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• Constitution Hill should never be asked to jump a hurdle in public again | Greg Wood

  02-12-2025 17:19
  There is no need to attempt to write a glorious final chapter, when an alternative ending does not bear thinking aboutTrainer Nicky Henderson and owner Michael Buckley are still mulling over the options for Constitution Hill after his third fall in four starts at Newcastle on Saturday, but the simple fact that Henderson floated the question “can we go on asking him to do it?” in the immediate aftermath suggests that, in his heart, he already knows the answer. Whatever else might beck
  
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• Thinking Out Loud: Trainer ‘P’ Form

  02-12-2025 17:13 via geegeez.co.uk
  I have been researching horse racing for just over 25 years now, so I have delved into a lot of different areas and ideas, writes Dave Renham. Some have provided profitable angles, some have not. I tend to write up an article after I have done the research so that I have all the stats […]
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• QT Updates Coming Today

  02-12-2025 08:42 via geegeez.co.uk
  A short post, with some video content if you'd like it, to let you know that we'll be updating Query Tool today. We're adding some new input variables as well as a new output column. Details of those can be found in this recent post. Or in the videos below (first one is a general […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 02/12/2025

  02-12-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features 2025 Tingle Creek Chase Trends Monday Musings: Woof No More Racing Bulletin for 01/12/2025 Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Lingfield Park Standard 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 30/11/2025

  30-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 29/11/2025 Saturday TV Trends Sat TV Trends: 29th Nov 2025 Racing Bulletin for 28/11/2025 Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Fairyhouse Yielding to Soft 12:05 12:35 13:05 […]
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• Constitution Hill falls again as Golden Ace storms to Fighting Fifth Hurdle win

  29-11-2025 16:00
  Outsider repeats Champion Hurdle successThe New Lion also falls when leading two outThere was another twist to what is becoming a sorry tale here on Saturday as Constitution Hill, whose first two seasons over jumps led him to being ranked among the finest hurdlers of all time, fell for the third time in his past four starts in the early stages of a much-anticipated Fighting Fifth Hurdle.The New Lion, unbeaten in five starts, also fell in the closing stages, leaving Golden Ace to pick up the piec
  
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• Racing Bulletin for 29/11/2025

  29-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Saturday TV Trends Sat TV Trends: 29th Nov 2025 Racing Bulletin for 28/11/2025 Racing Bulletin for 27/11/2025 Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Bangor-on-Dee Soft 11:00 11:30 12:02 12:37 13:12 […]
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• Will Constitution Hill rediscover electrifying best after startling dip in form?

  28-11-2025 17:27
  Nicky Henderson’s star hurdler needs to bounce back on Saturday after another poor performance at PunchestownThe venerable Timeform organisation used a well-chosen four-letter word to describe Constitution Hill’s performance in the Boodles Champion Hurdle at Punchestown in early May, when the top-rated hurdler of recent decades started as the odds-on favourite but finished fifth of the six runners. It was, the firm’s post-race analysis said, a “disconcertingly tame displa
  
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• Saturday TV Trends Sat TV Trends: 29th Nov 2025

  28-11-2025 14:00 via geegeez.co.uk
  Another massive horse racing Saturday ahead with the Coral Gold Cup (former Ladbrokes Trophy Chase and Hennessy Gold Cup) – plus the Fighting Fifth Hurdle as the main contests at Newbury and Newcastle. As always, here at GeeGeez.co.uk, we've got all the ITV TV trends to help you find the best winning profile of past […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 28/11/2025

  28-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 27/11/2025 New Racing Syndicate: Seeking Nirvana? Racing Bulletin for 26/11/2025 Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Doncaster Good to Soft 11:55 12:25 12:55 13:27 14:02 14:33 15:08 […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 27/11/2025

  27-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features New Racing Syndicate: Seeking Nirvana? Racing Bulletin for 26/11/2025 NH Trainers: Short vs Long Distance Travellers Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Thurles Yielding 11:45 12:17 12:47 13:22 13:57 14:32 […]
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• Racing celebrates ‘Axe the Tax’ Budget campaign victory after Reeves spares sport

  26-11-2025 18:32
  Duty for betting on horse racing unchanged at 15%‘We want to maintain Britain’s place on world stage’Charles Allen, the chair of the British Horseracing Authority, paid tribute on Wednesday to “everyone who has played their part across the sport” after the budget announcement by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, that the rate of duty for betting on horse racing will remain unchanged at 15%.Confirmation that racing would be exempt from tax hikes on online casino gaming
  
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• New Racing Syndicate: Seeking Nirvana?

  26-11-2025 15:17 via geegeez.co.uk
  From time to time, not very often, I buy a horse to syndicate among fellow racing fans and geegeez.co.uk readers. Last week was one such occasion and a few shares are available, more on that in a moment. But first, a little history on geegeez syndicates. Geegeez Syndicates I've been involved in racing syndicates since […]
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• NH Trainers: Short vs Long Distance Travellers

  25-11-2025 16:22 via geegeez.co.uk
  NH Trainers and distance travelled We know that trainers have their own personalised methods of training horses, as well as how they go about placing horses in terms of which races they are going to run in, writes Dave Renham. In this article I will examine the records of certain trainers in terms of the […]
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• 2025 Long Distance Hurdle Trends

  25-11-2025 09:35 via geegeez.co.uk
  Staged at Newbury racecourse the Long Distance hurdle is often a fair guide ahead of the Stayers' Hurdle, run at the Cheltenham Festival later that season. Run over 3m the race often attracts the best staying hurdlers around – The last horse to win both the Lond Distance and Stayers' Hurdle in the same season […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 25/11/2025

  25-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features 2025 Coral Gold Cup Trends 2025 Fighting Fifth Hurdle Trends 2025 Long Distance Hurdle Trends Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Lingfield Park Standard 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:35 […]
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• Budget may deliver result desired from racing’s ‘Axe the Tax’ campaign

  24-11-2025 18:42
  The sport may have jumped from the gaming-fuelled bandwagon just in the nick of timeAfter many months of campaigning, an unprecedented “strike” when racing relocated to London to make its voice heard and an intervention by a former prime minister, no less, the UK’s second-biggest spectator sport will soon discover whether its concerted and impressively united effort to avert a tax hike on racing bets, has paid off. With all due respect to the competitors at Wetherby, Market Ras
  
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• Racing Bulletin for 23/11/2025

  23-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 22/11/2025 Saturday TV Trends Sat TV Trends: 22nd Nov 2025 Racing Bulletin for 21/11/2025 Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Cork Yielding 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:35 […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 22/11/2025

  22-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Saturday TV Trends Sat TV Trends: 22nd Nov 2025 Racing Bulletin for 21/11/2025 2025 Betfair Chase Trends Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Punchestown Soft to Heavy 11:30 12:00 12:32 […]
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• Bryony Frost makes flying return but is thriving in new French home

  21-11-2025 18:27
  Jockey makes brief trip to England and says she is enjoying the racing scene across the ChannelA familiar face made a fleeting return to the weighing room to Ascot on Friday as the multiple Grade One-winning jockey Bryony Frost paid a flying visit from her new home in France. While her French has not improved significantly after 18 months riding there, her way with words remains intact.“I spoke no French when I arrived [in mid-2024],” Frost said before the first of her two rides, whi
  
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• Saturday TV Trends Sat TV Trends: 22nd Nov 2025

  21-11-2025 13:49 via geegeez.co.uk
  More excellent jumping action at Ascot and Haydock this Saturday with the ITV cameras heading to both tracks. The Betfair Chase is the highlight from Haydock, while the main event at Ascot is the 1965 Chase – As always, here at GeeGeez, Andy Newton is on hand with all the trends and stats….. Ascot Horse […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 21/11/2025

  21-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 20/11/2025 Racing Bulletin for 19/11/2025 2025 Betfair Chase Trends Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Fairyhouse Heavy 12:00 12:31 13:06 13:41 14:16 14:51 15:26 Catterick Good 12:07 […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 20/11/2025

  20-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 19/11/2025 2025 Betfair Chase Trends Cheltenham TV Trends: Sunday 16th November 2025 Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Lingfield Park Standard 11:10 11:40 12:10 12:45 13:20 13:55 […]
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• 2025 Betfair Chase Trends

  18-11-2025 19:43 via geegeez.co.uk
  Staged at Haydock Park racecourse the Betfair Chase (Registered as the Lancashire Chase) is a Grade One race and is run over a slightly longer trip (3m1f). The contest is a fairly new one, being first run in 2005 and takes place in November each season. Trainer Paul Nicholls has made the race his own, […]
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• Sean Bowen, jump jockey great who can’t buy a winner at the Cheltenham festival

  17-11-2025 16:41
  The fact our outstanding rider is an also-ran at the sport’s ‘Olympics’ indicates how far British racing is struggling Mike Trout is 34 years old, weighs 235lb and plays baseball for the Los Angeles Angels. Sean Bowen is 28, tips the scales at around 140lb and is the reigning champion jockey over jumps. At first sight, they do not have a great deal in common besides both being professional athletes (and even then, Trout earns more in a fortnight than Bowen can ever hope to bank
  
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• Final Demand’s flawless debut over fences bolsters Mullins’ squad for Cheltenham

  16-11-2025 22:46
  Emphatic 13-length defeat of Wingmen at NavanWinner shortens to 6-4 for Brown Advisory Novice ChaseThere was another winner for Dan Skelton on the final day of the November meeting at Cheltenham on Sunday but a reminder too, at Navan, that his trainers’ title rival, Willie Mullins’s immensely powerful team, is scarcely out of first gear. Final Demand, one of the best novice hurdlers last season, made a flawless debut over fences and suddenly Mullins’s squad for the Grade Ones a
  
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• Racing Bulletin for 16/11/2025

  16-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Cheltenham TV Trends: Sunday 16th November 2025 Racing Bulletin for 15/11/2025 Sat TV Trends From Cheltenham: 15th Nov 2025 Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Navan Heavy 11:47 12:17 12:47 […]
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• 2025 Greatwood Hurdle Trends

  16-11-2025 07:47 via geegeez.co.uk
  The Greatwood Hurdle is stage each year in November at the Cheltenham Open Meeting and is being sponsored by leading bookmaker Unibet. Run over 2m ½ f on the Old Course the contest gives National Hunt racing fans some early season pointers ahead of the Champion Hurdle, run at Cheltenham at the Festival in March […]
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• Cheltenham TV Trends: Sunday 16th November 2025

  16-11-2025 05:00 via geegeez.co.uk
  Another big day ahead for the ITV racing team this Sunday (16th Nov) as they take in four races from Cheltenham on the final day of their three-day November Meeting - including the Unibet Greatwood Hurdle - a race trainer Dan Skelton has won twice since 2016. While 12 months ago we saw the James Owen […]
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• Panic Attack’s Gold Cup victory at Cheltenham a boost for Skelton’s title hopes

  15-11-2025 16:11
  Nine-year-old mare is 6-1 success for new yardVicenzo, the favourite, beaten by four lengthsIf Dan Skelton’s time to scale jump racing’s summit has finally arrived, horses such as Panic Attack, a nine-year-old mare and the trainer’s first winner of the Paddy Power Gold Cup, will feel as significant as Grade One victories when it comes to the final reckoning.All but three or four of the dozen runners in Saturday’s race, the first big handicap chase of the season, were stil
  
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• Sean Bowen looks real McCoy at Cheltenham in emulating legend’s never-say-die ride

  14-11-2025 18:49
  There were distinct echoes of Tony McCoy and Wichita Lineman when the current champion won on Wade OutOn an afternoon for the National Hunt diehards here on Friday, as Storm Claudia battered racegoers and runners alike, one rider’s refusal to be cowed by either the elements or circumstance was a beacon in the gloom.There were distinct echoes of Tony McCoy’s famous never-say-die ride on Wichita Lineman as Sean Bowen niggled, coaxed and cajoled the novice chaser Wade Out around two cir
  
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• Racing Bulletin for 14/11/2025

  14-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 13/11/2025 Cheltenham TV Trends (Fri 14th Nov 25) 2025 Paddy Power Gold Cup Trends Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Newcastle Good to Soft 12:10 12:45 13:20 […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 13/11/2025

  13-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Cheltenham TV Trends (Fri 14th Nov 25) 2025 Paddy Power Gold Cup Trends Top 10 Front Running Biases in Handicap Chases, Part 1: 10 to 6 Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 11/11/2025

  11-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Cheltenham TV Trends (Fri 14th Nov 25) Monday Musings: Jamie’s Quiet Ascent Racing Bulletin for 10/11/2025 Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Huntingdon Good 12:21 12:51 13:26 14:01 14:36 15:11 […]
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• Cheltenham’s November meeting heralds real start of National Hunt season

  10-11-2025 18:26
  Three days of racing that starts on Friday has attracted nearly 400 entries, many hoping to return in March for the festivalThere are nine days of racing at Cheltenham each season before the track’s festival meeting in March. This time next week, with the showpiece event still four months away, five will be in the form book. It is, on the face of it, rather a waste of a magnificent racecourse (or two racecourses, since the New course takes over from the Old after the final afternoon of the
  
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• Cheltenham TV Trends (Fri 14th Nov 25)

  10-11-2025 08:45 via geegeez.co.uk
  This Friday we’ve a cracking jumps card from the home of jumps racing – Cheltenham – as their three-day November Meeting gets underway, with day one races that include the Shloer Chase - which sees the return of last year's winner Jonbon. To help narrow down the field and hopefully find the winners - we […]
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• Monday Musings: Jamie’s Quiet Ascent

  10-11-2025 08:41 via geegeez.co.uk
  The jump campaign 2025/26 began half a year and a few days ago but traditionalists, among the trainers especially, still regard the season proper as having begun authentically only at the Chepstow two-day fixture last month, writes Tony Stafford. The season’s climax (or anti-climax if your name is Skelton) at Sandown late in April merely […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 09/11/2025

  09-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 08/11/2025 Saturday TV Trends Sat TV Trends: 8th Nov 2025 Racing Bulletin for 06/11/2025 Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Naas Yielding to Soft 12:20 12:50 13:20 […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 08/11/2025

  08-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Saturday TV Trends Sat TV Trends: 8th Nov 2025 Racing Bulletin for 06/11/2025 An Irish National Hunt Trainers Analysis Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Kelso Good to Soft 10:45 […]
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• Newmarket horse owner receives notice of complaint over ‘constant neighing’

  07-11-2025 18:36
  Local council contacts Mandy Young about animals she kept at her home 10 miles from famous racecourseIt is known as the “headquarters of horse racing”, with its equine heritage stretching to the 17th century. But one resident near Newmarket has apparently had enough – and complained to the local council about the neighing horses.Mandy Young, a horse owner based about 10 miles from the racecourse, said she received a notice of the complaint in the post and was told it was linked
  
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• Winston’s mystery ban halts racing comeback after just two rides in Bahrain

  07-11-2025 17:26
  Jockey returning to Britain after licence suspendedBanned in 2007 for passing information for rewardThe former top Flat jockey Robert Winston, who made an unexpected and successful return to race-riding in Bahrain last week, has had his licence to ride in the country suspended and is believed to have returned to Britain while an investigation continues into the circumstances surrounding his departure.Winston, a former champion apprentice, was on course to be crowned champion jockey on the Flat i
  
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• Saturday TV Trends Sat TV Trends: 8th Nov 2025

  07-11-2025 14:00 via geegeez.co.uk
  A busy one this Saturday as the ITV cameras head to Wincanton with the Badger Beer Handicap Chase, their feature, plus they are also at Doncaster for the ultra-competitive November Handicap and also take in three Aintree contests – as always, here at GeeGeez we've got all the trends and stats for the LIVE ITV races…..  […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 07/11/2025

  07-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 06/11/2025 An Irish National Hunt Trainers Analysis Racing Bulletin for 05/11/2025 Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Hexham Good to Soft 11:55 12:25 13:00 13:35 14:10 14:45 […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 06/11/2025

  06-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features An Irish National Hunt Trainers Analysis Racing Bulletin for 05/11/2025 2025 Haldon Gold Cup Trends Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Sedgefield Good 12:10 12:45 13:20 13:55 14:30 15:05 15:40 […]
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• An Irish National Hunt Trainers Analysis

  05-11-2025 10:53 via geegeez.co.uk
  An exploration of Irish National Hunt trainers using the Geegeez Query Tool Gold members of Geegeez have so many benefits and for the first part of this article I am going to discuss how I used one of these, the Query Tool, to obtain a wealth of trainer data, writes Dave Renham. The second part […]
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• Breeders’ Cup 2025: The Review

  04-11-2025 11:43 via geegeez.co.uk
  Breeders' Cup 2025 in beautiful Del Mar, sunny California (obligatory adjectives) whizzed by over the weekend, a back-loaded two-day event featuring 14 Championship races, nine of them on the Saturday, and loads of international interest. What follows is a combination of my race thoughts, betting outcomes and lessons learned from one of the toughest wagering […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 04/11/2025

  04-11-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features 2025 Melbourne Cup Trends Racing Bulletin for 03/11/2025 Monday Musings: Divided Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day. Lingfield Park Standard 12:10 12:40 13:10 13:40 14:10 14:40 15:10 15:40 16:10 Fairyhouse […]
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• Melbourne Cup 2025: Jamie Melham follows in Michelle Payne’s footsteps with win aboard Half Yours

  04-11-2025 05:13
  Melham becomes second woman to win famous race over 3200mJockey and horse complete Caulfield-Melbourne Cup doubleJockey Jamie Melham became the second woman to win the Melbourne Cup after Half Yours saluted on a wet track under cloudy skies at Flemington, in front of around 80,000 spectators. The five-year-old gelding – the only Australian-bred horse in the race – finished two lengths ahead of Goodie Two Shoes, with Middle Earth third.Interviewed on the track immediately afterwards,
  
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• Australians still betting big on Melbourne Cup, despite many saying they’re losing interest in race

  03-11-2025 15:00
  But money spent betting on horse racing overall has sharply declined amid cost-of-living pressures and regulationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians say they are losing interest in the Melbourne Cup and the animal welfare campaign against it has never wavered, but the amount of money gambled on the race has barely changed since the start of the pandemic.Wagering turnover on the Melbourne Cup has fallen only
  
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• Talking Horses | Willie Mullins eyes Melbourne and Breeders’ Cup double after shock triumph

  03-11-2025 09:00
  The dominant jumps racing trainer has another huge Flat prize in sight after Ethical Diamond’s sparkling successIf five wins from the seven turf events, one short of the record, felt like a standard return for European runners at the 2025 Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, then the identity of the biggest winner of all was a huge, and very refreshing, surprise.Willie Mullins blew into Del Mar with Ethical Diamond, his first ever runner at the meeting, and left with the $2m first prize in the
  
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