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• Racing Bulletin for 23/03/2024

  23-03-2024 07:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Latest News and Features Doyen Quest delivers for Skelton team at Newbury Harry Cobden successful in suspension appeal Racing Insights, Saturday 23/03/24 Porta Fortuna likely to take in Classic trial Flooring Porter aiming to make it third time lucky at Aintree Chazzesmee chasing unprecedented Lincoln double Saturday TV Trends (23rd March 2024) Boughey hoping Doncaster […]
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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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• Sat TV Trends: 27th April 2024

  27-04-2024 09:11 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  It’s Bet365 Gold Cup day at Sandown Park this Saturday – which marks the final day of the 2023-24 jumps season - while the ITV cameras are also heading to Leicester & Haydock for a couple more races – As always, we’ve got all the LIVE TV ITV trends …… Put history on your side […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 27/04/2024

  27-04-2024 08:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Latest News and Features Thunder Roll back on track with Cork Listed score City Of Troy remains ‘in great form’ after latest work-out Siyola justifies being held in high regard by Gosdens Harry Cobden wraps up title triumph in Chepstow opener Racing Insights, Saturday 27/04/24 Dubai bidding for Hong Kong honours Arabian Crown comes through […]
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• 2024 bet365 Gold Cup Trends

  27-04-2024 08:42 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The Bet365 Gold Cup will be known to older racing fans as The Whitbread, this 3m5 1/2f race is the last big jumping event of the NH season, and being staged on a mixed (jumps/flat) card then for many this signals the real handover between the two codes. Run at Sandown Park racecourse the staying […]
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• Thunder Roll back on track with Cork Listed score

  26-04-2024 18:59 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Joseph O’Brien’s Thunder Roll bagged another Listed prize when taking the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Noblesse Stakes at Cork. The Night Of Thunder filly was last seen finishing down the field in the Group One Prix de Royallieu, but prior to that took the Listed Oyster Stakes at Galway and was Group Three-placed in the […]
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• Racing lives in Willie’s World with Mullins’ sprint to National Hunt title

  26-04-2024 17:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Six weeks after his Cheltenham milestone, trainer will become the first based in Ireland to win since Vincent O’Brien in 1954“It’s done but not quite dusted yet,” was Willie Mullins’s assessment earlier this week of the race for the National Hunt trainers’ championship, but he knows as well as anyone that the title is as good as won. Six weeks on from one historic achievement, when he became the first trainer to saddle 100 Cheltenham Festival winners, another
  
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• Racing lives in Willie’s World with Mullins’ canter to National Hunt title

  26-04-2024 17:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Six weeks after his Cheltenham milestone, trainer will become the first based in Ireland to win since Vincent O’Brien in 1954“It’s done but not quite dusted yet,” was Willie Mullins’s assessment earlier this week of the race for the National Hunt trainers’ championship race, but he knows as well as anyone that the title is as good as won. Six weeks on from one historic achievement, when he became the first trainer to saddle 100 Cheltenham Festival winners, ano
  
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• Next stop the Derby for Trial winner Bellum Justum

  25-04-2024 18:27 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Andrew Balding’s Bellum Justum will head straight to the Betfred Derby after his Blue Riband Trial triumph at Epsom. The Sea The Stars colt ran four times as a juvenile, ending his season on a high note when winning a Newmarket maiden over a mile in late September. He returned to action at Epsom earlier […]
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• United FA Cup collapse inspired Mullins to stay focused

  25-04-2024 17:44 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Willie Mullins is taking nothing for granted ahead of what could be a thrilling conclusion to the British trainers’ title race at Sandown this weekend. After following up the Grand National victory of I Am Maximus with a four-timer at Ayr that included Macdermott’s win in the Scottish Grand National, the Closutton maestro is in […]
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• Battling Bowen vows to keep pushing title rival Cobden

  25-04-2024 17:22 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Win, lose, or draw, Sean Bowen is determined to take plenty of pride from his jockeys’ championship battle with Harry Cobden, which is set to go right down to the wire. The 26-year-old had built up a substantial lead before suffering an injury at Aintree on Boxing Day. His time on the sidelines allowed Cobden […]
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• Tributes pour in for Olivier Peslier following final rides

  25-04-2024 16:53 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Andre Fabre labelled Olivier Peslier as “one of the greats” as the 51-year-old took his last rides at La Teste on Thursday. Peslier announced on Tuesday that he had decided to bring his long and illustrious career in the saddle to an end, bowing out with over 3,700 winners to his name. Peslier was out […]
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• Peslier grateful for public support on farewell appearance

  25-04-2024 16:44 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  There may have been no final winning ride, but there was still a great deal of affection shown towards Olivier Peslier as he hung up his boots at La Teste De Buch. The 51-year-old is unanimously respected after a superb career that has seen him crowned French champion jockey four times, alongside a string of […]
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• Nicholls understands reasoning behind Frost’s French move

  25-04-2024 16:01 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Paul Nicholls has backed Bryony Frost’s plans to ride in France during the summer, while reaffirming there will always be opportunities for the 29-year-old at Ditcheat when she returns in the autumn. Frost confirmed in March that she was looking into splitting her time between Britain and France and embarked on a fact-finding mission by […]
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• Racing Insights, Friday 26/04/24

  25-04-2024 15:51 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Friday is Horses For Courses (H4C) report day at Geegeez and this feature does exactly what you'd expect, as it shows the full course history since 2009 of any horse running that has previously had a run at that track, sorted by number of wins, but this can be changed to any column at your […]
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• Desert Hero drops back in trip for seasonal reappearance

  25-04-2024 15:39 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Having famously provided the King and Queen with their first Royal Ascot success last summer, Desert Hero is one of the star attractions at Sandown on Friday, as he makes his seasonal debut in the bet365 Gordon Richards Stakes. The William Haggas-trained four-year-old delighted racegoers in Berkshire when carrying the royal colours to a thrilling […]
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• Macduff team expect Classic Trial test to suit

  25-04-2024 13:39 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Macduff bids to follow in the footsteps of Westover when he puts his Betfred Derby aspirations to the test at Sandown. Trainer Ralph Beckett and owners Juddmonte joined forces when Westover won this race in 2022, with the son of Frankel going on to chase home Desert Crown at Epsom before gaining Derby compensation in […]
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• ‘Talented’ Nostrum makes Mile return at Sandown

  25-04-2024 13:15 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Nostrum is out to prove he remains a high-class prospect when he makes his return in the bet365 Mile at Sandown on Friday. The one-time Classic hope endured a frustrating three-year-old campaign and having missed the first half of the season due to a setback, made a winning reappearance in Newmarket’s Listed Sir Henry Cecil […]
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• Light seeking to shine again at Sandown

  23-04-2024 19:34 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Kitty’s Light is taking aim at his usual season finisher in the bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown. The gelding has been a star for trainer Christian Williams, winning big handicap events like the Eider Chase and the Scottish Grand National and going close in the Charlie Hall and the Coral Trophy. He has particularly good […]
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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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• Bellum Justum stakes Derby claim with Epsom victory

  23-04-2024 17:11 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Bellum Justum halved in price for the Derby after Andrew Balding’s colt won the Betfred Blue Riband Trial at Epsom. While he took four attempts to get off the mark as a juvenile, the form of his win over Kevin Ryan’s Inisherin now looks much stronger than it did at the time and he took […]
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• Fry confident Gidleigh Park will shine over fences

  23-04-2024 16:23 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Harry Fry is excited to see what Gidleigh Park can achieve over fences next season following his sixth-place finish in the Albert Bartlett at the Cheltenham Festival. Impressive on his racecourse debut in a Chepstow bumper in the spring of last year, the six-year-old this term established himself as one of Britain’s leading novice hurdlers […]
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• Apple Away takes on strong Irish challenge at Perth

  23-04-2024 15:41 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Lucinda Russell’s Apple Away looks to round off her season with a win in the Robertson Homes Fair Maid Of Perth Mares’ Chase at Perth. A Grade One winner over hurdles for owners Old Gold Racing, this term she has turned her hand to chasing without quite matching that success. Placed in graded races at […]
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• Racing Insights, Wednesday 24/04/24

  23-04-2024 15:38 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Wednesday's free Geegeez GOLD feature, the Trainer Statistics (TS) report 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, and course five year, users can filter by runs, wins, places, win profit/loss and […]
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• Task Force out to emulate exalted parents in 2000 Guineas

  23-04-2024 15:01 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Task Force will be primed to perfection for his Qipco 2000 Guineas tilt after thriving in a racecourse gallop at Newbury on Monday. The Middle Park runner-up found just sprint star Vandeek too good when visiting Newmarket last autumn and is preparing to step up to a mile on his return to the Rowley Mile […]
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