Arena Racing Company (ARC), Chepstow Racecourse and Ladbrokes Coral have announced a five-year renewal of Coral sponsorship of the Welsh Grand National, making it the longest Graded race sponsorship in British jump racing. Under the renewed agreement, Coral will continue to sponsor Wales’ most prestigious race until 2022, which will be the 50th year that the operator has sponsored the …
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Rearranged Coral Welsh Grand National looks set to go ahead on Saturday
It’s looking increasingly likely that the previously rearranged Coral Welsh Grand National will be staged at Chepstow on Saturday, so long as the rainfall that originally scuppered the race from taking place isn’t replicated this week. The only other time that the Welsh National was moved to a Saturday was in 2015, a postponement that subsequently led to a dramatic …
Read More »Betfair believes Coral Welsh Grand National will take place Saturday
Betfair is offering odds of 4/11 that the re-scheduled Coral Welsh Grand National will go ahead this Saturday. Should it take place the race will be held at Chepstow, though with the ongoing heavy rains throughout the UK inspections were called on Thursday at Wetherby and Wincanton for Friday’s races. Betfair spokesman Barry Orr said: “Despite the unsettled forecast we make it …
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