Paul Nicholls

The young trainer Sam Drinkwater is one to watch

19 February 2022 9:00 am

Certain sections of the media love to run a knocking story and when champion trainer Paul Nicholls’s horses failed to…

My top tip for the Grand National in 2023

1 May 2021 9:00 am

Want to know the winner of the Grand National in 2023? You heard it here first: when the ante-post books…

The trainer who gives the big boys a run for their money

24 January 2020 10:00 pm

Racing’s New Year began well with the award of OBEs to both Nicky Henderson and Paul Nicholls, showing that they…

The difference between praying in church and praying at a racecourse

30 April 2016 9:00 am

The difference between praying in church and praying at the racecourse, a gnarled old punter once said, is that at…

Venetia Williams: an enigmatic woman who trains winners

10 January 2015 9:00 am

Welsh Grand National day at Chepstow could not have had a better climax than the big race. After slogging three…

Silviniaco answered his critics emphatically at Haydock

29 November 2014 9:00 am

‘I’m going for Al Ferof,’ said a suit in front of me in the Totepool queue at Ascot on Saturday…

Own up, Twelve to Follow fans – which of you sabotaged my BMW?

3 May 2014 9:00 am

Mrs Oakley takes a dim view of my using the BMW that consumed much of her savings to ferry sacks…

Why the other jockeys love Jamie Moore

5 April 2014 9:00 am

In the parade ring just after Sire De Grugy had won this year’s Queen Mother Champion Chase, I found myself…

The Grand National needs kinder weather

22 February 2014 9:00 am

This year you don’t want to be a jockey’s valet. Never have their washing machines spun so vigorously. From every…