Writers

Paul Nicholls

Paul Nicholls is a 14-time champion National Hunt trainer based in Ditcheat, Somerset. His racing career started off in the saddle but though he managed 133 winners as a jockey, weight battles brought his riding career to an end! Becoming a trainer was always at the back of his mind and after two years as an assistant trainer to David Baron, Paul grabbed an opportunity to take the lease in Paul Barber's Ditcheat yard

There have been many highlights since, including four Cheltenham Gold Cups with See More Business, Kauto Star (twice) and Denman. In the 2007-08 season Paul trained 155 winner and accumulated over £4 million in prize money, a record that still stands to this day

Paul is also a Grand National-winning trainer having saddled Neptune Collonges to victory in 2012 and most recently he trained his 50th Cheltenham Festival winner when Caldwell Potter stormed to victory at Prestbury Park. Read More Paul Nicholls

Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer is regarded as one of the greatest English strikers of all time and remains the Premier League's record goalscorer with 260 goals. He spent his entire career playing in the top-flight of English football, and won the Premier League title with Blackburn in 1995, before moving to his hometown club Newcastle United in 1996 for a then world record £15m.

A three-time Premier League Golden Boot winner and winner of the Golden Boot with England at Euro 96, Alan has most recently been an ever-present pundit on BBC's Match of the Day where his excellent punditry alongside Ian Wright and Gary Lineker was a staple of every football fans' Saturday night viewing.

Sam Turner

Sam Turner is an award-winning journalist with more than three decades of experience in the racing industry.

He began his career in 1990s with BBC Ceefax before joining the Midlands News Association, winning the Racing Post Naps Table in 2002.

After a short spell with the ill-fated Sportsman newspaper, Sam joined the Daily Mail as the paper's lead tipster Robin Goodfellow, a role he occupied for 17 years winning five Press Challenges before leaving the paper in July 2023 to head to Dubai as the Editor for the region's horse racing magazine, Adiyat Racing+.

Sam returned to the UK last autumn when the Dubai Racing Club made the surprise decision to close Adiyat and since then has resumed his long-standing association with Racing TV, covering the sport at the Cheltenham and Aintree Festivals among others.