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• Olivier Peslier announces imminent retirement

  23-04-2024 19:18 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Olivier Peslier will retire from riding at La Teste on Thursday. The 51-year-old has enjoyed an exemplary career in the saddle, being crowned French champion on four occasions and claiming a string of big-race successes across the world. Peslier counts four victories in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on his CV, as well as […]
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• City Of Troy hype as best since wonder colt Frankel will be put to Guineas test

  03-05-2024 15:31 via theguardian.com
  
  It is time for the talking to stop as Aidan O’Brien’s wonder colt returns to race in the first Classic of the season at NewmarketEven in a sport in which thrives on optimism and uncertainty, there are few “what ifs?” to match the moment when an exceptional colt from last year’s juvenile crop canters to post for the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket. For months, fans and backers of the “winter favourite” for the Classic will have followed his progress from two t
  
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• Twelve horses died around the Kentucky Derby last year. Little has changed since | Elizabeth Banicki

  03-05-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I have spent long stretches of my life around the racetrack. The methods for training young horses in the US means fatalities are inevitableAs Churchill Downs prepares to host the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday a darker anniversary looms. One year ago, 12 horses died at Churchill Downs in the days and weeks surrounding America’s biggest race.As hype builds around this year’s runners, those who died fall deeper into the well of memory, if they’re thought of at all. Wild on Ice
  
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• Twelve horses died around the Kentucky Derby last year. Little has changed since

  03-05-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I have spent long stretches of my life around the racetrack. The methods for training young horses in the US means fatalities are inevitableAs Churchill Downs prepares to host the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday a darker anniversary looms. One year ago, 12 horses died at Churchill Downs in the days and weeks surrounding America’s biggest race.As hype builds around this year’s runners, those who died fall deeper into the well of memory, if they’re thought of at all. Wild on Ice
  
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• Casa No Mento a famous Punchestown winner for Twiston-Davies

  02-05-2024 20:59 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  There was a raiding success for Nigel and Sam Twiston-Davies at the Punchestown Festival as Casa No Mento toughed it out to land a blow in the Close Brothers Mares Novice Hurdle. The only horse able to claim Casa No Mento’s scalp this season is Harry Derham’s Queens Gamble and she was sent off a […]
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• Teahupoo confirmed as king of the stayers with stylish success

  02-05-2024 19:36 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Teahupoo cemented his position at the top of the staying hurdling tree with a devastating display in the Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle at Punchestown. Gordon Elliott’s charge could only finish fourth when 3-1 joint-favourite for the race 12 months ago – but victory this year could have been called a long way from home as […]
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• Il Etait Temps floors Gaelic Warrior for Grade One honours

  02-05-2024 19:10 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Il Etait Temps claimed another top-level prize when prevailing in the Barberstown Castle Novice Chase at Punchestown. The six-year-old came into the race on the back of a successful season, within which he has won the Irish Arkle, finished third in the Arkle itself and then claimed the Manifesto Chase at Aintree last time out. […]
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• Singing Banjo hits the right notes at Punchestown

  02-05-2024 18:40 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Veteran campaigner Singing Banjo came to the fore to take the Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country Chase at Punchestown for the second time. The 14-year-old is a veritable specialist around the banks course, having won the race in 2021 as part of a famous double that also included the Ladies Perpetual Cup. He […]
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• Goodwood & Newmarket TV Trends: Friday 3rd May 2024

  02-05-2024 17:45 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  A busy weekend for the ITV cameras gets going on Friday with action from Newmarket and Goodwood. There are four races from Newmarket - flat racing's HQ - to take in on ITV, with the Group 2 Jockey Club Stakes one of the highlights at 4:10pm. While, we've also got three at Goodwood, what will […]
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• Racing Insights, Friday 03/05/24

  02-05-2024 17:08 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Apologies for the lack of a preview for Friday's racing. It sounds a little far-fetched, but I'm away from home right now and the dog ate my homework broke my laptop! I've managed to borrow one for today with a view to getting a replacement at the weekend, but that's not what you've come here […]
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• State Man targets unblemished season with Boodles Champion Hurdle success

  02-05-2024 16:55 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  State Man will bid to put the seal on a faultless campaign in the Boodles Champion Hurdle at Punchestown on Friday. The seven-year-old has been pretty much blemish free since falling on his debut for Willie Mullins two and a half years ago, with the mighty Constitution Hill the only horse to deny him victory […]
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• All eyes on brilliant Ballyburn at Punchestown

  02-05-2024 16:55 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Given that even Willie Mullins expressed his surprise with how easy Ballyburn won at Cheltenham, his appearance in the Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown is hugely anticipated. Despite having won at the Dublin Racing Festival from subsequent Supreme Novices’ Hurdle winner Slade Steel by seven lengths, Mullins was refusing to get carried away […]
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• Ramatuelle seeks to capitalise on Parker’s winning touch in Guineas

  02-05-2024 16:12 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Christopher Head has cited the winning mentality brought by former NBA star Tony Parker as a positive influence ahead of Ramatuelle’s Qipco 1000 Guineas bid on Sunday. The filly will have a special guest in her corner as French football World Cup winner Thierry Henry will be among Parker’s entourage on Sunday, and Head, who […]
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• Connections confident Naqeeb has progressed enough to ask Gold Cup question

  02-05-2024 14:25 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Naqeeb has a long way to go to emulate his half-brothers Baaeed and Hukum but there is every chance he can develop into a smart performer this season ahead of his reappearance in Friday’s William Hill Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket. While Baaeed never raced beyond 10 furlongs in establishing himself as the best of […]
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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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