SUBSCRIBE
Eldorado Allen, the gorgeous grey who just loves jumping fences!
Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA
Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4
Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA
Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo
Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE
All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME
Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland.
Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa
You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm
Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs
William Haggas: The inside track on my Dubai World Cup team
By Racing TV
Last Updated: Tue 5 Dec 2023
William Haggas is limbering up for perhaps the most important weekend of his training career, with new arrival Grocer Jack set to represent the yard in the $12m Dubai World Cup and Alenquer and Dubai Honour spearheading a twin challenge at the $6m Longines Sheema Classic.
The Somerville Lodge handler also has Frankel colt Mohaafeth and My Oberon pointed at the $5 million Dubai Turf and Grocer Jack facing a big step up on class in the World Cup itself at Meydan.
And not content with this formidable desert challenge, Haggas will field ante-post favourite Mujtaba in the first big race of the UK Flat season, the SBK Lincoln at Doncaster, also on Saturday. The Dubawi four-year-old was unbeaten in three 2021 starts.
After arriving trackside at Meydan on Wednesday morning, Haggas summed up his hopes for his respective candidates and said: “We’ve always strived to get a better team and I feel we’ve got our best group of horses this week.
“There are always two things that can knock you back which are complacency and disease, but we have some great people here who are all happy with the conditions facing us.
"Everyone seems happy with them and I've got a great team here. I will give the horses a stretch tomorrow (Thursday).”
Enjoy every moment from Dubai World Cup night live on Racing TV and Racing TV Extra
Grocer Jack is a new addition to the yard from Germany and the son of Oasis Dream is a 25-1 outsider for the feature Dubai World Cup, but he shaped well on his first start for Haggas when a close-up fourth in a Group Two contest at last month’s Saudi Cup meeting.
Grocer Jack is unraced on the dirt but Haggas, who was second in the race with Mukhadram back in 2014, feels his charge is entitled to take his chance.
He said: “Grocer Jack has hit a very strong race with some professional horses this year. He is rightfully an outsider. He ran well in Saudi Arabia (fifth in the Neom Turf Cup) and the one thing I didn’t think he’d do was break slowly, which he did.
“I’d have loved to been drawn wider on Saturday but we’re in stall four, which means we’re going to have to get out and get into his stride. That will be difficult with all the specialist dirt runners from America and Japan, so it might be tough for him.
“Funnily enough, when he was bought by his connections (Prince Faisal Bin Khaled Bin Abdulaziz) they were keen to stress that offspring of Oasis Dream go very well on the Saudi dirt. This is a bit different but I’m hopeful he will go on the dirt.
“You never know of course, but it’s a real tough ask for him. The one thing about these races is that you can never win them if you don’t run in them, so we’ll see.”
Royal Ascot winner Alenquer is one of two contenders for Haggas in the Longines Dubai Sheema Classic (Photo: Focusonracing) - ROYAL ASCOT 2021
Of the Sheema Classic pair, Haggas said: “Alenquer (Tom Marquand) is in good shape after winning easily at Lingfield, and I think this is the sort of race he should be running in.
“I thought the track would be too quick and the surface probably quick enough but he’s clearly in good shape. It’s a strong race but he’s a nice horse.
“He put in a very good run in the Sandown Classic Trial last year when beating Adayar, who went on to win the Derby and the King George. He then ran another fine race when second (to Mishriff) in the Juddmonte at York.”
Dubai Honour (James Doyle) was a prolific scorer in 2021 and Haggas reflected: “Dubai Honour is very straightforward to train. He went from strength to strength last year when winning two Group Twos in France, before his good run (second) in the Champion Stakes, but this will be his first run over a mile and a half.
"We didn’t see him coming at all. We thought he’d win the Britannia Stakes at Royal Ascot last June which we would have done if we were drawn on the right side, but he was drawn on the far side and finished fourth overall but won his race comfortably.
“I know he likes cut in the ground, but he did run a very solid fourth in the Hong Kong Vase on quicker ground and finished good in a strong race. My concern is that his feet are like soup plates but who knows?”
Haggas believes Mohaafeth has a chance in the Dubai Turf (Photo: Focusonracing)
Of Dubai Turf duo Mohaafeth and My Oberon, the trainer observed: “I didn’t think Mohaafeth was running as well as he should have done, but we then discovered he had a compressed testicle and was a rig.
we didn’t think in his last races he was running as well as he possibly should have. We investigated and decided to take it out.
“My personal feeling is that in his last few races his last furlong over a mile and a quarter was weak and it certainly looked like it could be that which was troubling him. He’s got one less excuse now!
“We know that the problem has gone and it won’t bother him any more. My personal feeling is that last run (when fourth in the Juddmonte at York) was his weakest, but he has a nice draw and he has a chance in a strong race.
"He’s got a bit to find with the top-rated horses, but he’s in good form and we hope he’ll run a good race – he’s certainly got the scope to improve on his rating.”
“My Oberon earned his place when he won on the new track at Southwell, but has it all to do on the book.”
Racing TV
- 8.7K Videos
- 209.0K Subscribers
- 180.4M Views
RACING TV is the home of British and Irish racing, showcasing live and exclusive horse racing action from 61 of the very best racecourses in the UK and Ireland in stunning HD. Our dedicated horse racing channel was set up in 2004 by our racecourse shareholders and is dedicated to broadcasting more than 800 live race meetings a year with commentary, debate and tipping from 35 of the UK's top racecourses and all 26 Irish racecourses. All Racing TV profits are returned to its racecourse shareholders to support the sport. Racing TV goes out to over 65,000 commercial and residential subscribers. Tune in by going to Sky 424 (UK, NI, ROI), Virgin Media 536 (UK, NI), 411 (ROI). You can also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and on the iPhone/iPad app, Android app and mobile-optimised website. Find out more about the Racing TV large screen app at www.racingtv.com/largescreenapp Followers must be 18+ and please gamble responsibly: gambleaware.org
Rate this leap /10 👏
He's On Fire looks hot stuff for Team Mullins
He's On Fire, a five-year-old French recruit with Cheltenham entries, did not disappoint on his first start for Willie Mullins and Rich Ricci at Carlisle.
Watch what Patrick Mullins had to say afterwards, when then rider gave us updates on a number of stable stars plus why he would love to ride Gaelic Warrior in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA
Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4
Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA
Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo
Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE
All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME
Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland.
Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa
You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm
Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs
Horse matched at 999-1 in-running wins at Taunton!
No spoiler alerts! Take a look at a remarkable latest twist at the West Country course. Not many saw it coming.
Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA
Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4
Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA
Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo
Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE
All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME
Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland.
Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa
You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm
Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs
Elliott relishing Champion Hurdle tilt with Brighterdaysahead 👀
🗣️ “She’s had a good preparation.”
Gordon Elliott on Brighterdayshaead & another tilt at this year’s Champion Hurdle.
Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA
Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4
Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA
Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo
Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE
All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME
Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland.
Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa
You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm
Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs
Mullins purring over Kopek Des Bordes 👀
🗣️ “He just flew home.”
He might be inexperienced over fences, but Kopek Des Bordes has Willie Mullins purring following a recent piece of work 👀
Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA
Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4
Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA
Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo
Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE
All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME
Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland.
Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa
You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm
Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs
Willie Mullins: The Closutton team for the 2026 Cheltenham Festival | Racing TV
Willie Mullins might have saddled more Cheltenham Festival winners than any other trainer in history, but he insists he gets a bigger kick out of quality over quantity.
The 69-year-old has notched up 113 Festival winners since he started training in 1988 and will be odds on favourite to finish up as leading Festival trainer again next month.
However, speaking this week, he said: “I’m always fascinated when people say to me ‘how many this year, Willie? You’ve had six, seven, eight or 10’ and people expect us to have winners. We go there hoping for one and if we get the first one on the first day then hopefully we might get two or three, but we don’t go over expecting winners.
“We probably have five or six or seven favourites. Other years we’ve had 10 favourites and if you have 10 favourites then five will get beaten, but that’s the reality of it. I suppose half the favourites, or maybe more than half the favourites, get beaten at Cheltenham.
“So, I don’t expect, I hope for winners and hopefully the right ones will win. It’s always nicer to get bigger winners than 10 ordinary winners. Ten would be fantastic but to get a Gold Cup, a feature race or a Champion Hurdle, puts a whole different aspect on the week.”
Mullins sits down with Gary O'Brien to run the rule over his top team for this year's meeting, which includes Fact To File, Galopin Des Champs, Majborough, Lossiemouth, Kopek Des Bordes, Dinoblue, Mighty Park, King Rasko Grey, Gaelic Warrior, Doctor Steinberg, Bambino Fever, Narciso Has and more.
Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA
Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4
Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA
Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo
Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE
All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME
Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland.
Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa
You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm
Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs
Gordon Elliott: The Cullentra squad for the 2026 Cheltenham Festival | Racing TV
Gordon Elliott hopes stable star Brighterdaysahead and some of his talented novice hurdlers can help his team kick off this year’s Cheltenham Festival in style, after a disappointing four-day campaign at the Home of Jump Racing in 2025.
The County Meath based trainer had to wait until the last of The Festival’s 28 races last year to register a winner.
But with a series of high-profile winners this season, Elliott is hoping he can put the frustrations of 11 months ago behind him.
Reflecting on last year's Festival, Elliott said: “It was hard for me but it was hard for my staff too. The horses were brilliant. We had a number of seconds and placed in big races – we just didn’t get the bounce of the ball.
“And in racing, soccer, rugby that’s the same – you’ve got to keep your head going. But as hard as it was for me, for all my staff who were putting in all the hours it was harder for them. The horses didn’t run badly, we just didn’t get the bounce of the ball.
“When you look at this season everything is bouncing right for us. That’s sport. You just put those days behind you but that’s what makes it better when you win.
“In this game you take nothing for granted. It’s day by day. We’re very lucky to have the horses we have and hopefully we’ll go to Cheltenham and have a few winners. That’s what we’re all dreaming about.
“It just shows, last year we had to wait for the last race. We hit the crossbar umpteen times with seconds, thirds, fourths. On another week we could have three or four winners very easy and you’d have gone home saying you’d had a great week but it’s sport and you’ve got to keep your head up and keep going to the next day.”
This year will be the 10th anniversary of one of Elliott’s greatest achievements, winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Don Cossack. And although his office is littered with memorabilia from some of his great triumphs, there is nothing from that day in March 2016.
Elliott laughs: “All the good ones are in my house. All the Grade Ones are in the house, in my kitchen. Every morning, breakfast, lunch and dinner, before I go to bed I’m looking at them!
“I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since Don Cossack. In a way when you look at the pictures there’s more grey hairs and extra holes on the belt but it doesn’t seem like it. We’ve had a lot of good days and bad days since it but it’s a day we’ll never forget.”
Alongside Brighterdaysahead, Elliott has readied a strong team for Prestbury Park and tells Lisa O'Neill more about the likes of Romeo Coolio, Ballyfad, El Cairos, Teahupoo, Honesty Policy, Skylight Hustle, Western Form, Oldschool Outlaw and Wodhooh.
Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA
Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4
Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA
Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo
Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE
All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME
Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland.
Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa
You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm
Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs
Incredible recovery 👏
What an effort from Ryan Mania to stay in the saddle here!
Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA
Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4
Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA
Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo
Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE
All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME
Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland.
Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa
You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm
Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs
Ksar Fatal wins nicely at Punchestown ✅
Smart bumper performer Ksar Fatal delivers in good style at Punchestown.
Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA
Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4
Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA
Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo
Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE
All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME
Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland.
Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa
You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm
Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs
Related posts
Last Saturday was one of the worst days of my career, says Pauling
Richard Johnson: my Cheltenham Festival bankers and other tips
Gary O'Brien Cheltenham Festival Q and A: "I think he wins"
Josh Stacey's 2026 Cheltenham Festival tips: four best bets
Cheltenham Festival: Willie Mullins' handicap chase jinx
Featured offers
Get £30 in free bets when you bet £5 with Coral
T&Cs Apply
Claim Now
Bet £10 get £40 in free bets with TalkSportBet
T&Cs Apply
Claim Now
Bet £10 Get £30 in free bets with Betano
T&Cs Apply
Claim Now
Bet £10 get £50 in Free Bets with Boyle Sports
T&Cs Apply
Claim Now
Bet £10 get £30 in free bets with BetVictor
T&Cs Apply
Claim Now
Copyright 2026 Racing TV - All Rights Reserved.
Please bet responsibly
Copyright 2026. All rights reserved
