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• Cue Card may head for restaged Peterborough rather than King George

  11-12-2017 19:16 via theguardian.com
  • Tizzard family considers sending him to Taunton on Thursday
  • Grade Two race will be salvaged from Sunday’s Huntingdon cardCue Card could be a fascinating addition to the Peterborough Chase when the race is staged at Taunton on Thursday. The Grade Two race will be salvaged from the Huntingdon card that was wiped out by snow on Sunday, under plans announced by racing’s ruling body on Monday night, and those efforts could be rewarded with a popular and high-profile new entr
  
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• Racing Insights, Saturday 20/04/24

  19-04-2024 20:03 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Saturday's free feature is the Trainer/Jockey Combo (TJC) report, which works by bringing together the form of trainers and jockeys into a single composite report that has produced excellent results for users. Basically, some trainers turn to specific riders when they have one ‘ready to win’ and this report quickly identifies the most profitable of […]
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• Skelton edges in front of Mullins in epic trainers’ title tussle

  19-04-2024 19:20 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Dan Skelton edged back to the top of the table for the British jumps trainers’ championship after a crucial treble at Ayr. The Alcester trainer was a little shy of £31,000 adrift of Irish champion Willie Mullins on the leaderboard ahead of the meeting, the first day of the valuable Coral Scottish Grand National fixture […]
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• Ffrench Davis would love to target Chester Cup with Prince Alex

  19-04-2024 17:52 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Dominic Ffrench Davis would love a crack at the Chester Cup with Prince Alex having seen him make a winning return to action in the Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd Silver Bar Handicap at Newbury. With last year’s Chester hero Metier and another leading fancy in Spartan Army behind him, Ffrench Davis has every right to […]
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• Derby bid on the agenda for Voyage after belated debut win

  19-04-2024 17:03 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Owner Julie Wood is dreaming of Derby glory with Voyage after seeing her patience being rewarded with a debut victory in the Darley Novice Stakes at Newbury. Sent off a relatively unconsidered 28-1 chance and seemingly the second string of Richard Hannon behind Sam Hawkens, Voyage travelled like a dream for Pat Dobbs. While all […]
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• Skelton relying on Sud missile to strike crucial blow

  19-04-2024 16:42 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Dan Skelton is banking on a big run from L’Eau Du Sud in the Coral Scottish Champion Hurdle to keep him in with a chance of claiming a first trainers’ title. Runner-up in two of the most competitive handicaps of the season, the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury and the County Hurdle at Cheltenham, the six-year-old […]
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• Mullins looking to hit title rivals for six in Scottish National

  19-04-2024 16:06 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  With the British trainers’ title on the line, Willie Mullins sends a six-strong squad to contest the Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr on Saturday. Mullins is not only seeking his first win in the £200,000 feature, he has never had a single winner at the track. But that could all change this weekend, as […]
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• Successful Ayr raid could go a long way to clinching title for Mullins

  19-04-2024 15:56 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The last time Willie Mullins had a chance of winning the British trainers’ title, Paul Nicholls landed the Coral Scottish Grand National with Vicente before going on to secure top spot in the table at Sandown. This time around, the all-conquering Mullins is throwing everything at it, with 18 runners on the big card at […]
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• Mullins’ battalion attacks Scottish Grand National with eye on title

  19-04-2024 15:42 via theguardian.com
  
  An Irish-trained horse has not won of the most coveted prizes in UK jumps racing since Queen Victoria was on the throne In the spring of 1869, Queen Victoria was approaching the halfway mark of what would eventually be a 64-year reign, Sir Henry Morton Stanley was preparing to head for Africa to seek out Dr Livingstone, and a horse called Huntsman won the third running of the Scottish Grand National at Bogside, a now-defunct racecourse on the banks of the River Irvine in Ayrshire. More than a ce
  
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• Hawaiian looks good in keeping up Hannon momentum

  19-04-2024 15:36 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Royal Ascot could beckon for Richard Hannon’s Hawaiian following a smooth winning debut in the Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup EBF Maiden Stakes at Newbury. A field of eight unraced juveniles lined up from some of the biggest yards in the country, with Hannon’s Kodiac colt sent off the 11-8 favourite. Sean Levey was […]
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• Ballymount aiming to be top Boy in Greenham

  19-04-2024 15:24 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Ballymount Boy will cut his teeth as a three-year-old in the Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes at Newbury. The Adrian Keatley-trained Camacho colt enjoyed a good juvenile season, taking a Hamilton maiden before showing a great deal of promise when finishing just a length behind Vandeek in Goodwood’s Group Two Richmond Stakes. […]
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• Classic route set to be clearer for Regal Jubilee after Fred Darling test

  19-04-2024 15:13 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  John and Thady Gosden’s promising Regal Jubilee makes her seasonal reappearance on Saturday in what promises to be an informative running of the Dubai Duty Free Stakes at Newbury. The three-year-old is by Frankel out of the mare Regal Realm, making her a half-sister to Sir Michael Stoute’s multiple Group-race winner Regal Reality. The Cheveley […]
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• Haatem dominates Newmarket trial but 2,000 Guineas clues located off the track

  18-04-2024 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Richard Hannon’s horse romps home yet trainer remains coyStablemate Rosallion labelled ‘a horse with an awful lot of speed’There was a time in the not-so-distant past when a three-and-a-half length success in the Craven Stakes over the same course and distance as the 2,000 Guineas in 16 days’ time would have fast-tracked the winner to the top of the Classic betting. Haatem, by contrast, can be backed at 20-1 for the Guineas on 4 May, despite powering well clear of his fie
  
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• Michael Owen on the scoresheet with It Ain’t Two

  17-04-2024 19:18 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Michael Owen is dreaming of bigger days having seen his homebred It Ain’t Two get on the scoresheet in the bet365 EBF Maiden Fillies’ Stakes at Newmarket. Trained by Hugo Palmer, her half-brother Balon D’Or hit the target at the first attempt last season, but odds of 18-1 perhaps told the true tale of expectation […]
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• Skelton adds Cheltenham winner to championship prize-money haul

  17-04-2024 19:08 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Dan Skelton edged further ahead of Paul Nicholls in pursuit of Willie Mullins, as the battle for the jump trainers’ championship continues to look like it will go down to the final day of the season. Skelton picked up a 113th victory of the season, with Doyen Quest winning the Kingston Stud Handicap Hurdle at […]
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• Appleby talks up Godolphin hopes after narrow Dance Sequence defeat

  17-04-2024 18:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Trainer optimistic about improved crop of three-year-olds Nell Gwyn Stakes runner-up still on course for 1,000 Guineas He had just seen his filly Dance Sequence, the third-favourite for the 1,000 Guineas, beaten in her Classic trial by the 18-1 outsider Pretty Crystal, but Charlie Appleby was still in a highly positive frame of mind after the Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket on Wednesday, about Dance Sequence and life in general.The 2023 campaign was, by any measure, a disappointing one for Appleby
  
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• Imperial rule put Brennan at the top of his sport

  17-04-2024 18:16 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the pinnacle of National Hunt racing, but it is perhaps unfair to let two Fridays in March, six years apart, define the career of Paddy Brennan. Brennan hit the ultimate height in 2010 when Imperial Commander took advantage of the fall of Kauto Star to storm up the Cheltenham hill […]
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• Brennan bows out in style with Cheltenham success

  17-04-2024 18:02 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Paddy Brennan announced his immediate retirement from the saddle after steering Manothepeople to victory in the penultimate race at Cheltenham on Wednesday. The 43-year-old has enjoyed a hugely successful career, with his victory aboard Imperial Commander in an epic renewal of the Cheltenham Gold Cup being the obvious highlight. Success in the 2007 World Hurdle […]
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• Racing Insights, Thursday 18/04/24

  17-04-2024 18:00 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Did you know that the Instant Expert tab is by far the most popular tab on the geegeez racecards? That's because it has the ability to condense the entire form profile of every runner in the race into a single, easily digestible, view. The report covers the form in terms of wins (or places), runs, […]
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• Appleby building up transatlantic satellite squad

  17-04-2024 17:45 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Charlie Appleby expects to have around 12 horses based in America throughout the summer, with Sheema Classic winner Rebel’s Romance among them. Appleby, who has enjoyed great success in recent years with his forays to North America, is making a more permanent base for his team by setting up a satellite yard. Along with Rebel’s […]
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• Native Approach primed for big Craven test

  17-04-2024 17:27 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Native Approach could strengthen Charlie Appleby’s Classic hand by providing the trainer with a fourth victory in the last six runnings of the bet365 Craven Stakes at Newmarket. Subsequent Derby hero Masar was the Moulton Paddocks handler’s first winner of this recognised 2000 Guineas trial in 2018, while Master Of The Seas and Native Trail […]
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• Galopin Des Champs heading Punchestown ‘A-team’ for Mullins

  17-04-2024 17:15 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Galopin Des Champs will try to right his only ‘wrong’ of last year when he lines up in the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup later this month. The dual Cheltenham Gold Cup winner was sent off the 4-11 favourite to complete a spring festival double in the three-mile Grade One 12 months ago, but after mastering […]
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• Pretty Crystal denies Dance Sequence in Nell Gwyn

  17-04-2024 16:58 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Pretty Crystal held off the late surge of Dance Sequence in the Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket. Viewed as the first 1000 Guineas trial of the spring, Charlie Appleby’s previously unbeaten Dance Sequence was 10-11 favourite to enhance her Classic claims. William Buick was briefly short of room on the Godolphin filly and […]
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• El Fabiolo set for Sandown as Mullins chases title glory

  17-04-2024 16:38 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  El Fabiolo will bid to aid Willie Mullins’ quest to be crowned Britain’s champion jumps trainer by contesting the bet365 Celebration Chase on the final day of the season at Sandown. With the Randox Grand National success of I Am Maximus at Aintree seeing Mullins hit the front in the title race, the Closutton is […]
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• McConnell star Seddon set for return at Punchestown Festival

  16-04-2024 11:45 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  John McConnell’s popular and versatile performer Seddon is set to return to action at the Punchestown Festival. The 11-year-old provided connections with an unforgettable day at the races when landing the Magners Plate Handicap Chase at the Cheltenham Festival last year. He then reverted to hurdles for the Fitzwilliam Sports Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown’s flagship […]
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• Walsh remembers the magic of O’Brien, as Mullins goes for British crown

  16-04-2024 10:50 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Ted Walsh believes even if Willie Mullins does not manage to emulate Vincent O’Brien by being crowned champion trainer in the UK when based in Ireland, both have played their part in changing the face of National Hunt racing. Given the feats will be over 70 years apart – O’Brien was champion trainer for successive […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 16/04/2024

  16-04-2024 08:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Latest News and Features Racing Insights, Tuesday 16/04/24 I Am Maximus booked for hero’s return on Tuesday evening Mr Incredible set to be part of powerful Ayr raid for title-chasing Mullins Gilligan so proud of another fine effort from Buddy One 2024 Nell Gwyn Stakes Trends 2024 Earl Of Sefton Stakes Trends Kieswetter savouring Temps […]
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• Racing Insights, Tuesday 16/04/24

  15-04-2024 19:30 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Tuesday's free offering from the GOLD service is the The Shortlist feature, a simple – and usually brief – report highlighting those horses with a largely ‘green’ profile in the Instant Expert Report each day. It covers win or place stats, and can be viewed for both today’s and tomorrow’s racing. GREENis good (33% or […]
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• I Am Maximus booked for hero’s return on Tuesday evening

  15-04-2024 19:07 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Leighlinbridge will welcome the return of yet another Willie Mullins champion on Tuesday evening, with Randox Grand National hero I Am Maximus set to enjoy his homecoming parade. It is little over a month since Galopin Des Champs received the acclaim of the locals after successfully defending his crown in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, a […]
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• Mr Incredible set to be part of powerful Ayr raid for title-chasing Mullins

  15-04-2024 17:40 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Having made it no further than The Chair in the Randox Grand National at Aintree on Saturday, Mr Incredible is set to make a swift reappearance as part of Willie Mullins’ assault on this weekend’s Coral Scottish Grand National meeting at Ayr. The victory of I Am Maximus in the world’s most famous steeplechase put […]
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