Tag Archives: Willie Mullins

Silks & Shenanigans: Fairyhouse Festival: Mullins Heavyweights and Timeform “Naps” Primed for Easter Monday Glory

For the Fairyhouse meeting tomorrow, Monday, April 6, 2026, the card is headlined by several high-quality Grade 2 contests.

Silks & Shenanigans: The Turf Truth: From Musselburgh Mud to Fairyhouse Frenzy, and racing action Sunday 5th April.

While today was great, tomorrow at Fairyhouse is the culinary equivalent of the starter before the 3,000-calorie roast that is the Irish Grand National on Monday.

Silks & Shenanigans: Sand, Shocks, and Steel: Clifford Lee’s Defiant Return Amidst a 300/1 Easter Miracle

For the All-Weather Championships at Newcastle tomorrow, Friday, April 3, 2026, the card is packed with high-quality Class 2 action, at Newcastle.

Silks and Shenanigans: Luck of the Irish and Logic of the Brits: Today’s Racing Round-up

For tomorrow, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, Timeform’s top-rated selections and “naps” center on the meetings at Hereford, Huntingdon, and the evening card at Kempton Park.

Silks and Shenanigans: The Queen of the Grey: Where Next for Lossiemouth?

The one Grandma would have backed while the rest of the brood was busy losing their shirts on the favorites. At 4/1, there’s enough meat on the bone for a proper Sunday roast. Read about it here.

Silks and Shenanigans: The Gaelic Warrior’s Charge: Grandma Leads the Fray at Uttoxeter

If you see a man in a flat cap looking suspiciously happy near the 4:10 at Uttoxeter, it’s probably Dad, and he’s probably backed Kadastral.

Silks and Shenanigans The Post-Mortem: “Majborough-no” and the 66/1 Heartbreaker

If you spent today at Prestbury Park, you either have a very dusty wallet or a very smug grin. It was Day Two of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival, and the scriptwriters clearly decided “predictability” was for the amateur leagues. The afternoon was defined by the kind of drama that makes punters question their life choices.Continue reading “Silks and Shenanigans The Post-Mortem: “Majborough-no” and the 66/1 Heartbreaker”

Silks & Shenanigans: The Cheltenham Chronicles: Queens, Jacks, and the Pursuit of a Punter’s Paradise

Since it’s Style Wednesday (Day Two) of the 2026 Festival, the “champ” everyone is watching is actually Majborough in the big one.