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Paul Alster

Paul Alster has been a horse racing broadcaster and journalist for over three decades. Originally a race commentator, he has worked extensively as a TV presenter and pundit, form analyst and tipster, betting reporter, SP Returner, racing manager, and has bred and owned racehorses in Britain and overseas. His favourite horse of all-time is the Michael Dickinson-trained chaser Wayward Lad, arguably the best horse never to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
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December 25th 2019, 12:29 pm

Classy Escape out to book National ticket

By Paul Alster
Colin Tizzard’s admirable chaser Elegant Escape will seek to boost his Randox Health Grand National credentials at Chepstow on Friday when he bids to land a second successive victory in the prestigious Coral Welsh Grand National.The strapping chaser has already shown himself to be in good form so far this campaign by finishing runner-up to […]
December 23rd 2019, 1:58 pm

Tiger Roll – a National treasure

By Paul Alster
2020 could prove a momentous year for British horse racing, and if one horse can be singled out as having a pivotal role in whether or not the year will go down in the annals of racing history, it surely has to be the remarkable dual Grand National winner Tiger Roll. Those old enough to […]
December 23rd 2019, 1:35 pm

Encore does it again!

By Paul Alster
He might be rising 12-years old, but the Anthony Honeyball-trained Regal Encore (16/1) still has a powerful engine, as he showed when coming home best in extremely testing conditions at Ascot on Saturday to land the Listed Dave Dawes Silver Cup Handicap Chase for the second time in the last four renewals. Ridden by Richie […]
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