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• SotD Update, 29th June to 4th July 2020

  05-07-2020 22:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Five losers and a runner who wouldn't enter the stalls from six picks doesn't look great, does it? But that was the story of last week and you might be surprised to hear that only my wallet is hurting as a result. I'm still generally happy with what we got for our money. Unlucky possibly […]
  
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• Oisin Murphy's honesty a positive on difficult Derby day for jockeys | Greg Wood

  05-07-2020 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Serpentine’s runaway win at Epsom on Saturday left some riders with red faces, but William Hill described the result as possibly the greatest ever in the race’s 240-year historyBefore getting too disappointed, frustrated or downright angry about what was surely the strangest Derby, in every way, that any of us will ever witness, it is worth stopping for a moment to recall that, back in April, it was odds-against to be run at all, at Epsom or anywhere else. Now, 240 years after the fi
  
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• Oisín Murphy's honesty a positive on difficult Derby day for jockeys | Greg Wood

  05-07-2020 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Serpentine’s runaway win at Epsom on Saturday left some riders with red faces, but William Hill described the result as possibly the greatest ever in the race’s 240-year historyBefore getting too disappointed, frustrated or downright angry about what was surely the strangest Derby, in every way, that any of us will ever witness, it is worth stopping for a moment to recall that, back in April, it was odds-against to be run at all, at Epsom or anywhere else. Now, 240 years after the fi
  
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• Enable beaten again as Ghaiyyath wins Eclipse Stakes at Sandown

  05-07-2020 18:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Front-running Ghaiyyath takes Group One race by two lengthsMishriff wins Prix du Jockey Club at ChantillyEnable was beaten for the second race in a row and only the third time in her career in the Group One Eclipse Stakes here on Sunday, as she finished just over two lengths behind the front-running Ghaiyyath without ever looking likely to reel him in. Enable remains the clear favourite for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes later this month, however, with John Gosden, her trainer, in
  
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• Newmarket July Meeting Trends: Fri 10th July 2020

  05-07-2020 11:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The three-day 2020 Newmarket July Meeting continues on Friday (10th July) and with LIVE ITV races each day we’ve got everything covered from a trends and stats angle. As we move into the second day (Gentleman's Day) the Group Two Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes (Cherry Hinton) and the Group One Falmouth Stakes take centre stage - did […]
  
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• Talking Horses: Ghaiyyath can trump Enable in classy Eclipse Stakes

  05-07-2020 01:04 via theguardian.com
  
  The exuberant front-runner may prevail in Sandown’s big race, the highlight of seven Sunday races to be shown on ITVAfter the shock of Saturday’s Derby, Sunday brings another big race in which the front-runner may not be caught. In the case of Ghaiyyath (3.35), however, there would be nothing in the least surprising about it.Naturally exuberant, the Godolphin horse has made all to win three of his last four races, the only exception being the Arc, in which he flopped. A very testing
  
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