News Race Previews Ace hunter chaser Gracchus De Balme is backLeading hunter chaser Gracchus De Balme makes his seasonal reappearance at Ludlow tomorrow (Thursday) in the Pointing Pointers Open Hunters’ Chase (3.27). The ten-year-old (pictured above) soared through the spring when winning two of the sport’s big three races, namely Aintree’s Randox Foxhunters’ Chase and Stratford’s Pertemps Network Champion Hunters’ Chase. Trainer Joe O’Shea is… 14 Jan 2026