Callum Close

Freelance Sports Journalist 🐎⚽️ @racingaheadmag @EPLpicksUK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇹🇷 | NUFC season ticket holder ⚫️⚪️

[Racing Ahead @racingaheadmag]

🏇 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ayrracecourse will take centre stage on Saturday, as the 2026 #ScottishGrandNational takes place just one week after the Aintree Festival.

✍️ @CallumClose9 has everything you need – dates, TV coverage & what to look out for.

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[Racing Ahead @racingaheadmag]

🏇 #RoyalAscot winner Field Of Gold could make his seasonal bout at Sandown, later this month, in the Bet365 Mile according to Juddmonte racing manager Barry Mahon.

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#SandownRaces

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[Racing Ahead @racingaheadmag]

🏇 The eyes of the racing world turn their attention to Merseyside this weekend, as the 2026 #GrandNational Festival gets underway at Aintree racecourse.

✍️ @CallumClose9 analyses the Aintree Hurdle contenders, including The New Lion.

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[Racing Ahead @racingaheadmag]

🏇 🚨 Trainer Oliver Greenall has given an update on his two 2026 #GrandNational contenders, Iroko and Jagwar.

⤵️ Full story by @CallumClose9

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[Goggsy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @GoggsyNineNine]

ITV will never top their intro for Brazil 2014 and Slaven Bilic’s elite punditry

[Racing Ahead @racingaheadmag]

🏇👀 The 2026 Grand National Festival begins in under two weeks’ time and with it comes the running of 21 elite National Hunt races.

✍️ @CallumClose9 analyses the Topham Handicap contenders, including Cheltenham Festival winner Madara.

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[Racing Ahead @racingaheadmag]

🏇 Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies has told Sky Sports Racing that he “looks forward” to riding a 100/1 shot in April’s #GrandNational.

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[Callum Close @CallumClose9]

What is this sorcery? 🤯

[At The Races @AtTheRaces]

Remember the name! 😮‍💨

ERDENALI - a gelded son of Caravaggio out of Erdana - romps home on the bridle on debut at Saint-Cloud...

@GraffardRacing @AgaKhanStuds

[Racing Ahead @racingaheadmag]

🏇 👀 In just under three weeks’ time, Merseyside will entertain the eyes of millions as the 2026 #GrandNational gets underway.

✍️ @CallumClose9 analyses the contenders, including I Am Maximus.

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https://t.co/cGLBVR36o8

[Racing Ahead @racingaheadmag]

🏇💰 Dan Skelton has become the first National-Hunt trainer in Britain to collect more than £4million prize money in a single season.

✍️ @CallumClose9

#NationalHunt

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[HLTCO @HLTCO]

Love this from Danny Dyer on @PeterCrouchPod. 👏

[Callum Close @CallumClose9]

@LiamPatterson6 Maybe. It’s very soft, but I’ve seen them given.

[Callum Close @CallumClose9]

It’s a stonewall penalty. We’ve been the victims of some shocking officiating, but this instance isn’t one of them #NUFC

[Callum Close @CallumClose9]

Have to say, I think that’s it now. I cannot see us getting a third in this game. Proud of the performance but to concede three goals like that is disappointing. I really hope I’m wrong. #NUFC

[Racing Ahead @racingaheadmag]

🏇 One of Britain’s most-highly anticipated events of the year gets underway next month, as the 2026 #GrandNational Festival begins.

✍️ @CallumClose9 has everything you need – dates, TV coverage, trainers and jockeys to watch.

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https://t.co/6O661EDwqb

[Craig Hope @CraigHope_DM]

One year ago today…

[Racing Ahead @racingaheadmag]

🏇 🗣️ Dual-National-winner Haiti Couleurs could be set to tackle the 2026 #GrandNational next month, claims trainer Rebecca Curtis.

⤵️ ✍️ Full story by @CallumClose9

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[Toon Polls @ToonPolls]

Happy Anniversary.

The final whistle. The moment the celebrations began. #NUFC

[Callum Close @CallumClose9]

@racingaheadmag Probably worth mentioning this was written three weeks ago 😂

[Jacob @Jsize18]

0 big winners at Cheltenham but there's still UCL to play