IT’S a day when Willie Mullins will be holding out for a Hero. And to quote Bonnie Tyler: ‘He’s gotta be strong and he’s gotta be fast and he’s gotta be fresh from the fight’. 1 Our man Chappers previews the final day of the jumps season High Class Hero might be just that for Willie in the feature at Sandown the Bet365 Gold Cup Handicap Chase at 4.10 — the race which may well decide the 2025 train...

SUN Racing's Saturday picks are below. Back a horse by clicking their odds. LONGSHOT TRANSMISSION (4.10 Sandown) He ran well in the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham last time and will enjoy this proper test of stamina with improvement to come. EACH-WAY THIEF HMS PRESIDENT (1.20 Sandown) He went close at Warwick last time on his hurdles rerun and is on a fair weight. BAD (1.50 Sandown) He didn’t e...

Dan Skelton has been an immovable object at the top of the National Hunt trainers’ table since the opening day of the 2024-25 season on 4 May last year but when he comes up against the irresistible force of Willie Mullins’s stable at Sandown on Saturday, the betting market sees only one winner. Mullins is top-priced at 1-6 to retain the title he won for the first time last year, and while stranger...

WILLIE MULLINS has declared an army of superstars for his epic Sandown showdown - including an 'extraordinary' runner not seen for a year. The all-conquering Irish trainer is throwing the kitchen sink at the final day of the jumps season in a bid to overhaul Dan Skelton and claim a second jumps trainer title. 1 Grade 1 superstar Il Etait Temps will make his long-awaited return to the track after a...

TEMPLEGATE tackles Thursday's racing confident of bulding the bank ahead of a truly massive day at Sandown on Saturday. Back a horse by clicking their odds below. RONNIES RULES (5.10 Bangor, nap) Dan Skelton’s six-year-old was prolific in bumpers, winning three times and looking a really nice prospect for going hurdling. His first two spins over timber didn’t quite go to plan with unlucky unseats...

A MAJOR change to ITV's coverage of Saturday's racing from Sandown has been confirmed - so punters can see Willie Mullins and Dan Skelton slug it out in their epic title fight. A little over £57,000 separates the two trainers in their bid to come out on top in the season-long race. 1 Willie Mullins is chucking absolutely everything at a second straight British jumps trainer titleCredit: Getty Book...

WILLIE MULLINS could block Dan Skelton's horse from running in the money-spinning bet365 Gold Cup - as their epic trainer title battle comes to a head at Sandown. Iconic Irish trainer Mullins is currently £52,776.89 behind at the time of writing - despite having 140 fewer winners in Britain than Skelton. 1 Willie Mullins is doing everything he can in his attempt to win a second British jumps train...

A 'BATTLE of the ages' is set to rock Sandown on Saturday - when two horses with the same name could lock horns. One is a Cheltenham Festival superstar who's won close to £1million and is trained by the best in the game for a legendary owner. 2 Willie Mullins' Lossiemouth is an absolute superstar in the world of racingCredit: PA 2 While Polly Gundry's Lossiemouth hasn't quite reached the same leve...

WILLIE MULLINS has entered a simply staggering number of superstars for his Sandown showdown with Dan Skelton. The legendary Irish trainer is going all out in his bid to land a second straight British jumps trainer title. 1 Willie Mullins will be going all out in his bid to land a second straight British jumps trainer title at Dan Skelton's expenseCredit: Sportsfile Skelton, who has never won the...

SUN Racing's Tuesday picks are below. Back a horse by clicking their odds. LONGSHOT CELESTIAL ORBIT (3.35 Newmarket) Looks a big price judged on her powerful Listed win at Sandown in July. She has the scope to progress further this season. EACH WAY THIEF WOODHAY WONDER (1.50 Newmarket) Won at this meeting last year and goes best fresh. GREEN STORM (2.25 Newmarket) Sets the standard on his solid se...

TEMPLEGATE takes on the last Saturday of racing before Cheltenham confident of building the bank for the Festival. Back a horse by clicking their odds below. THE SUN RACING MEMBERS ENCLOSURE The only place to get Templegate's tips first - and at the best prices - is by joining Sun Racing's brilliant Members Enclosure (UK only). Sign up now for just £1* to be part of racing's best winning team and...

The bonus-chasers are out in force once again in the feature race at Sandown on Saturday, with 10 of the 17 declared runners for the Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle holding an entry for at least one race at the Cheltenham festival and hoping for a chance to pick up an extra £100,000 at the season’s showpiece meeting next week. The most likely candidates in a typically competitive renewal of the last...

HOLLYWOOD royalty including Benedict Cumberbatch and Rosamund Pike hit the races at Sandown - for Guy Ritchie's new film. The superstar duo were joined by silver screen legend Sir Anthony Hopkins at the Surrey track on Thursday. 5 Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer Jamie Snowden chats to Hollywood A-lister Rosamund Pike at the filming of Guy Ritchie's new movie at SandownCredit: PA 5 Benedict Cum...

JAMIE SNOWDEN will come face to face with nightmarish serial killer Hannibal Lecter at Sandown - when the Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer makes his big Hollywood debut. The Lambourn handler, who has horses for the King, is set to rub shoulders with acting royalty Sir Anthony Hopkins. 1 Dashing trainer Jamie Snowden is set to make his big Hollywood breakthrough alongside Hollywood royalty in Gu...

HANDSTANDS won a Scilly Isles humdinger at Sandown to give Ben Pauling a huge boost after a miserable week. Sun man Ben revealed on Tuesday his exciting novice The Jukebox Man had suffered a season-ending injury on the gallops at home. 2 Handstands (left) beat Jango Baie in a thriller at SandownCredit: PA 2 Jockey Ben Jones saluted the crowd after a big win in the Scilly Isles ChaseCredit: PA But...

Live TV reporters at Sandown this weekend may have some extended gaps to fill after the Professional Racing Association (PRA), a pressure group headed by the former British Horseracing Board chair Peter Savill, said on Monday that it will instruct the 170 trainers on its membership list to boycott pre- and post-race interviews with both ITV Racing and Racing TV unless its demand for a six-figure a...

SANDOWN PARK hosts a top quality jumps meeting on Saturday as the older horses are thrust into the limelight on Veterans' Chase Day. Tipping guru Templegate has worked through the card to pick out his Placepot selections for the meeting to help YOU to a slice of the £100,000 guarantee! Find The Sun's betting publishing principles here The Placepot is a bet where you select a horse to be placed in...

The brief lull in the National Hunt season between the busy Christmas schedule and the start of the trials for the big spring festivals gives some of the sport’s older hands a chance to chase a valuable prize in the Unibet Veterans’ Series Handicap Chase Final at Sandown, and while this year’s renewal has drawn a smaller field than usual, the nine runners bring plenty of high-class form to the fra...

Jonbon, the 8-13 favourite, survived a blunder at the second fence and maintained his unbeaten record at Sandown with a decisive win in the Grade One Tingle Creek Chase, his fifth win in all at the track and second successive victory in its premier two-mile chase. Nico de Boinville, Jonbon’s jockey, did well to sit tight after his partner took off half a stride too soon at the first ditch, and the...

SANDOWN'S blockbuster Tingle Creek card has been cleared to go ahead as planned today - despite the chaos caused by Storm Darragh. The course has passed its second inspection at 9:30am this morning as 90mph high winds batter several sporting fixtures across the UK. 4 Sandown's Tingle Creek card has passed its second inspection Storm Darragh is currently wreaking havoc up and down the country, with...

TEMPLEGATE tackles Saturday's high-quality racing confident of banging in a few winners. Back a horse by clicking their odds below. THE SUN RACING MEMBERS ENCLOSURE The only place to get Templegate's tips first - and at the best prices - is by joining Sun Racing's brilliant Members Enclosure. Sign up now for just £1* to be part of racing's best winning team and get... Two free racing tickets, four...

The Solario Stakes has relatively lowly Group Three status but it has offered plenty of future Group One winners a useful stepping stone to the autumn’s championship events in recent years, including Kingman (2013), Masar (2017) and Too Darn Hot (2018), and the latest renewal at Sandown on Saturday includes several runners with obvious potential to follow their lead. Field Of Gold, a significant i...

SUN Racing tackles a busy Saturday of racing confident of picking out some value winners. Back a horse by clicking their odds below. THE SUN RACING MEMBERS ENCLOSURE The only place to get Templegate's tips first - and at the best prices - is by joining Sun Racing's brilliant Members Enclosure. Sign up now for just £1* to be part of racing's best winning team and get... Two free racing tickets, fou...

MOST of you reading this will have been told at least once to ‘live life to the full’. It’s a saying you would imagine most would struggle to oppose. THE SUN RACING MEMBERS ENCLOSURE The only place to get Templegate's tips first - and at the best prices - is by joining Sun Racing's brilliant Members Enclosure. Sign up now for just £1* to be part of racing's best winning team and get... Two free ra...

TEMPLEGATE tackles Friday's racing confident of banging in a few winners. Back a horse by clicking their odds below. THE SUN RACING MEMBERS ENCLOSURE The only place to get Templegate's tips first - and at the best prices - is by joining Sun Racing's brilliant Members Enclosure. Sign up now for just £1* to be part of racing's best winning team and get... Two free racing tickets, four times a year T...