The salient word in the title of Ascot's feature race tomorrow, the Weatherbys Long Distance Hurdle, is the second one. It will be a long haul, all right. It's a stiff old track with an uphill finish ...
Richard Johnson at home with his wife Fiona and children Willow, 12, Caspar, nine, and Percy, sevenCredit: Edward Whitaker Richard Johnson has singled out Anzum's astonishing win in the 1999 Stayers' ...
You have to rewind all the way back to 1999 and the tenacious terrier Anzum to find the last horse to complete the Cheltenham-Punchestown Stayers Hurdle double, so Flooring Porter will be bidding to ...