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• Laurens lands Fillies’ Mile as September comes too late for Aidan O’Brien

  13-10-2017 19:51 via theguardian.com
  • Irish trainer’s attempt to set a new G1 record must wait a week
  • John Gosden has Cracksman in fine shape for Champion StakesNo one can train 23 Group One winners in a season without enjoying a little good luck along the way but fortune abruptly turned its back on Aidan O’Brien here on Friday as he went in search of number 24. His Happily, the certain favourite for the Fillies’ Mile, was scratched a few hours before the race after she was found to be running a tempe
  
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• This year’s Grand National looked and felt like a better race, in every way | Greg Wood

  15-04-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The race’s ability to adapt to changing attitudes over the course of nearly 200 years has been one of the secrets of its survivalFor the first time in a while – since April 2018, in fact – Grand National day at Aintree on Saturday was, for this spectator at least, an almost entirely positive experience. It was a race with all the drama and spectacle that got many of us hooked on racing in the first place, but no fallers, no serious injuries and a winner, I Am Maximus, whose bre
  
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• Owning a racehorse is the latest way for rich millennials to brag

  14-04-2024 17:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Auctioneer targets social media-obsessed youngsters with prospect of entering the parade ring at Royal AscotHenry Beeby has an enticing pitch for young super-rich tiktokkers and instagrammers. “Come to Kensington Gardens on the Monday, buy a racehorse and by the Tuesday you will be in the parade ring at one of the world’s most famous racecourses [Royal Ascot] alongside members of the British royal family and other royal families, with your own racehorse in your colours.”Beeby,
  
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• Straight to the 2000 Guineas for Rosallion, says Hannon

  14-04-2024 13:26 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Richard Hannon’s Group One winner Rosallion will head straight for the Qipco 2000 Guineas. Hannon and owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid had been weighing up whether to take in a trial en route to the Newmarket Classic, for which the Blue Point colt is a best-riced 6-1 second-favourite behind City Of Troy. However, they have decided […]
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• Rachael Blackmore Serial Winners Fund hits £250,000

  14-04-2024 12:17 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Betfair’s ‘Rachael Blackmore Serial Winners Fund’ wrapped up having raised £250,000 for the Injured Jockeys Fund and the Irish Injured Jockeys. The initiative began on Betfair Chase day at Haydock last November, when the bookmaker pledged to add £5,000 to the pot every time Blackmore rode a winner between that meeting and the Grand National […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 14/04/2024

  14-04-2024 08:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Latest News and Features National glory has no chance of getting old for McManus ‘Game on’ – Mullins has sights firmly set on British trainers’ title ‘The National exactly as we want it’ – Jockey Club chief hails Aintree changes Maximus returns for happy Grand National punters So close, but Elliott has to give best […]
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• Vintage Grand National enough to make Willie Mullins lose his voice

  13-04-2024 21:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Trainer adds I Am Maximus’s success at Aintree to his Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle wins at Cheltenham this seasonlA gentlemanly nod of the head. An appreciative tip of the cap. That is the way Willie Mullins likes to celebrate his major triumphs. Such is his preternatural calmness, you half‑suspect the arrival of the Four Horseman of Apocalypse would be greeted with a simple shrug of the shoulders. Yet on a raucous afternoon, the 67-year‑old Irishman was bellowing every bit as
  
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• Vintage Grand National enough to make Willie Mullins lose his cool | Sean Ingle

  13-04-2024 21:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Trainer adds I Am Maximus’s success at Aintree to his Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle wins at Cheltenham this seasonA gentlemanly nod of the head. An appreciative tip of the cap. That is the way Willie Mullins likes to celebrate his major triumphs. Such is his preternatural calmness, you half‑suspect the arrival of the Four Horseman of Apocalypse would be greeted with a simple shrug of the shoulders. Yet on a raucous afternoon, the 67-year‑old Irishman was bellowing every bit as l
  
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• National glory has no chance of getting old for McManus

  13-04-2024 19:58 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Leading owner JP McManus finished an incredible three-days at Aintree by watching I Am Maximus provide him with a thrilling third triumph in the Randox Grand National. The famous green and gold silks of McManus were a frequent sight in the winner’s enclosure over the three-day meeting in Liverpool, with the Emmet Mullins-trained Its On […]
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• ‘Game on’ – Mullins has sights firmly set on British trainers’ title

  13-04-2024 19:40 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Willie Mullins said it was “game on” in his pursuit of a first British trainers’ championship as I Am Maximus provided him with a second Randox Grand National victory. While it has taken 19 years for him to follow up his initial success with Hedgehunter, his domination of the National Hunt scene on both sides […]
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• ‘The National exactly as we want it’ – Jockey Club chief hails Aintree changes

  13-04-2024 19:20 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  “The National exactly as we want it” – that was the verdict of Jockey Club chief executive Nevin Truesdale after the first running of the Randox Grand National under new conditions. A number of revisions were made to the famous four-and-a-quarter-mile chase this year, not least reducing the maximum field from 40 to 34 runners […]
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• Grand National 2024: I Am Maximus wins thrilling race at Aintree – as it happened

  13-04-2024 18:57 via theguardian.com
  Favourite won an incredible race at Aintree for Willie MullinsRace report | Tom Jenkins’s best images from AintreeAnd they’re off … Johnson’s Blue leads in the early stages with two laps to go! … Classic Concorde is now challenging the early leader … Johnnywho is in a good position … Landrake has badly lost his place and Ramo is already in trouble at the back … Storm Nelson is being pushed along … favourite West Balboa is in midfield &h
  
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• Maximus returns for happy Grand National punters

  13-04-2024 18:46 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Bookmakers were put to the sword as I Am Maximus’ supreme Randox Grand National triumph meant the layers left Aintree licking their wounds. It has been a chastening week for the layers in Liverpool, with a huge amount of winning favourites inflicting misery. And that was compounded in the main event itself as Willie Mullins’ […]
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• So close, but Elliott has to give best to Mullins again

  13-04-2024 18:39 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Gordon Elliott again had to give best to the “thorn in his side” that is Willie Mullins, with Delta Work finding only I Am Maximus too good for Delta Work in the Randox Grand National at Aintree. The two powerhouse trainers have long matched strides at the top of Irish racing, with Elliott having to […]
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• Elliott and Kennedy cash in with Found A Fifty

  13-04-2024 18:21 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Found A Fifty was the epitome of bravery in a pulsating finish to the My Pension Expert Maghull Novices’ Chase at Aintree. Gordon Elliott’s Arkle runner-up had seen the form of that race franked by Cheltenham Festival third Il Etait Temps on Thursday and with Quilixios and Nickle Back leading the field along at a […]
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• I Am Maximus rules supreme in National victory

  13-04-2024 17:30 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  I Am Maximus was an emphatic winning favourite of the Randox Grand National, storming clear of his rivals to give the all-conquering Willie Mullins a second victory in the Aintree showpiece. Successful with Hedgehunter 19 years ago, Mullins was responsible for eight of the 32 who headed to post in Liverpool, but I Am Maximus […]
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• I Am Maximus lands gamble for all-conquering Mullins in Grand National

  13-04-2024 17:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Joint-favourite streaks clear after the last fence to claim gloryLast year’s winner Corach Rambler falls at the firstIrish trainer Willie Mullins continued his domination of jump racing, sending out the well-backed 7-1 joint-favourite I Am Maximus to win the Grand National at Aintree.After the well-publicised changes to the race there were a host of runners in with a chance at the final fence and Rachael Blackmore led after that obstacle on Minella Indo in an attempt to win the race a seco
  
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• Grand National 2024: I Am Maximus wins thrilling race at Aintree – live reaction

  13-04-2024 17:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Live updates from Aintree with the marquee race at 4pm BSTFalls and finery: Tom Jenkins’s best images from AintreeGet in touch! Share your thoughts in an email to TonyAnd they’re off … Johnson’s Blue leads in the early stages with two laps to go! … Classic Concorde is now challenging the early leader … Johnnywho is in a good position … Landrake has badly lost his place and Ramo is already in trouble at the back … Storm Nelson is being pushed a
  
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• Grand National 2024: updates from the big race at Aintree – live

  13-04-2024 16:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Live updates from Aintree with the marquee race at 4pm BSTHorse-by-horse guide | Tom Jenkins’s best images from AintreeGet in touch! Share your thoughts in an email to TonyAnd they’re off … Johnson’s Blue leads in the early stages with two laps to go! … Classic Concorde is now challenging the early leader … Johnnywho is in a good position … Landrake has badly lost his place and Ramo is already in trouble at the back … Storm Nelson is being pus
  
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• Grand National meeting 2024: Falls and finery – in pictures

  13-04-2024 16:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Winners, losers, racegoers and horses are all in evidence as Guardian and Observer photographer Tom Jenkins captures the essence of AintreeCheck back later for images of the big race Continue reading...
  
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• Grand National 2024: Corach Rambler aiming for history with second win in a row – live

  13-04-2024 12:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Live updates from Aintree with the marquee race at 4pm BSTGet in touch! Share your thoughts in an email to TonyGood morning from Aintree racecourse, where the slightly surprising early news today is that the going on the Grand National course is now soft, good-to-soft in places, having been heavy, soft in places when it staged the Foxhunters’ Chase on Thursday.“It’s improved again today,” Sulekha Varma, Aintree’s clerk of the course, told ITV Racing this morning. &l
  
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• UK Racing plc faces more testing times than gruelling Grand National

  12-04-2024 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sport’s leaders fighting back on welfare and prize money fronts after falls in crowds puts squeeze on before racing’s biggest dayIf anyone at Aintree needed a reminder of the oscillating exhilarations and perils of jump racing, it came within a few tragic seconds on Ladies’ Day. In one breath, the favourite for the opening race, Inothewayurthinkin, surged over the last fence, to a roar that could have been heard back in Liverpool. In the next, Giovinco crashed to the floor
  
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• Areas of concern: British racing facing headwinds as Grand National looms

  12-04-2024 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sport’s leaders fighting back on welfare and prize money fronts after falls in crowds puts squeeze on before racing’s biggest dayIf anyone at Aintree needed a reminder of the oscillating exhilarations and perils of jump racing, it came within a few tragic seconds on Ladies’ Day. In one breath, the favourite for the opening race, Inothewayurthinkin, surged over the last fence, to a roar that could have been heard back in Liverpool. In the next, Giovinco crashed to the floor
  
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• ‘Areas of concern’: British racing faces headwinds as Grand National looms

  12-04-2024 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sport’s leaders fighting back on welfare and prize money fronts after falls in crowds put squeeze on before racing’s biggest dayIf anyone at Aintree needed a reminder of the oscillating exhilarations and perils of jump racing, it came within a few tragic seconds on Ladies’ Day. In one breath, the favourite for the opening race, Inothewayurthinkin, surged over the last fence, to a roar that could have been heard back in Liverpool. In the next, Giovinco crashed to the floor
  
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• Talking Horses: Mahler Mission best value in soft-ground Grand National

  12-04-2024 16:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Selection has a near-perfect profile for the biggest betting race of the year in terms of his age, talent, stamina and form to dateThe more pessimistic forecasts for rainfall at Aintree this week failed to materialise but the going for Saturday’s race will still be the most gruelling for 23 years and only thorough stayers should be considered for inclusion on backers’ shortlists.In that respect, the betting market has already done a lot of the legwork, as all but a couple of the runn
  
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• Talking Horses: Mahler Mission best value in gruelling Grand National

  12-04-2024 16:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Selection has a near-perfect profile for the biggest betting race of the year in terms of his age, talent, stamina and form to dateThe more pessimistic forecasts for rainfall at Aintree this week failed to materialise but the going for Saturday’s race will still be the most gruelling for 23 years and only thorough stayers should be considered for inclusion on backers’ shortlists.In that respect, the betting market has already done a lot of the legwork, as all but a couple of the runn
  
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• Inothewayurthinkin makes most of Mildmay opportunity

  12-04-2024 15:04 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Inothewayurthinkin produced a Cheltenham Festival repeat to announce himself as a staying chaser of the highest order with victory in the Huyton Asphalt Franny Blennerhassett Memorial Mildmay Novices’ Chase at Aintree. Gavin Cromwell’s six-year-old made a mockery of his rating when storming to an emphatic victory in the Kim Muir last month and having again […]
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• Student’s life transformed by Grand National favourite Corach Rambler

  12-04-2024 14:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Cameron Sword set to realise dream in racing has horse he part-owns on verge of history after last year’s win in ‘people’s race’For good or ill, Aintree’s finger of fate has singled out an abundance of horses and humans since a horse called Lottery won the first Grand National in 1839. Rarely, though, has it exerted such unlikely and life-changing effects as it did towards the end of the Covid pandemic in 2020, when it decided to point at a business student at Herio
  
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• Q&A: Has the Grand National still got its magic?

  12-04-2024 14:49 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Despite a reduced number of runners, down to 34 from 40, and extra safety measures making the fences less daunting, the Randox Grand National remains by far the most popular race of the year in terms of public interest. Here, we are taking a look at what to expect from this year’s Aintree spectacular: How […]
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• Randox Grand National – What connections say

  12-04-2024 14:40 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The eyes of the racing world will be focussed on Aintree at 4pm on Saturday for what promises to be another pulsating renewal of the Randox Grand National. Here are the thoughts of some of the connections hoping to strike gold in the world’s most famous steeplechase: Trainer Emmet Mullins – Noble Yeats (11st 12lb) […]
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