Paul Jacobs
Grounds for real caution: Paul Jacobs looks ahead to autumn thrills – but with an eye on the weather
With the summer festivals now behind us, the autumn countdown is on with the major yards turning their attention to the two major Newmarket meetings and...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 1 month agoFRENCH AIMS TO SEE OFF RAIDERS: Paul Jacobs backs Roger Varian’s Duke to bag the Ebor riches
The eighth month of the year is always a jewel in the crown in British horse racing with the back end of Glorious Goodwood running in parallel to...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPaul Jacobs: Henri Matisse ready to relish further after Breeders Cup win last year
Paul Jacobs picks out a great eight from the fantastic fare due out in July We have now entered the height of summer with the main racing festivals...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 3 months agoPRIDE IN MY ARRAS LUCK
Paul Jacobs mulls over value in his ante-post bets and gets ready to hedge Pride Of Arras ridden by Rossa Ryan wins Dante Stakes Most of the contributors...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 3 months agoREADERS’ LETTERS Luck of the draw
Please keep your letters coming -write to: Readers’ Letters, Racing Ahead, Tuition House, St George’s Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU, or email to [email protected] Rebel’s Romance and William Buick...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 4 months agoON MARK FOR THE GOSDENS
Paul Jacobs limbers up for the Flat with five to follow The start of the new Flat season is always an exciting time with the top juveniles back...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoPaul Jacobs: Aintree Fences must be in top shape for Grand National
Paul Jacobs calls on Aintree to keep fences in proper shape for the big race With the Cheltenham Festival behind us – and, by the way, I have...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 7 months agoKawaboomga! Paul Jacobs has high hopes for Willie Mullins’ novice at the Cheltenham Festival
Paul Jacobs has high hopes for Willie Mullins’ novice Kawaboomga So we are here once again, the Cheltenham Festival, the all-glorifying climax to the National Hunt season. The...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 8 months agoBRIGHT FORM LIFTS KNIGHT: Paul Jacobs shines a light on some shadowy contenders
The second month of the year is normally the weakest for top-class racing and with no entries for the Dublin Racing Festival available at the time of writing...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 8 months agoDeserving so much better: Thoughts turning to Cheltenham Festival
With the turn of the year ahead, all thoughts quite unnaturally will turn to the Cheltenham Festival, mind you that has been the case for many since the...
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Columnists
/ 9 months agoChristmas Fancies: Hewick to retain King George crown
Paul Jacobs casts a close eye over leading picks for some of the major jumps races in the UK this Christmas.
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoMY SIX OF THE BEST: Racing Post Naps Champion Tipster Paul Jacobs
Paul Jacobs is a six-time winner of the Racing Post Naps Champion Tipster competition and here he marks out six jumpers to follow this season.
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Paul Jacobs
/ 11 months agoJUST STAY IT AGAIN SAM!
Paul Jacobs relishes a grand October climax with final Flat season flourish October is probably my favourite month of the racing year with the two ends of the...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 1 year agoIT’S TIME TO TAKE STOCK
Paul Jacobs looks forward to seeing some big on-track questions answered PAUL JACOBS Jan Brueghel Following the numerous mid-summer festivals September is the month when the two-year-old ratings...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 1 year agoGLORIOUS DAYS FOR PUR MAGIC
Paul Jacobs looks to Goodwood and beyond for some summer joy Purosangue The eighth month of the year is all about sunshine, kids off school swarming the landscape...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 1 year agoROYAL JOY RISES ON THE HORIZON
Paul Jacobs offers his five to follow at Royal Ascot this month Horizon Dore and Mickael Barzalona With the Betfred Epsom Derby and Oaks taking place fairly early...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 1 year agoHENRY’S A REALLY GOOD FELLOW!
Paul Jacobs backs Aidan O’Brien’s silver starlet to shine this summer Henry Longfellow ridden by Ryan Moore With a change of the wind and the level taking over...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 1 year agoFOLLOW THE VAN
Paul Jacobs is keeping faith with Gavin Cromwell and last year’s Grand National runner-up Although the Lincoln Handicap and the start of the Flat season enter the fray...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 2 years agoCHANT PUT ME IN TUNE AT FESTIVAL
Paul Jacobs shares his ante-post thoughts on the Festival I always come into Cheltenham Festival month with a mix of interpretation and excitement. Let me explain. Every year...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 2 years agoDANTE’S GOT A DREAM TO FULFIL
Paul Jacobs looks ahead to the big races in February ahead of the Cheltenham fanfare Go Dante, ridden by Sean Bowen It is the final month for Cheltenham...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 2 years agoBROAD’S ON THE BOARD
Paul Jacobs says the Twiston-Davies chaser can be a champ of the future With the turn of the year comes new hopes on both a lifeline front and...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 2 years agoIS IT TIME TO MAKE THE BREKAWAY?
Paul Jacobs reveals the horse to look out for during the December meetings The final month of the year, from a punting point of view, is in my...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 2 years agoBOWING TO CONTINUOUS ACCLAIM
Paul Jacobs reveals the horses to look out for over the October meetings Continuous It’s a funny thing form, if it were water tight then there would be...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 2 years agoDance is strutting her stuff
Paul Jacobs believes the Oaks heroine is the one to beat at Doncaster As we go into the final quarter of the flat turf season there are still...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 2 years agoIt’s an ever competitive market
Paul Jacobs discovers the perils of what promises to be a hectic schedule of August meetings The height of summer normally arrives with me opening my [old school...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 2 years agoWe’re happy and glorious once again
Paul Jacobs is looking forward to revisiting the beautiful Sussex Downs for his annual summer racing fix For some, the height of summer in racing parlance is Royal...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 2 years agoNow make yourself a legend
Paul Jacobs reveals the horses to look out for in a hectic schedule of June meetings The sixth month of the year is always a massive one for...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 2 years agoI’ll stick to the rules
Paul Jacobs reveals the Flat horses to look out for during the May meetings ANCIENT RULES There are of course any number of thoroughbreds I could have put...
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Grand National
/ 2 years agoMY FAB FIVE TO FOCUS ON AT AINTREE
Paul Jacobs picks out five horses to look out for in this month’s Grand National meeting April may see the turf flat season moving into a steady gallop...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 3 years agoWHO’LL BE TOO HOT TO TROT?
A Cheltenham Festival overview of the races set to light up Prestbury Park again this year So, the main focus of the National Hunt season is upon us...
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