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• Eight Cheltenham Festival Takeaways: Notebook Horses

  22-03-2017 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Notebook Horses From Cheltenham As the Cheltenham Festival gradually begins to fade from the memory, racing writer and broadcaster Rory Delargy (@helynsar on twitter) offers an octet to keep in mind for the coming month, and early part of next season. Trackers and/or notepads at the ready... Tuesday: The Young Master (6th - Ultima Handicap […]
  
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• De Sousa lands Guineas with Elmalka on first Classic ride since betting ban

  05-05-2024 17:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Silvestere de Sousa celebrates high-profile successFilly catches long-time leader Ramatuelle on lineSilvestre de Sousa, who was only cleared to resume race-riding in Britain in March after a ten-month ban for breaching betting rules in Hong Kong, steered 28-1 outsider Elmalka to victory in the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday.The Roger Varian-trained filly caught long-time leader and French raider Ramatuelle on the line after having difficulty handling the track in the early stages and being
  
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• Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby in epic three-horse photo finish

  05-05-2024 01:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Mystik Dan wins thrilling 150th Kentucky DerbySierra Leone takes second and Forever Young thirdMystik Dan has won the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby in a heart-pounding three-horse photo finish.The bay colt trained by Kenny McPeek and ridden by Brian Hernandez, who went off at 18-1 odds, held off Sierra Leone and Forever Young by a nose in the $5m race at Churchill Downs. Continue reading...
  
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• Jack Kennedy claims first Irish jockeys’ title

  04-05-2024 19:37 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Jack Kennedy survived having to sit out the final day of the season through suspension to claim his first Irish jump jockeys’ championship. Paul Townend had topped the table for the past five years but went into the last afternoon of the Punchestown Festival trailing 123-119, with five booked rides left to turn things around. […]
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• Minella Crooner hits winning note at Punchestown

  04-05-2024 19:22 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Minella Crooner bounced back to form when getting the better of a ding-dong battle with Better Times Ahead in the Listed-class Palmerstown House Estate Pat Taaffe Handicap Chase at Punchestown. The pair were both far from convincing at the final fence when jumping that obstacle together but each rallied bravely on the run-in. In the […]
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• O’Brien shocked by City Of Troy’s Guineas flop

  04-05-2024 18:35 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Aidan O’Brien could offer no immediate excuse after City Of Troy’s bubble was well and truly burst in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. The son of American Triple Crown hero Justify carried all before him as a two-year-old last season, with debut success at the Curragh followed by successive Newmarket raids as he pulverised […]
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• Kargese win ends Mullins’ Grade One campaign on a high

  04-05-2024 18:20 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Willie Mullins extended his record haul of Grade One wins in a season to 39 after Kargese came with a flying finish to claim the Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle at Punchestown. The Closutton maestro had already struck with Lossiemouth earlier on in the day and Paul Townend produced this 9-4 favourite with a […]
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• Burke confident Fallen Angel will stay Guineas trip

  04-05-2024 18:00 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Karl Burke has never won a British Classic, but that could all change on Sunday when Fallen Angel goes for Qipco 1000 Guineas glory at Newmarket. The daughter of Too Darn Hot won three of her four starts last season, travelling to Ireland and returning to North Yorkshire with Group One honours having picked up […]
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• Lossiemouth strolls to another Grade One success

  04-05-2024 17:13 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Lossiemouth cruised to victory in the Coolmore N.H. Sires Bolshoi Ballet Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle to complete a Cheltenham-Punchestown double for the second straight season. Last term, she followed up her Triumph success by battling home in the Champion Four Year Old Hurdle in County Kildare. This time, the Willie Mullins-trained five-year-old arrived at […]
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• Sun TV Trends: Newmarket 5th May 2024

  04-05-2024 17:00 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  It's 1,000 Guineas Day at Newmarket this Sunday (5th May 2024) and we've four more LIVE ITV races that are spearheaded by the big race the 1,000 Guineas at 3:40 - a race Irish heavyweight trainer Aidan O'Brien has won seven times in the past. As always, we've got all the key trends and stats […]
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• Notable Speech strikes Guineas gold

  04-05-2024 16:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Notable Speech was a surprise winner as City Of Troy failed to land a blow in the Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket. Aidan O’Brien’s colt was sent off the 4-6 favourite after an unbeaten juvenile campaign which culminated in an impressive success in the Dewhurst Stakes. However, he looked under pressure early on in […]
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• Notable Speech wins 2,000 Guineas as favourite City Of Troy slumps

  04-05-2024 16:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Charlie Appleby’s 16-1 shot takes first Classic of 2024City Of Troy drifts to 6-1 for Derby as he flagging after halfwaySix months of anticipation and expectation evaporated in the space of 100 seconds here on Saturday, as City Of Troy, the hot favourite for the 2,000 Guineas, could beat only two of his rivals to the line as Charlie Appleby’s Notable Speech, at 16-1, won the first Classic of the 2024 season.City Of Troy was quickly away from the stalls and settled in a narrow lead at
  
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• Seven Questions has all the answers in Palace House

  04-05-2024 16:13 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Seven Questions was a surprise winner of the William Hill Palace House Stakes at Newmarket. The three-year-old was partnered by Callum Shepherd and started as the outsider of the field at 33-1 for trainer George Scott. He was always near the front end of the race, which turned into a real battle in the closing […]
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• Sly hoping for Newmarket rain ahead of Beau bid

  04-05-2024 14:50 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Pam Sly’s Astral Beau will appreciate any rain that falls over Newmarket ahead of the William Hill Dahlia Stakes. The five-year-old is owned and bred by the Sly family and is the granddaughter of their 1000 Guineas winner Speciosa. Third in this contest last season, the bay is familiar with the Rowley Mile having won […]
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• City Of Troy hype as best since wonder colt Frankel will be put to Guineas test

  03-05-2024 15:31 via theguardian.com
  
  It is time for the talking to stop as Aidan O’Brien’s wonder colt returns to race in the first Classic of the season at NewmarketEven in a sport in which thrives on optimism and uncertainty, there are few “what ifs?” to match the moment when an exceptional colt from last year’s juvenile crop canters to post for the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket. For months, fans and backers of the “winter favourite” for the Classic will have followed his progress from two t
  
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• Twelve horses died around the Kentucky Derby last year. Little has changed since | Elizabeth Banicki

  03-05-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I have spent long stretches of my life around the racetrack. The methods for training young horses in the US means fatalities are inevitableAs Churchill Downs prepares to host the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday a darker anniversary looms. One year ago, 12 horses died at Churchill Downs in the days and weeks surrounding America’s biggest race.As hype builds around this year’s runners, those who died fall deeper into the well of memory, if they’re thought of at all. Wild on Ice
  
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• Twelve horses died around the Kentucky Derby last year. Little has changed since

  03-05-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I have spent long stretches of my life around the racetrack. The methods for training young horses in the US means fatalities are inevitableAs Churchill Downs prepares to host the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday a darker anniversary looms. One year ago, 12 horses died at Churchill Downs in the days and weeks surrounding America’s biggest race.As hype builds around this year’s runners, those who died fall deeper into the well of memory, if they’re thought of at all. Wild on Ice
  
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• Casa No Mento a famous Punchestown winner for Twiston-Davies

  02-05-2024 20:59 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  There was a raiding success for Nigel and Sam Twiston-Davies at the Punchestown Festival as Casa No Mento toughed it out to land a blow in the Close Brothers Mares Novice Hurdle. The only horse able to claim Casa No Mento’s scalp this season is Harry Derham’s Queens Gamble and she was sent off a […]
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• Teahupoo confirmed as king of the stayers with stylish success

  02-05-2024 19:36 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Teahupoo cemented his position at the top of the staying hurdling tree with a devastating display in the Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle at Punchestown. Gordon Elliott’s charge could only finish fourth when 3-1 joint-favourite for the race 12 months ago – but victory this year could have been called a long way from home as […]
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• Il Etait Temps floors Gaelic Warrior for Grade One honours

  02-05-2024 19:10 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Il Etait Temps claimed another top-level prize when prevailing in the Barberstown Castle Novice Chase at Punchestown. The six-year-old came into the race on the back of a successful season, within which he has won the Irish Arkle, finished third in the Arkle itself and then claimed the Manifesto Chase at Aintree last time out. […]
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• Singing Banjo hits the right notes at Punchestown

  02-05-2024 18:40 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Veteran campaigner Singing Banjo came to the fore to take the Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country Chase at Punchestown for the second time. The 14-year-old is a veritable specialist around the banks course, having won the race in 2021 as part of a famous double that also included the Ladies Perpetual Cup. He […]
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• Goodwood & Newmarket TV Trends: Friday 3rd May 2024

  02-05-2024 17:45 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  A busy weekend for the ITV cameras gets going on Friday with action from Newmarket and Goodwood. There are four races from Newmarket - flat racing's HQ - to take in on ITV, with the Group 2 Jockey Club Stakes one of the highlights at 4:10pm. While, we've also got three at Goodwood, what will […]
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• Racing Insights, Friday 03/05/24

  02-05-2024 17:08 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Apologies for the lack of a preview for Friday's racing. It sounds a little far-fetched, but I'm away from home right now and the dog ate my homework broke my laptop! I've managed to borrow one for today with a view to getting a replacement at the weekend, but that's not what you've come here […]
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• State Man targets unblemished season with Boodles Champion Hurdle success

  02-05-2024 16:55 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  State Man will bid to put the seal on a faultless campaign in the Boodles Champion Hurdle at Punchestown on Friday. The seven-year-old has been pretty much blemish free since falling on his debut for Willie Mullins two and a half years ago, with the mighty Constitution Hill the only horse to deny him victory […]
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• All eyes on brilliant Ballyburn at Punchestown

  02-05-2024 16:55 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Given that even Willie Mullins expressed his surprise with how easy Ballyburn won at Cheltenham, his appearance in the Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown is hugely anticipated. Despite having won at the Dublin Racing Festival from subsequent Supreme Novices’ Hurdle winner Slade Steel by seven lengths, Mullins was refusing to get carried away […]
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• Ramatuelle seeks to capitalise on Parker’s winning touch in Guineas

  02-05-2024 16:12 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Christopher Head has cited the winning mentality brought by former NBA star Tony Parker as a positive influence ahead of Ramatuelle’s Qipco 1000 Guineas bid on Sunday. The filly will have a special guest in her corner as French football World Cup winner Thierry Henry will be among Parker’s entourage on Sunday, and Head, who […]
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• Connections confident Naqeeb has progressed enough to ask Gold Cup question

  02-05-2024 14:25 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Naqeeb has a long way to go to emulate his half-brothers Baaeed and Hukum but there is every chance he can develop into a smart performer this season ahead of his reappearance in Friday’s William Hill Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket. While Baaeed never raced beyond 10 furlongs in establishing himself as the best of […]
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• Spillane’s Tower digs deep to complete Grade One double

  30-04-2024 19:29 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Spillane’s Tower made it back-to-back Grade One victories for trainer Jimmy Mangan with a determined display in the Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase at Punchestown. Best known as the trainer of 2003 Grand National hero Monty’s Pass, Mangan was claiming his first top-level success in 16 years when this JP McManus-owned gelding landed the […]
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• Banbridge pips Captain Guinness in Champion Chase thriller

  30-04-2024 19:02 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Banbridge got up in the final stride to deny Captain Guinness a Champion Chase double in a pulsating renewal of the feature event on the opening day of the Punchestown Festival. Nine runners went to post for the William Hill Champion Chase, with Mares’ Chase runner-up Dinoblue the 11-10 favourite to beat the boys and […]
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• Racing Insights, Wednesday 01/05/24

  30-04-2024 17:59 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Wow! How is it May already? We kick the new month off with Wednesday's free Geegeez GOLD feature, the Trainer Statistics (TS) report, which is, in fact, four reports in one. It contains information on a trainer’s recent form, and their longer term course form. For each of 14 day, 30 day, course one year, […]
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