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• Haatem dominates Newmarket trial but 2,000 Guineas clues located off the track

  18-04-2024 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Richard Hannon’s horse romps home yet trainer remains coyStablemate Rosallion labelled ‘a horse with an awful lot of speed’There was a time in the not-so-distant past when a three-and-a-half length success in the Craven Stakes over the same course and distance as the 2,000 Guineas in 16 days’ time would have fast-tracked the winner to the top of the Classic betting. Haatem, by contrast, can be backed at 20-1 for the Guineas on 4 May, despite powering well clear of his fie
  
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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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• Run Away upholds family honour with game debut win

  30-04-2024 17:53 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Big-ticket purchase Run Away made the dream start to her on-track career as the sister to Blackbeard showed plenty of heart to survive the late assault of Cat Ninja at Yarmouth. The daughter of No Nay Never brought the hammer down for €2.6million as a yearling as part of bloodstock agent Richard Knight’s spending spree […]
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• Power-packed finish proves decisive for Mullins star

  30-04-2024 17:05 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Mystical Power finished with a flourish to reverse Cheltenham Festival form with Slade Steel in the KPMG Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown. Henry de Bromhead’s Slade Steel had proved too strong for the Willie Mullins-trained Mystical Power in the latter stages of the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle in mid-March, since when the latter had gone one […]
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• Tune proves pitch perfect in Punchestown romp

  30-04-2024 16:46 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Tune In A Box struck an early blow for the raiding party on day one of the Punchestown Festival when providing trainer Tom Lacey with a first winner on Irish soil in the Blood-Stock.com Full Circle Series Final Handicap Hurdle. The Herefordshire handler saddled three runners in the €80,000 contest, including the JP McManus-owned 9-2 […]
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• Trueshan all set for ‘tough’ Sagaro return

  30-04-2024 16:09 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Alan King reports all is well with Trueshan ahead of his seasonal reappearance in the Longines Sagaro Stakes at Ascot, but admits carrying a Group One penalty will make things tough for his valiant veteran. The eight-year-old has to concede weight all round as a result of following up last September’s Doncaster Cup triumph with […]
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• Galopin Des Champs and Fastorslow ready for Punchestown rematch

  30-04-2024 15:56 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Familiar foes Galopin Des Champs and Fastorslow are both reported in fine spirits ahead of the latest chapter in their engaging rivalry in the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup. There were few signs of what was to come when Fastorslow finished 21 lengths behind Galopin Des Champs as a 66-1 outsider in December 2022, but Martin […]
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• Connell feels ‘conditions will be ideal’ for William Munny

  30-04-2024 14:59 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Barry Connell expects William Munny to make his presence felt when he takes on the powerhouse stables of Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott in the Race & Stay At Punchestown Champion I.N.H. Flat Race. Mullins has unsurprisingly dominated this Grade One contest in recent seasons, saddling seven of the last 10 winners, and this year’s […]
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• Webber calls time on long and successful training career

  30-04-2024 13:26 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Cheltenham Festival and Royal Ascot-winning trainer Paul Webber is to relinquish his licence in early June, ending almost 28 years as master of the picturesque Cropredy Lawn racing stables and farm. Webber’s decision was accelerated by the death of his mother Diana in 2022. She was an equal partner in the 227-acre property near Banbury […]
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• Talking Horses: Shishkin’s flaws and foibles only added to his appeal

  29-04-2024 14:31 via theguardian.com
  
  One of the most talented and engagingly quirky chasers of recent years died on Sunday in a tragic stable accidentThere was a keen and widely shared sense of loss among racing fans on social media on Sunday evening as news emerged that Nicky Henderson’s Shishkin, one of the most talented and engagingly quirky chasers of recent years, had died after fracturing a hind leg having become cast in his box at Henderson’s yard in Lambourn.It was a hugely unfortunate conclusion to a storied ca
  
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• Racing Bulletin for 29/04/2024

  29-04-2024 08:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Latest News and Features 2024 Punchestown Festival Trends Monday Musings: A Cakewalk for Willie 2024 Punchestown Gold Cup Trends 2024 Sagaro Stakes Betting Trends Racing saddened by death of ‘warrior’ Shishkin Prydwen tees up Northumberland Plate tilt with Southwell strike Racing Insights, Monday 29/04/24 Wathnan eyeing Gold Cup repeat with star staying duo Wetherby romp […]
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• 2024 Punchestown Festival Trends

  29-04-2024 07:37 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  A huge week of Irish racing ahead with the 5-day Punchestown Festival (30th April-4th May 2024). Like all big race meetings, we've got all the main trends and stats for the key races through the week – hopefully, these to help narrow down the fields and point you in the direction of a few winners………………. […]
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• Monday Musings: A Cakewalk for Willie

  29-04-2024 07:36 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  We knew when he won the Grand National it would be tight, writes Tony Stafford. The differential between Willie Mullins, devouring his first (of many, no doubt) UK trainers’ titles and runner-up Dan Skelton, was in the end just the £344,717, more than enough to see off Kerry Lee, whose 18 winners at a fine […]
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• 2024 Punchestown Gold Cup Trends

  29-04-2024 05:50 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Staged at the five-day Punchestown Festival in April/May 2024 the Punchestown Gold Cup is a Grade One contest run over 3m1f. The race version we see today was first run back in 1999 and since then has been won by some leading names, including Cheltenham Gold Cup winners Imperial Call, Kicking King, War Of Attrition […]
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• 2024 Sagaro Stakes Betting Trends

  29-04-2024 03:51 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Run at Ascot racecourse this Group 3 flat race is staged for horses aged 4 or older and run over a trip of 2m. Here at Geegeez, we take a look back at recent winners and give you the key trends ahead of the 2024 renewal – this year run on Wednesday 1st May 2024 […]
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• ‘Superstar’ Shishkin dies after suffering leg fracture at Henderson stable

  29-04-2024 00:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Nicky Henderson’s horse a double Cheltenham winner‘He was an absolute superstar, his CV is testament to that’Shishkin, one of the most talented and popular steeplechasers of recent years, has died after suffering an injury at Nicky Henderson’s stable in Lambourn.The 10-year-old was found to have suffered a fracture to a hind leg after being cast in his box on Sunday evening. Continue reading...
  
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• Steeplechaser Shishkin dies after suffering leg fracture

  29-04-2024 00:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Nicky Henderson’s horse a double Cheltenham winner‘He was an absolute superstar, his cv is testament to that’Shishkin, one of the most talented and popular steeplechasers of recent years, has died after suffering an injury at Nicky Henderson’s stable in Lambourn.The 10-year-old was found to have suffered a fracture to a hind leg after being cast in his box on Sunday evening. Continue reading...
  
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• Racing saddened by death of ‘warrior’ Shishkin

  28-04-2024 23:30 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Nicky Henderson has reported the tragic news that his popular stable star Shishkin has died due to an injury suffered at Seven Barrows. The 10-year-old was due to contest the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup on Wednesday. Shishkin won 14 of his 21 races, including Cheltenham Festival victories in the 2020 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and the […]
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• Prydwen tees up Northumberland Plate tilt with Southwell strike

  28-04-2024 18:02 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The Northumberland Plate is likely to be next on the agenda for Prydwen after he continued his lucrative all-weather campaign in the Liz And Izzy’s Hoap Podcast Handicap at Southwell. An impressive winner on All-Weather Championships Finals Day at Newcastle a month ago, the six-year-old was a 3-1 joint-favourite for the £75,000 feature on this […]
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• Racing Insights, Monday 29/04/24

  28-04-2024 17:55 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The pace tab on our racecards helps to make a reasoned assumption based upon a field's most recent runs as to how their next race might unfold. This information is vastly under-used by UK bettors, but we feel it's that important that we make this info totally free for all races every Sunday & Monday. […]
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• Wathnan eyeing Gold Cup repeat with star staying duo

  28-04-2024 17:04 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The Ascot Gold Cup is the priority for defending champion Courage Mon Ami and St Leger third Gregory as the Wathnan Racing team seek a repeat of last year’s Royal Ascot heroics. The John and Thady Gosden-trained duo gave the Qatar-based operation the perfect start to their ownership enterprise, with Gregory scooping the Queen’s Vase […]
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• Wetherby romp sees Danielle enter Oaks picture

  28-04-2024 16:34 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  John and Thady Gosden’s Danielle emerged as a possible Oaks contender after securing a runaway first success at Wetherby. Rab Havlin was content to settle the 4-7 favourite in third place behind Winter Life and Cabrera early on in the Burrows Mazda York Fillies’ Novice Stakes over 10 furlongs. The daughter of Cracksman cruised up […]
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• Willie Mullins seals first British trainers’ title

  27-04-2024 16:39 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Willie Mullins has become the first Irish-based trainer since Vincent O’Brien 70 years ago to be crowned champion over jumps in Britain. While odds-on favourite El Fabiolo suffered defeat in the bet365 Celebration Chase at Sandown, the second prize of £36,329 was enough to seal victory over Dan Skelton, whose Nube Negra finished fifth to […]
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• Fantastic performance seals Oaksey honours for Lady

  27-04-2024 16:23 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Fantastic Lady put up a smooth display to land the bet365 Oaksey Chase at Sandown. Third in the race 12 months ago to Hewick, she was having only her fourth outing of the campaign after running well for a long way in the Topham Chase at Aintree over the Grand National fences and having also […]
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• Jonbon makes all for Celebration success

  27-04-2024 16:18 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Jonbon emerged a convincing victor in his long-awaited clash with El Fabiolo in the bet365 Celebration Chase at Sandown. The pair had initially been due to meet in the Clarence House Chase at Ascot back in January only to be scuppered by the weather, while a possible Queen Mother Champion Chase face-off did not happen […]
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• Camille Pissarro makes favourable impression on debut

  27-04-2024 15:28 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Aidan O’Brien’s expensive purchase Camille Pissarro justified odds-on favouritism when making a winning debut at Navan. The imposing colt by Wootton Bassett cost 1.25 million guineas as a yearling, partly because he is a half-brother to Clive Cox’s Commonwealth Cup winner Golden Horde. Ryan Moore briefly looked in trouble two furlongs out but was just […]
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• Champion jockey Cobden salutes Nicholls’ contribution to title victory

  27-04-2024 14:43 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Harry Cobden has hailed the influence of Paul Nicholls’ Ditcheat operation after fulfilling a childhood dream and becoming champion jockey. Cobden held off his one-time stable comrade and friend Sean Bowen in a good-spirited title battle that went right down to the final days of the season. The Ditcheat number one sealed the title with […]
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• Crypto Force aiming to make Ganay impact

  27-04-2024 14:24 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Crypto Force looks to hit his stride as he takes a maiden voyage to France for the Prix Ganay at ParisLongchamp. The Amo Racing-owned colt defeated Auguste Rodin on debut in 2022 and went on to score at Group Two level in the Beresford Stakes at the latter end of that season. Those runs were […]
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