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• Chester Cup Trends 2025

  08-05-2025 15:00 via geegeez.co.uk
  The Chester Cup, run at Chester Racecourse over 2m2f, is the feature race of their three-day May Meeting (7th-9th) – Here at GEEGEEZ we take a look back at recent winners and highlights some key betting trends and stats ahead of the 2025 renewal – the race will be run on Friday 9th May 2025. […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 08/01/2026

  08-01-2026 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 07/01/2026 Racing Bulletin for 06/01/2026 2026 Classic 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. Clonmel Soft to Heavy 12:20 12:50 13:20 13:50 14:20 14:50 15:20 Ffos […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 07/01/2026

  07-01-2026 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 06/01/2026 2026 Classic Chase Trends 2026 Lanzarote 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 12:35 13:05 13:35 14:05 14:35 15:05 15:35 Kempton Park […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 06/01/2026

  06-01-2026 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Kempton 7f Handicaps: Deep Dive A New Year: Time for Reflection and Resolution Monday Musings: Top Jockeys 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. Wolverhampton Standard 13:15 13:45 14:15 14:45 15:15 […]
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• 2026 Classic Chase Trends

  06-01-2026 05:43 via geegeez.co.uk
  The Classic Chase is a 3m5f gruelling Grade 3 handicap that is run at Warwick racecourse every season in January and provides punters with another chance to see some potential Aintree Grand National hopefuls on show – in 2017 the Lucinda Russell-trained One For Arthur won the Classic Chase before going onto land the Grand […]
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• 2026 Lanzarote Hurdle Trends

  06-01-2026 05:24 via geegeez.co.uk
  Named after the leading hurdler of the 70’s, Lanzarote, who won the 1974 Champion Hurdle - the Coral Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle is staged at Kempton Park racecourse each January. Run over 2m5f, with 10 hurdles to tackle, the race is always a hotly-contested affair and in the past has been won three times by trainer […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 04/01/2026

  04-01-2026 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 03/01/2026 Saturday TV Trends Sat TV Trends: 3rd Jan 2026 2026 Sussex National 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. Naas Yielding 12:25 12:55 13:25 13:55 14:25 […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 03/01/2026

  03-01-2026 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Saturday TV Trends Sat TV Trends: 3rd Jan 2026 2026 Sussex National Trends Cheltenham TV Trends on New Year’s Day (Thursday, 1st Jan 2026) 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. […]
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• Saturday TV Trends Sat TV Trends: 3rd Jan 2026

  02-01-2026 14:02 via geegeez.co.uk
  Another big day for the ITV horse racing cameras as they move to Sandown and Wincanton for more LIVE coverage - with six races across the two venues. Like every Saturday, here at GEEGEEZ we take you through all the key trends and stats to help you whittle down the runners and hopefully find a […]
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• Ian Balding, trainer of legendary Derby winner Mill Reef, dies aged 87

  02-01-2026 12:59
  Epsom victor was one of 20th century’s greatest horses‘A wonderful family man … and a brilliant sportsman’Ian Balding, who trained the brilliant Mill Reef to win the Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 1971 and later saddled the hugely popular sprinter Lochsong to a series of big-race victories, has died at the age of 87, his family said in a statement on Friday.“We are deeply sorry to share the sad news that Ian Balding has passed away,” they said o
  
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• 26 for 2026: unmissable sporting events over the next 12 months

  01-01-2026 01:01
  This year features a football World Cup, a Winter Olympics, a Commonwealth Games and a historic Test match Jannik Sinner will be aiming to become only the second man in the Open era, after Novak Djokovic, to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles, while in the women’s draw Madison Keys will be seeking to defend the title she landed via a shock victory over Aryna Sabalenka in last year’s final. Elsewhere, Roger Federer is scheduled to return to Melbourne Park for the fir
  
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• Racing Bulletin for 31/12/2025

  31-12-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 30/12/2025 Cheltenham TV Trends on New Year’s Day (Thursday, 1st Jan 2026) Monday Musings: On Legacies… 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 12:00 12:30 […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 30/12/2025

  30-12-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Cheltenham TV Trends on New Year’s Day (Thursday, 1st Jan 2026) Monday Musings: On Legacies… Racing Bulletin for 29/12/2025 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. Haydock Park Good 12:35 13:05 […]
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• No Drama This End brings back glory days for Nicholls – and it’s Cheltenham next

  29-12-2025 18:32
  Hot favourite makes all in Grade One Challow HurdleMinella Yoga doubles up on sparkling day for trainerDays like these were once almost a weekly experience for Paul Nicholls, as he strung together one title-winning season after another, so the 14-time champion will have taken particular pleasure from his double on Monday as No Drama This End, in the Grade One Challow Hurdle, and Minella Yoga both emerged as contenders for the Cheltenham festival in March.The Challow has often been an early provi
  
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• Cheltenham TV Trends on New Year’s Day (Thursday, 1st Jan 2026)

  29-12-2025 14:00 via geegeez.co.uk
  A massive day of action at Cheltenham this New Year’s Day as we begin 2026 with the ITV cameras taking in four races at the home of National Hunt racing, of which we've got the key trends for. As always, here at Geegeez we are on hand with a look at all the televised races […]
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• Tom Jenkins’s best sport photographs of 2025

  29-12-2025 09:00
  The Guardian sport photographer selects his favourite images he has taken this year and recalls the stories behind themThis is a selection of some of my favourite pictures taken at events I’ve covered this year, quite a few of which haven’t been published before. Several have been chosen for their news value, others purely for their aesthetic value, while some are here just because there’s a nice story behind them. Continue reading...
  
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• Affordale Fury holds off Cheltenham Gold Cup and Aintree winners to take Savills Chase

  28-12-2025 18:26
  Seven-year-old makes Leopardstown breakthroughGalopin Des Champs and I Am Maximus beatenThe two most recent winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup were among the 11 runners for the Grade One Savills Chase at Leopardstown on Sunday but neither could match the strength and resilience of a resurgent Affordale Fury, as Noel Meade’s seven-year-old made his breakthrough at the highest level after an injury-plagued career to date.Affordale Fury was the 150-1 runner-up in the three-mile Albert Bartlet
  
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• Racing Bulletin for 28/12/2025

  28-12-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 27/12/2025 2025 Savills Chase Trends Racing Bulletin for 26/12/2025 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. Leicester Soft 12:05 12:37 13:12 13:47 14:22 14:57 15:32 Leopardstown Yielding 12:10 […]
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• 2025 Challow Hurdle Trends

  27-12-2025 23:31 via geegeez.co.uk
  The Challow Novices’ Hurdle is a Grade One event that is run over a trip of 2m4f at Newbury racecourse. Sponsored by Coral, the contest has been won by some promising sorts over the years, including Wichita Lineman, Diamond Harry, Reve De Sivola, Fingal Bay, Taquin du Seuil, while in more recent years the 2022 […]
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• Bowen and Curtis bag famous home win in Welsh National with Haiti Couleurs

  27-12-2025 18:26
  Winner carries huge weight to success at ChepstowCheltenham Gold Cup on horizon after brave victoryIt is seven years and counting since Native River became the last horse trained in Britain to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but the beleaguered home team has conceivably emerged from the first two days of the Christmas programme with not one, but two realistic contenders for next year’s race, after Haiti Couleurs put up a magnificent performance to win the Welsh Grand National here under 11st
  
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• Haiti Couleurs victorious in Welsh Grand National: racing from Chepstow and Kempton – as it happened

  27-12-2025 17:21
  Coral Finale Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (Chepstow, 1.40pm)And they’re off … Holly Hartingo just in the lead in the early stages … Porter In The Park has made a couple of mistakes … a circuit to go and Musique De Fee has taken over but looked a little reluctant to go out for another trip around Kempton (who can blame him given the warmth of the stables)! … Musique De Fee struggling a bit and Gaye Legacy tailing off … Miss Cynthia is making ground … I
  
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• 2025 Savills Chase Trends

  26-12-2025 21:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Staged at Leopardstown racecourse, Ireland, the Grade One Savills Chase (formerly the Lexus Chase) is run over a distance of 3m and is often seen as a decent guide ahead of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, run later that season. Some great names in recent years to land both races are Denman (2007/08) and Best Mate […]
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• Harry Redknapp says he’s ‘in Champions League’ after Jukebox’s King George hit

  26-12-2025 18:45
  Former football manager’s horse wins Kempton thrillerCheltenham Gold Cup up next for the gutsy winner“Today, we’ve gone into the Champions League,” Harry Redknapp, the owner of The Jukebox Man, said after his horse had fought back to win an extraordinary three-way photo-finish in the King George VI Chase here on Friday. “We got into the Premier League, which was fantastic, but today we were taking on the Real Madrids and Barcelonas and he proved he can compete with
  
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• Harry Redknapp’s The Jukebox Man wins epic King George VI Chase: racing from Kempton – as it happened

  26-12-2025 17:01
  The former football manager’s horse is now likely to be heading for the Cheltenham Gold Cup after his thrilling winFormby Hurdle (Aintree 1.05pm)Newsflash: Low sun means that the officials are omitting some hurdles. Three have been taken out so there will be just five obstacles to jump. This is never very satisfactory.
  Ans they’re off … Starmount jumps the first in the lead with hot favourite Mydaddypaddy in second … and now they have nearly a mile to run before they ju
  
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• Racing Bulletin for 26/12/2025

  26-12-2025 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest Features Boxing Day TV Trends: Friday 26th Dec (Kempton, Aintree & Wetherby) 2025 King George VI Chase Trends Saturday TV Trends: 27th Dec 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. Down […]
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• The Jukebox Man can lead them a merry dance in vintage King George

  25-12-2025 09:00
  The Harry Redknapp-owned chaser can foil a strong challenge from the all-conquering Willie Mullins yardThere is a case to be made for seven of the eight runners in what promises to be a memorable renewal of the King George VI Chase, but the horse with the most appealing profile going into the Boxing Day showpiece is Ben Pauling’s The Jukebox Man (2.30), the fourth-favourite in the betting at around 6-1.The strongest recent form on offer in Friday’s race is undoubtedly the thrilling c
  
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• Harry Redknapp eyes King George glory in ‘Champions League’ of racing

  24-12-2025 09:00
  FA Cup-winning manager and former King of the Jungle has live hopes of landing the big Boxing Day prize at Kempton with Jukebox ManHe has been a professional footballer, an FA Cup-winning manager and the King of the Jungle over the storied course of the past 60 years, but as Harry Redknapp talked about The Jukebox Man, his King George VI Chase contender, at Ben Pauling’s stable last week, he was the East End kid whose nan was a bookie’s runner and would be astonished to see where lif
  
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• Saturday TV Trends: 27th Dec 2025

  23-12-2025 08:58 via geegeez.co.uk
  A huge day of National Hunt action on Saturday 27th December as the ITV cameras head to Kempton, while they are also at Chepstow to cover the Coral Welsh National. We’ve got all the key trends and stats for all the LIVE races to help you whittle down the fields. Kempton Horse Racing Trends (RacingTV/ITV) […]
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• Enchantingly old-school Mr Vango can thrill with Welsh Grand National win

  22-12-2025 21:54
  Saturday’s Chepstow showpiece could be a huge showcase for front-running nine-year-old’s massive frame and engineWhen jumping fans of any age talk about a “proper, old-fashioned steeplechaser”, they have a strapping colossus of a horse in mind, with the strength to keep jumping and powering on through the deepest of winter ground when lesser rivals have cried enough. A horse like Pendil or The Dikler in the 1970s, Desert Orchid or Carvill’s Hill a decade or so later
  
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• Boxing Day: To Bet, or Not To Bet?

  22-12-2025 18:26 via geegeez.co.uk
  Boxing Day – To bet or not to bet, that is the question! For avid fans, racing on Boxing Day is something to be cherished, usually for one of two reasons, writes Dave Renham. Firstly, the day includes one of the major steeplechases of the year, the King George at Kempton; and secondly, there is […]
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