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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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• Haggas-trained Space Legend joins Wathnan Racing team for Ascot

  12-06-2024 19:34 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Wathnan Racing have acquired leading King Edward VII Stakes contender Space Legend ahead of Royal Ascot. The peacock blue and gold colours of the Emir of Qatar’s racing operation will be prominent next week, after a number of eyecatching purchases that compliment the likes of Gregory, who won the Queen’s Vase 12 months ago and […]
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• Summer Mile could be a target for Queen Anne absentee Quddwah

  12-06-2024 18:03 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  An alternative target will be sought for Quddwah after the unbeaten colt was forced to sidestep next week’s Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. A winner at Salisbury and Newmarket last season, the Simon and Ed Crisford-trained son of Kingman belatedly completed his hat-trick on his return from almost a year on the sidelines in […]
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• A first win in Britain during Royal Ascot would be unreal – Reynier

  12-06-2024 17:44 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Jerome Reynier is counting on his quality over quantity approach as he searches for a first UK success with Facteur Cheval and Darlinghurst at Royal Ascot. The Marseille-based handler is also poised to saddle Zarakem in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes, but it is the aforementioned duo who give the Frenchman most optimism of breaking […]
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• Roving Reports: Epsom’s Downs

  12-06-2024 17:38 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Even before we set off for two days on Epsom’s rolling downs this year, there’s a problem, writes David Massey. There are always problems when I’m on the firm, it appears, mainly of the IT variety (more of that later) but on this occasion, two weeks before the big event, we have a slightly bigger […]
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• Menuisier not looking too far ahead with Chantilly-bound Tamfana

  12-06-2024 16:13 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  David Menuisier is refusing to look too far into the future as Tamfana heads to Chantilly with leading claims in the Prix de Diane Longines on Sunday. Regarded by most as an unlucky loser in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, the daughter of Soldier Hollow is the favourite across the boards as she seeks Classic […]
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• Oisin Murphy picks up plum ride on Ramatuelle for Coronation Stakes

  12-06-2024 15:51 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Oisin Murphy has picked up the plum ride on leading French filly Ramatuelle when she seeks to enact 1000 Guineas revenge on her Newmarket conqueror Elmalka in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot. Christopher Head’s daughter of Justify was one of Europe’s leading two-year-olds last term with victory in the Prix Robert Papin and narrow […]
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• Notable Speech faces maximum of 10 rivals in St James’s Palace

  12-06-2024 15:37 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Notable Speech will face a maximum of 10 rivals at Royal Ascot when he bids to follow up his 2000 Guineas victory in Tuesday’s St James’s Palace Stakes. The son of Dubawi was making his turf debut in last month’s Rowley Mile Classic following a hat-trick of all-weather wins at Kempton and maintained his unbeaten […]
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• Shoemark hoping to start high-profile week with Queen Anne glory for Inspiral

  12-06-2024 15:29 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  With big shoes to fill next week, Kieran Shoemark is hoping to get off to the perfect start at Royal Ascot with Inspiral in the Queen Anne. The John and Thady Gosden-trained five-year-old is a general 3-1 favourite for the opening contest of the showpiece meeting, and Shoemark – who has taken over as number […]
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• Seven Questions supplemented for King Charles after impressing George Scott

  12-06-2024 13:45 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Seven Questions has been supplemented for the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot after delighting trainer George Scott in a Wednesday morning gallop in Newmarket. A surprise winner of the Palace House Stakes on his seasonal debut, the gelded son of Kodiac proved that effort was no fluke when finishing third in the Group […]
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• Rogue Millennium on course to defend Duke of Cambridge crown

  12-06-2024 13:02 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Big-money purchase Rogue Millennium is set to defend her Duke of Cambridge Stakes title when she forms part of Joseph O’Brien’s team for Royal Ascot. A star performer when trained in the UK by Tom Clover, she edged out Random Harvest by a neck when successful in the one-mile Group Two event at the Royal […]
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• Ryan confident Washington can reach new heights at Royal Ascot

  11-06-2024 12:00 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Kevin Ryan is full of confidence that Washington Heights can mix it with the best sprinters around in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. The improving four-year-old beat Mill Stream in the Abernant Stakes on his reappearance and was just behind the same rival in a blanket finish to the Duke of […]
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• Soumillon to ride Big Rock and Blue Rose Cen at Royal Ascot

  11-06-2024 10:55 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Christophe Soumillon will ride both Big Rock and Blue Rose Cen at Royal Ascot next week. Trainer Maurizio Guarnieri confirmed Soumillon would take over from the regular rider of the pair, Aurelien Lemaitre, due to his greater experience of Ascot and his excellent record in big races around the world. Big Rock, a startling winner […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 11/06/2024

  11-06-2024 08:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Latest News and Features Statistical Guide to Royal Ascot 2024 Mile Handicaps Osborne fears handicapper now has Ouzo in his grip Heaven buyers aiming big – from Royal Ascot to Australia Fabre plotting repeat route with Mqse De Sevigne Racing Insights, Tuesday 11/06/24 Sandown Charge still on the agenda for Live In The Dream Ambiente […]
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• Statistical Guide to Royal Ascot 2024 Mile Handicaps

  10-06-2024 20:02 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  By the time you read this, Royal Ascot will be just days away, writes David Renham. It is one of my favourite meetings of the year, and I am guessing that will be the same for many readers. In this article, I will delve into Royal Ascot data going back 15 years (2009-2023) in preparation […]
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• Osborne fears handicapper now has Ouzo in his grip

  10-06-2024 18:38 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Jamie Osborne conceded “success gets penalised” as stable star Ouzo’s career-high mark could be to his detriment on his return to British shores with Royal Ascot in mind. The eight-year-old has scored on his last three starts, with his winning run beginning with a dead-heat alongside Marco Botti’s Daysofourlives at the Berkshire track in September. […]
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• Heaven buyers aiming big – from Royal Ascot to Australia

  10-06-2024 17:29 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Leading Royal Ascot contender A Piece Of Heaven will be having his first start for new connections when he runs next week. The six-year-old had been the flag bearer of Barry Fitzgerald’s yard but he has subsequently been bought by Jack Cantillon of Syndicates Racing to be sent into training with Joseph O’Brien. His new […]
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• Fabre plotting repeat route with Mqse De Sevigne

  10-06-2024 16:47 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Andre Fabre’s Mqse De Sevigne will aim to add to her Group One tally at Deauville before ending her career with a crack at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The five-year-old won the Prix Rothschild over a mile and the Prix Jean Romanet over 10 furlongs last summer and secured a short-head verdict in […]
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• Racing Insights, Tuesday 11/06/24

  10-06-2024 16:21 via geegeez.co.uk
  
    Tuesday's free offering from the GOLD service is the The Shortlist feature, a simple – and usually brief – report highlighting those horses with a largely ‘green’ profile in the Instant Expert Report each day. It covers win or place stats, and can be viewed for both today’s and tomorrow’s racing. GREENis good (33% […]
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• Sandown Charge still on the agenda for Live In The Dream

  10-06-2024 15:13 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Live In The Dream will head to the Coral Charge at Sandown on Eclipse day next after returning from his disappointing Achilles Stakes showing at Haydock with bruising. Adam West’s Nunthorpe hero was a 5-4 favourite for the Listed event on Merseyside having gone close on his seasonal return at the track only two weeks […]
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• Ambiente Friendly camp opt for Irish Derby bid

  10-06-2024 14:47 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Ambiente Friendly will aim to go one better than at Epsom when he contests the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on June 30. The James Fanshawe-trained colt shot to prominence with a startling performance in the Lingfield Derby Trial. Ridden by Rab Havlin for the first time at Epsom, he travelled ominously […]
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• Hughes looking to have last Laugh in Hampton Court

  09-06-2024 17:12 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Richard Hughes has carefully formulated a route to Royal Ascot for Bracken’s Laugh and is eager to see if his grand plan can come to fruition when the talented colt lines up in the Hampton Court Stakes later this month. The Weathercock House handler has always held the son of Zoffany in high regard, so […]
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• Coral-Eclipse confirmed as next target for City Of Troy

  09-06-2024 16:45 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  City Of Troy will drop back in trip for his first start since winning the Derby, with Sandown’s Coral-Eclipse confirmed as the next port of call for Aidan O’Brien’s Epsom champion. The son of Justify carried all before him as a juvenile, going through his two-year-old season unbeaten and igniting triple crown dreams for his […]
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• Gosdens to be boosted by new Royal Ascot Advocate

  09-06-2024 15:38 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Crimson Advocate will join John and Thady Gosden ahead of her bid for back-to-back Royal Ascot victories later this month. The daughter of Nyquist gave American handler George Weaver one of the biggest days of his career when blazing a trail to deny Relief Rally in a thrilling Queen Mary Stakes in 2023 and is […]
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• Bin Suroor still gets real buzz from Royal Ascot success

  09-06-2024 15:12 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Few trainers have taken the racing scene by storm as quickly as Saeed bin Suroor once did and it is hard to comprehend his first Royal Ascot victory came almost three decades ago. So Factual’s triumph in the 1995 Cork And Orrery Stakes (now Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee) gave a hint to what was to […]
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• Unheralded Dornoch springs Belmont Stakes surprise

  09-06-2024 12:54 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Dornoch stayed on strongly from his prominent position to cause a shock in the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga. Both Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan and Preakness scorer Seize The Grey were amongst the 10-strong field for the final leg of the US Triple Crown – which this year was run over two furlongs less than […]
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• Saratoga star Measured Time given Breeders’ Cup target

  09-06-2024 12:36 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Measured Time has been handed a Breeders’ Cup objective by Charlie Appleby, having led home a Moulton Paddocks one-two in the Manhattan Stakes at Saratoga. The $1million Grade One was one of the main undercard events on Belmont Stakes day in the States and saw the Jebel Hatta winner making his first appearance since finishing […]
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• 2024 Royal Ascot Betting Trends – Day One (Tues 18th June)

  09-06-2024 10:46 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  More top action in June as the horse racing bandwagon turns its attention to the 2024 Royal Ascot Meeting. The five-day meeting (Tues 18th to Sat 22nd June 2024) is always one of the highlights on the flat racing calendar. Like all big race days, here at GEEGEEZ we've got it all covered with key […]
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• 2024 Royal Ascot Betting Trends – Day Two (Weds 19th June)

  09-06-2024 09:49 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  More top action in June as the horse racing bandwagon turns its attention to the 2024 Royal Ascot Meeting. The five-day meeting (Tues 18th to Sat 22nd June 2024) is always one of the highlights on the flat racing calendar. Like all big race days, here at GEEGEEZ we've got it all covered with key […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 09/06/2024

  09-06-2024 08:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Latest News and Features Everlasting back to winning ways in Listed company at Navan Celtic Chieftain puts his name into the Ascot mix for O’Brien Tiber Flow bounces right back from York spill Queen Of The Pride does her parents proud at Haydock Shareholder accounts for Beverley rivals – and ‘plenty good enough’ for Ascot […]
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