncaster this afternoon. The Flat turf season ends with a competitive card but none of the ceremony we savoured at Ascot last month. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WE had fireworks in midweek but there will be no sparkle at Doncaster this afternoon. The Flat turf season ends with a competitive card but none of the ceremony we savoured at Ascot last month. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WE had fireworks in midweek but there will be no sparkle at Doncaster this afternoon. The Flat turf season ends with a competitive card but none of the ceremony we savoured at Ascot last month. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FOR the most important winter campaign in many years, racing must summon the spirit of Bazball and get on the front foot. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FOR the most important winter campaign in many years, racing must summon the spirit of Bazball and get on the front foot. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FOR the most important winter campaign in many years, British racing must summon the spirit of Bazball and get on the front foot. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

EPSOM. Just saying it out loud fills my head with memories, gets me emotional and allows me to dream about the horses whose names reverberate through history. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TREASURE (2.25, Lingfield) I expect Lark In The Mornin to win at Haydock (3.15) but he will be a stingy price in a big race. Let's go with the Ralph Beckett trained TREASURE at Lingfield under Rossa Ryan in the Oaks trial. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

EPSOM. Just saying it out loud fills my head with memories, gets me emotional and allows me to dream about the horses whose names reverberate through history. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHITE BIRCH (2.55, Curragh ) White Birch kept lofty company last season and finished third in the Epsom Derby. He will relish conditions when he makes his return today. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ARE you worried? Usually at this time of year my friends want to know how excited I am but, as the Randox Grand National approaches, the tone of their question has changed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHITE BIRCH (2.55, Curragh ) White Birch kept lofty company last season and finished third in the Epsom Derby. He will relish conditions when he makes his return today. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ARE you worried? Usually at this time of year my friends want to know how excited I am but, as the Grand National approaches, the tone of their question has changed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHELTENHAM is like Manchester United in so many ways ? a glorious history with so many stories, never far from daily conversations and always expected to be successful. But the Cheltenham of recent years had started to mimic the United of the Glazer era ? living off former glories, complacent and being eclipsed by challengers. The end result was the most recent Festival, when the torrent of criticism it faced was relentless. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHELTENHAM is like Manchester United in so many ways — a glorious history with so many stories, never far from daily conversations and always expected to be successful. But the Cheltenham of recent years had started to mimic the United of the Glazer era — living off former glories, complacent and being eclipsed by challengers. The end result was the most recent Festival, when the torrent of criticism it faced was relentless. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHELTENHAM is like Manchester United in so many ways — a glorious history with so many stories, never far from daily conversations and always expected to be successful. But the Cheltenham of recent years had started to mimic the United of the Glazer era — living off former glories, complacent and being eclipsed by challengers. The end result was the most recent Festival, when the torrent of criticism it faced was relentless. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BEST BET OF THE DAY I'M waiting for tomorrow. BELIEVING (Curragh, 3.35) was unlucky not to win the Nunthorpe Stakes at York and can gain compensation in the Flying Five. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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WIZARD OF ODDS CHRIS BAKER 2.25 DONCASTER: SHAGRAAN won in style at Haydock last week and can go well again, although the booking of Christophe Soumillon on Apollo One catches the eye. 3.00 DONCASTER: POET MASTER (nap) has won five of his seven career starts and ran away with a Group Two contest at the Curragh in July. 3.40 DONCASTER: Unbeaten JAN BRUEGHEL, winner of the Gordon Stakes at Goodwood, is sure to be suited by another step up in trip in the St Leger. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE year that shaped my life was 1981. I was an impressionable seven-year-old, aware of what was happening in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TIME to discuss the subject that has been such a huge part of my summer and sparked such huge debate. Lots of people have had lots to say about Champions: Full Gallop. Now I'll give my view. The six-part docuseries gave a new audience a look behind the curtains of National Hunt racing and chronicled the last jumps season, which remarkably ended with Willie Mullins becoming the first Irish-based trainer since 1954 to win our championship. ITV provided a peak slot of Friday at 9pm on their main channel. How many other sports would bend over backwards for such a position on terrestrial television? But this is racing, where the glass is always half empty and where you could give someone a free WHSmith book token and they would immediately turn around to you and reply: 'I don't want that — I want one for Waterstones instead.' This attitude often makes me puff out my cheeks with exasperation but I'm not going to say everything about season one was perfect. Can it be better? Of course it can. I'm not Steven Spielberg but when I speak to South Shore, the producers who did an amazing job for their first dip into the water, I'll be making a couple of recommendations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TIME to discuss the subject that has been such a huge part of my summer and sparked such huge debate. Lots of people have had lots to say about Champions: Full Gallop. Now I'll give my view. The six-part docuseries gave a new audience a look behind the curtains of National Hunt racing and chronicled the last jumps season, which ended with Willie Mullins becoming the first Irish-based trainer since 1954 to win the British championship. ITV provided a peak slot of Friday at 9pm on their main channel. How many other sports would bend over backwards for such a position on terrestrial television? But this is racing, where the glass is always half empty and where you could give someone a free WHSmith book token and they would immediately turn around to you and reply: 'I don't want that — I want one for Waterstones instead.' This attitude often makes me puff out my cheeks with exasperation but I'm not going to say everything about season one was perfect. Can it be better? Of course it can. I'm not Steven Spielberg but when I speak to South Shore, the producers who did an amazing job for their first dip into the water, I'll be making a couple of recommendations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE last Saturday in July means only one thing: it's the 'King George', the race that has been won by a who's who of middle distance greats. First run in 1951, it drips with history. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE last Saturday in July means only one thing: it's the 'King George', the race that has been won by a who's who of middle distance greats. First run in 1951, it drips with history. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE feelings are as strong now as they were when I first set foot in the place. They haven't changed nor will they ever change. Cheltenham is jump racing's magical playground and its capacity to leave you spellbound means it is a place like no other. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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MAKING HEADWAY (2.25 SANDOWN) My selection MAKING HEADWAY is progressive and has good form. He will run well in the Imperial Cup at Sandown for a shrewd stable. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE feelings are as strong now as they were when I first set foot in the place. They haven't changed nor will they ever change. Cheltenham is jump racing's magical playground and its capacity to leave you spellbound means it is a place like no other. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE clock is ticking and my excitement is building. We are just over a week away from the best four days in sport. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SOME SCOPE (Doncaster, 3.40) Today's pick is on an upward curve and carries a light weight in the Grimthorpe Handicap Chase. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE clock is ticking and my excitement is building. We are just over a week away from the best four days in sport. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SOME SCOPE (Doncaster, 3.40) Today's pick is on an upward curve and carries a light weight in the Grimthorpe Handicap Chase. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE clock is ticking and my excitement is building. We are just over a week away from the best four days in sport. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE comes a point in a title race when the champion-elect breaks cover and shows you why they won't be stopped. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE comes a point in a title race when the champion-elect breaks cover and shows you why they won't be stopped. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BLACKJACK MAGIC (Kempton, 3.37) Conditions will suit Blackjack Magic in the Coral Trophy at Kempton and he will be a nice price to make the frame for trainer Anthony Honeyball and jockey Sam Twiston- Davies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE Cheltenham Gold Cup — just saying those four words is enough to quicken the pulse and transport you back to the days when legends were made. I can understand why, 24 days from this year's Festival, that excitement isn't widespread. The prospect of some small-field championship races with odds-on favourites is leaving some critics cold and I get that entirely. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

VICTTORINO (Ascot, 3.00) Deadly around Ascot and he can bound clear today to set up a big 35 minutes for trainer Venetia Williams (right) and jockey Charlie Deutsch. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BRENTFORD HOPE (Newbury, 3.15) BET OF THE DAY: Underfoot conditions are going to play to specialists at Newbury today and I fully expect BRENTFORD HOPE, who loves heavy ground, to thrive in the Betfair Hurdle. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TIGER WOODS won 14 majors in an 11-year streak and once spent 281 weeks as the world's No1 golfer. Did we think his success was boring? No chance. We marvelled at his spectacular exploits and acclaimed him as the greatest golfer ever seen. The West Indies cricket team are still used as a reference point in sport now because of the stranglehold they had on their domain. Did we tire of their exploits? Do me a favour. We continue to talk about them in reverential tones because they showed us a new way of playing. Why, then, are people so eager to dismiss the Willie Mullins era of National Hunt as boring? I've heard that argument, after his clean sweep of eight Grade Ones last weekend, and I'm puzzled as to how this is negative for racing. Sporting greatness is never boring. Ever. The All Blacks, Roger Federer, Usain Bolt, The Chicago Bulls — nobody rolls their eyes when talking about the glorious successes and the memories they created. And the more they won, the more they wanted to win. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]