{"id":30991,"date":"2025-01-15T09:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=30991"},"modified":"2025-01-17T09:24:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:24:04","slug":"berkshire-winter-million-windsor-day-one-preview-itv-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/berkshire-winter-million-windsor-day-one-preview-itv-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkshire Winter Million (Fri, Windsor): Paul Nicholls Looks Set For Big Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lucrative three-day Berkshire Winter Million fixture kicks-off on Friday at Windsor, who have their jumping track back up and running, and it could be a big afternoon for former champion trainer Paul Nicholls – with three favourites in the four LIVE ITV Racing contests.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Berkshire Winter Million Preview: Day One at Windsor with Four LIVE ITV Races<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Windsor’s<\/strong> gain is Lingfield’s loss as the Berkshire track has taking over hosting duties of two of the three days at the Winter Millions<\/strong> card – which starts on Friday 17th January with a decent seven-race fixture.<\/p>\n

These include four races live on ITV Racing<\/a>, while racegoers will be back at Windsor on Sunday for the final day with Ascot and the Clarence House Chase<\/a> hosting in between, which is the make-up for the three-day fixture.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at the four main Windsor races on day one of the Berkshire Winter Million meeting<\/a>, where Ditcheat trainer Paul Nicholls looks to have a strong hand.<\/p>\n

1:50 – Fitzdares Lightning Novices’ Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Cl1 (5yo+) 2m ITV4<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Just the four runners here but it is still a fascinating affair with two of the quartet – Caldwell Potter<\/strong> and Gidleigh Park<\/strong> – both on recovery missions.<\/p>\n

CALDWELL POTTER <\/strong>was a \u20ac740k purchase last year by former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and his pals, then sent to Paul Nicholls and was expected to be a big player at the up-coming Cheltenham Festival.<\/p>\n

However, despite winning on his debut for the yard at Carlisle in December ran poorly at Cheltenham just a few weeks later – beaten as the 11\/10 favourite with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That loss came over 2m 4 1\/2f though and is back in trip on Friday (2m), which many feel will help.<\/p>\n

But his jumping the last day wasn’t great so this will need to improve and after such a high-profile purchase you feel this race will have a lot riding on it for him.<\/p>\n