Racing Ahead Magazine

AFTER the thrills and spills of Aintree and Cheltenham we’ve turned our sights on the sunny delights of the new Flat term. Irish raiders all but flattened the home guard over jumps, spearheaded of course by Closutton collusus Willie Mullins who swept through British festival ranks like a marauding Attila and is now odds-on to lift the UK champion trainer crown, matching the legendary Vincent O’Brien’s 1960s feat. And just to spice it up a bit more Racing Ahead columnist Rolf Johnson aims more blows at UK racing bosses for presiding over the indignities. Elsewhere this month, we’ve horses to follow both here and in Ireland, hot prospects to watch out for and racing to savour.