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• Happy Diva capitalises on Slate House stumble to claim Cheltenham win

  16-11-2019 15:52 via theguardian.com
  
  • Brelan D’As a close second in the BetVictor Gold Cup
  • Slate House and Robbie Power fell at second-lastHappy Diva, a 14-1 chance trained by Kerry Lee, stayed on strongly in the straight to win the BetVictor Gold Cup here on Saturday after Slate House, the favourite, stumbled and fell at the second-last when apparently poised to take a big hand in the finish.Brelan D’As (20-1) was close behind in second with Warthog (33-1) and Belami Des Pictons (10-1) third and fourth. Co
  
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• The first cuckoo heralds the Flat’s start but it may go the way of the dodo

  22-04-2024 17:17 via theguardian.com
  
  If all the best horses miss the Classic trials the beginning of the season is heading the same way as the declining CravenThe first cuckoo, daffodils in full bloom and the Craven meeting at Newmarket. For racing fans, it was always hardy to say which of the three was the most compelling sign that spring had finally arrived.But times change, the daffs have usually been and gone before Cheltenham these days, and Guineas trials now seem to have been consigned to history too. Four of the 11 runners
  
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• First cuckoo heralds Flat racing’s start but it may go the way of the dodo | Greg Wood

  22-04-2024 17:17 via theguardian.com
  
  If all the best horses miss the Classic trials the beginning of the season is heading the same way as the declining CravenThe first cuckoo, daffodils in full bloom and the Craven meeting at Newmarket. For racing fans, it was always hard to say which of the three was the most compelling sign that spring had finally arrived.But times change, the daffs have usually been and gone before Cheltenham these days, and Guineas trials now seem to have been consigned to history too. Four of the 11 runners i
  
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• Racing Insights, Monday 22/04/24

  21-04-2024 19:19 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The pace tab on our racecards gives valuable insight into not only how every race is likely to be run, but also what the best run styles are in the given conditions and using this feature will keep you one step ahead of the masses. It's such an essential facet of betting that we make […]
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• Follow Me makes bright start for Ross O’Sullivan

  21-04-2024 18:17 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Ross O’Sullivan’s Follow Me made a pleasing start to life in Ireland when landing the Treacy Group Irish EBF Maiden at Curragh. The three-year-old hit the frame several times last season in France before changing hands, but drifted out to 22-1 to score for new connections at the first time of asking. Despite those odds […]
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• Yosemite Valley delivers on early promise with Gladness success

  21-04-2024 17:40 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Donnacha O’Brien’s Yosemite Valley battled hard to take the Lester Piggott Gladness Stakes at the Curragh. The colt is well versed when it comes to racing at the track, finishing second to Little Big Bear in the Anglesey Stakes as a juvenile and was having his fifth outing there from just seven in all. He started […]
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• Shuwari backed to make up for lost time later in season

  21-04-2024 16:54 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Ollie Sangster is hopeful Shuwari will be able to make her mark in the second half of the season, with a setback having scuppered an intended crack at the Qipco 1000 Guineas. The Manton handler revealed last month that his Fillies’ Mile runner-up would be denied a return to Newmarket on May 5 for a […]
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• Joseph O’Brien has Ascot in mind for winning juveniles

  21-04-2024 16:08 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  There was no surprise that the name O’Brien dominated the opening two races at the Curragh but it was Joseph who unleashed two hugely promising juveniles, beating two trained by his father Aidan in the process. Midnight Strike made a brilliant start to his career when taking the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race. The Starspangledbanner […]
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• Ghostwriter gallop sparking Cox’s Classic dream

  21-04-2024 14:51 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Clive Cox has been buoyed by a racecourse gallop ahead of Ghostwriter’s Qipco 2000 Guineas bid, confident his smart Newmarket form can prove a positive in the opening Classic of the season. The son of Invincible Spirit was unbeaten throughout his two-year-old season and finished 2023 with a statement victory on the Rowley Mile in […]
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• Kikkuli handed Heron mission

  21-04-2024 14:11 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Kikkuli will take a step up in grade in Sandown’s Chasemore Farm Stud Staff Heron Stakes next month after shedding his maiden tag at Newmarket’s Craven meeting. A half-brother to the mighty Frankel and by Juddmonte’s Classic-winning sire Kingman, the Harry Charlton-trained colt made an encouraging debut on the Rowley Mile behind subsequent Listed winner […]
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• Sounds Russian booked for Perth outing

  21-04-2024 12:43 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Ruth Jefferson’s Sounds Russian is pencilled in for Perth on Wednesday after  his satisfactory comeback in the Rendlesham Hurdle at Haydock. The Sholokhov gelding has always shown plenty of ability and won a good prize at Kelso in October 2022, going on to finish fourth in the Many Clouds and then coming home runner-up in […]
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• Attraction remains the last Classic angel of the north

  21-04-2024 12:10 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  It is 20 years ago since Attraction blazed a trail to 1000 Guineas glory at Newmarket – the last Classic winner trained in the north. Trained by Mark Johnston and bred by her owner, the Duke of Roxburghe, out of his once-raced mare Flirtation and the sire Efisio, nobody could have predicted the heights she […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 21/04/2024

  21-04-2024 08:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Latest News and Features Mullins has ‘one hand’ on trainers’ championship after Ayr four-timer ‘Mixed emotions’ for connections of Surrey Quest after epic Scottish National White Birch enjoys ‘lovely’ comeback win at the Curragh Channon has Royal Ascot ambitions for Metal Merchant Macdermott secures big Scottish National success for Mullins Esquire produces 16-1 shock in […]
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• Scottish Grand National: Willie Mullins’ Macdermott takes thrilling win on line

  20-04-2024 17:38 via theguardian.com
  
  The 18-1 shot edged Surrey Quest in photo finish at AyrWillie Mullins is all but certain to win first UK jump trainers’ titleWillie Mullins took a huge step towards winning the UK jump trainers’ championship for the first time, and did so by the narrowest of margins, as Macdermott, an 18-1 chance, took the Coral Scottish Grand National here on Saturday, beating Surrey Quest by a nose after a nip-and-tuck battle from the final fence to the line.Mullins also saddled the fourth, fifth a
  
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• Racing Insights, Saturday 20/04/24

  19-04-2024 20:03 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Saturday's free feature is the Trainer/Jockey Combo (TJC) report, which works by bringing together the form of trainers and jockeys into a single composite report that has produced excellent results for users. Basically, some trainers turn to specific riders when they have one ‘ready to win’ and this report quickly identifies the most profitable of […]
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• Skelton edges in front of Mullins in epic trainers’ title tussle

  19-04-2024 19:20 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Dan Skelton edged back to the top of the table for the British jumps trainers’ championship after a crucial treble at Ayr. The Alcester trainer was a little shy of £31,000 adrift of Irish champion Willie Mullins on the leaderboard ahead of the meeting, the first day of the valuable Coral Scottish Grand National fixture […]
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• Ffrench Davis would love to target Chester Cup with Prince Alex

  19-04-2024 17:52 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Dominic Ffrench Davis would love a crack at the Chester Cup with Prince Alex having seen him make a winning return to action in the Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd Silver Bar Handicap at Newbury. With last year’s Chester hero Metier and another leading fancy in Spartan Army behind him, Ffrench Davis has every right to […]
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• Derby bid on the agenda for Voyage after belated debut win

  19-04-2024 17:03 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Owner Julie Wood is dreaming of Derby glory with Voyage after seeing her patience being rewarded with a debut victory in the Darley Novice Stakes at Newbury. Sent off a relatively unconsidered 28-1 chance and seemingly the second string of Richard Hannon behind Sam Hawkens, Voyage travelled like a dream for Pat Dobbs. While all […]
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• Skelton relying on Sud missile to strike crucial blow

  19-04-2024 16:42 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Dan Skelton is banking on a big run from L’Eau Du Sud in the Coral Scottish Champion Hurdle to keep him in with a chance of claiming a first trainers’ title. Runner-up in two of the most competitive handicaps of the season, the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury and the County Hurdle at Cheltenham, the six-year-old […]
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• Mullins looking to hit title rivals for six in Scottish National

  19-04-2024 16:06 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  With the British trainers’ title on the line, Willie Mullins sends a six-strong squad to contest the Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr on Saturday. Mullins is not only seeking his first win in the £200,000 feature, he has never had a single winner at the track. But that could all change this weekend, as […]
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• Successful Ayr raid could go a long way to clinching title for Mullins

  19-04-2024 15:56 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The last time Willie Mullins had a chance of winning the British trainers’ title, Paul Nicholls landed the Coral Scottish Grand National with Vicente before going on to secure top spot in the table at Sandown. This time around, the all-conquering Mullins is throwing everything at it, with 18 runners on the big card at […]
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• Mullins’ battalion attacks Scottish Grand National with eye on title

  19-04-2024 15:42 via theguardian.com
  
  An Irish-trained horse has not won of the most coveted prizes in UK jumps racing since Queen Victoria was on the throne In the spring of 1869, Queen Victoria was approaching the halfway mark of what would eventually be a 64-year reign, Sir Henry Morton Stanley was preparing to head for Africa to seek out Dr Livingstone, and a horse called Huntsman won the third running of the Scottish Grand National at Bogside, a now-defunct racecourse on the banks of the River Irvine in Ayrshire. More than a ce
  
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• Hawaiian looks good in keeping up Hannon momentum

  19-04-2024 15:36 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Royal Ascot could beckon for Richard Hannon’s Hawaiian following a smooth winning debut in the Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup EBF Maiden Stakes at Newbury. A field of eight unraced juveniles lined up from some of the biggest yards in the country, with Hannon’s Kodiac colt sent off the 11-8 favourite. Sean Levey was […]
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• Ballymount aiming to be top Boy in Greenham

  19-04-2024 15:24 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Ballymount Boy will cut his teeth as a three-year-old in the Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes at Newbury. The Adrian Keatley-trained Camacho colt enjoyed a good juvenile season, taking a Hamilton maiden before showing a great deal of promise when finishing just a length behind Vandeek in Goodwood’s Group Two Richmond Stakes. […]
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• Classic route set to be clearer for Regal Jubilee after Fred Darling test

  19-04-2024 15:13 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  John and Thady Gosden’s promising Regal Jubilee makes her seasonal reappearance on Saturday in what promises to be an informative running of the Dubai Duty Free Stakes at Newbury. The three-year-old is by Frankel out of the mare Regal Realm, making her a half-sister to Sir Michael Stoute’s multiple Group-race winner Regal Reality. The Cheveley […]
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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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• Michael Owen on the scoresheet with It Ain’t Two

  17-04-2024 19:18 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Michael Owen is dreaming of bigger days having seen his homebred It Ain’t Two get on the scoresheet in the bet365 EBF Maiden Fillies’ Stakes at Newmarket. Trained by Hugo Palmer, her half-brother Balon D’Or hit the target at the first attempt last season, but odds of 18-1 perhaps told the true tale of expectation […]
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• Skelton adds Cheltenham winner to championship prize-money haul

  17-04-2024 19:08 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Dan Skelton edged further ahead of Paul Nicholls in pursuit of Willie Mullins, as the battle for the jump trainers’ championship continues to look like it will go down to the final day of the season. Skelton picked up a 113th victory of the season, with Doyen Quest winning the Kingston Stud Handicap Hurdle at […]
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• Appleby talks up Godolphin hopes after narrow Dance Sequence defeat

  17-04-2024 18:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Trainer optimistic about improved crop of three-year-olds Nell Gwyn Stakes runner-up still on course for 1,000 Guineas He had just seen his filly Dance Sequence, the third-favourite for the 1,000 Guineas, beaten in her Classic trial by the 18-1 outsider Pretty Crystal, but Charlie Appleby was still in a highly positive frame of mind after the Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket on Wednesday, about Dance Sequence and life in general.The 2023 campaign was, by any measure, a disappointing one for Appleby
  
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• Imperial rule put Brennan at the top of his sport

  17-04-2024 18:16 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the pinnacle of National Hunt racing, but it is perhaps unfair to let two Fridays in March, six years apart, define the career of Paddy Brennan. Brennan hit the ultimate height in 2010 when Imperial Commander took advantage of the fall of Kauto Star to storm up the Cheltenham hill […]
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