Coral Racing Ambassador Dan Skelton talks us through his weekend runners and outlines his stable’s plans for Cheltenham… SATURDAY 3.25 Hereford – Aintree My Dream Venetia Williams’ horse Yalltari ran very well on debut and would be the major danger, but we have Sam [Davies-Thomas] riding and claiming 7lbs off... View Article
Trainer and Coral Racing Ambassador Dan Skelton gives us the lowdown on his 7 runners from Doncaster, Kelso, Newbury and Huntingdon… Saturday 2.25 Doncaster Workbench is back over fences this weekend. He ran quite nicely over hurdles last time out. I still think he is quite high up the handicap but a... View Article
Dan Skelton discusses his weekend runners and gives an update on some of his Cheltenham hopefuls… The injury to Superb Story was obviously disappointing. As you get closer to Cheltenham everyone is keeping their fingers crossed that nothing happens to their horses but unfortunately it doesn’t matter what time of... View Article
Dan Skelton gives Coral punters the inside info on his runners out on Saturday and Sunday It’s been a good week and I’m happy with most things at the moment as Cheltenham is getting ever closer. SATURDAY 3.50 Haydock – No Hassle Hoff With the weight he’s receiving from the... View Article
Trainer Dan Skelton previews his weekend runners, gives an update on his stable and looks ahead to Cheltenham… 4.00 Uttoxeter – Master Jake He goes in the ground. He is probably a two miler in really bad ground and a two and a half miler on better. He’s in a... View Article
Dan talks us through his runners at Wetherby, Musselburgh and Taunton and pays tribute to Many Clouds… Losing Many Clouds last weekend after he had won the Cotswold Chase was an awful blow to racing and to Oliver Sherwood’s team. When you run a horse like that it is always... View Article
Top trainer Dan Skelton discusses his weekend runners and previews Sunday’s Irish Champion Hurdle… Some of the horses have run a bit flat following their flu vacs. There are no health issues at all, no dirty noses, no coughs, no bleeding, nothing at all to worry about. Some of the horses... View Article
Dan Skelton rounds up his weekend runners from Haydock, Fontwell, Taunton and Hereford It was great to see Three Musketeers win during the week. That was much more like it from him and he’s now back on track. The softer ground suited him, and we put the cheekpieces on to... View Article
Dan Skelton blog on weekend runners at Kempton, Warwick, Wetherby and Fakenham There’s a lot been said and written in reaction to the news that Kempton Park is to be closed by Jockey Club Racecourses. The problem I feel is that professionals feel (and are all encouraged to act) as... View Article
Dan Skelton’s Newcastle and Sandown Saturday runners I was really pleased with Superb Story’s win on New Year’s Day. He has a good record first time out, but while I’d done a good bit with him, I’d still left him probably a bit more short of work than I have... View Article