Timeform Daily View - Wednesday preview and tips

Horse Racing

Tue November 10, 2026 · 20 min ago

Timeform provide an overview of three things to note on Wednesday.

Nicholls in Pole position again

Paul Nicholls is one winner away from becoming the joint winningmost National Hunt trainer of all time along with Martin Pipe on 3,930 winners and he has one runner on Wednesday afternoon.

That horse is Paddy De Pole in the BNG Made Easy With Reverte Handicap Hurdle over 3m1f at Warwick (14:51) and he has a good chance of going in again after landing his fifth career victory at Sedgefield last time under claiming jockey Freddie Keighley.

Last time he capitalised on a drop in grade to land the same contest for the second year running and up just 2lb he has a clear chance here under a jockey who is 2-3 on him.

If Nicholls does equal the record with Paddy De Pole at Warwick he could well break it at Cheltenham’s Paddy Power Gold Cup meeting with horses like Quebecois, Outlaw Peter and Pourquoi Pas Papa entered up this weekend.

There is no finer place for him to become the most successful jumps trainer in British racing history, but if that is to happen he could do with Paddy De Pole going in first.

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To Jeriko or not to Jeriko?

What to make of Ben Haslam’s new recruit Jeriko Du Reponet in the opening extended 2m4f beginners’ chase at Ayr (13:10) on Wednesday?

Timeform note that he ‘wasn’t knocked about’ starting out for this yard last time and that he’s the ‘clear pick on his best form’, yet our analyst has gone for a chasing debutant in Lucinda Russell and Michael Scudamore’s Stride On as the selection in the race.

Stride On’s encouraging novice hurdle form and potential as a steeplechaser gives him the nod here with many question marks hanging over the former Nicky Henderson-trained runner, but there’s little doubt that Jeriko Du Reponet is streets ahead of his rivals in terms of natural ability.

The problem could be the bigger obstacles given his very best form is over hurdles and he’s 0/6 over fences, but JP McManus’ new jockey Harry Cobden makes the trip north for one ride on the enigmatic seven-year-old and if he’s available at around even-money or odds-against prices he’ll be too tempting for many a punter.

With the cheekpieces left off again perhaps a watching brief is best advised, but it’s a fascinating little heat that kicks off the Ayr card.

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Aga-do-do-do at Bangor

‘One of the likelier types on paper’ according to our analysts and it’s hard to argue with that analysis about Agafay in the Bangor-On-Dee Memberships Now On Sale EBF Junior "National Hunt" Hurdle (14:05) where seven hurdling debutants line up.

Agafay is a half-brother to Welsh National winner Nassalam and Warren Greatrex has gone to the trouble of booking Sean Bowen for this debut, the pair having an excellent record when teaming up together (19 from 85 at 22%).

Greatrex’s horses are beginning to tick along nicely as All In You showed in style at Aintree at the weekend and his record when bringing horses to Bangor in the month of November is a healthy five from 16 at 31.25%.

There is plenty to recommend this horse, then, in a race where there is no form, never mind times, to go on. Sometimes you have just got to play the cards you are dealt.