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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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• 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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• 2024 Royal Ascot Betting Trends – Day Three (Thurs 20th June)

  09-06-2024 08:17 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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• Hannon: Voyage setting sail for King Edward VII Stakes

  07-06-2024 17:40 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Voyage will bid to atone for an unfortunate incident in the Derby when he runs in the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot. The Richard Hannon-trained colt had won his only race prior to Epsom and was about to fulfil a lifelong dream for owner Julie Wood. However, as soon as the stalls opened […]
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• Sea Theme bidding for Haggas hat-trick in race named after Lester Piggott

  07-06-2024 16:50 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Sea Theme has been tasked with providing William Haggas with a third straight victory in the Betfred Nifty 50 Lester Piggott Fillies’ Stakes when she makes her seasonal return at Haydock on Saturday. A progressive performer at three, the daughter of Sea The Stars scooped Listed honours in the Galtres Stakes before finishing her campaign […]
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• Dallas Star on the sidelines having met with Derby setback

  07-06-2024 16:24 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Dallas Star’s disappointing run in the Derby can be put down to an injury picked up in the race which is likely to rule him out for the rest of the season. A surprise winner of the Ballysax Stakes for Adrian Murray in testing conditions, it was assumed his finish in 14th pace was down […]
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• Ramazan set to thrive at Haydock while Belmont Stakes moves home

  07-06-2024 16:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Four-year-old to make his first start in a Group Three as Mystik Dan and Seize The Grey square off at SaratogaJumby and Pogo, the last two winners of the John Of Gaunt Stakes, are among the familiar names in the field for this year’s renewal at Haydock on Saturday, but they may struggle to contain Richard Fahey’s progressive four-year-old Ramazan (3.35) as he makes his first start in a Group Three.Ramazan is hardly unexposed, with 16 starts in the book already, but he took a signific
  
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• Pogo primed to go close in Haydock repeat bid

  07-06-2024 15:59 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Charlie Hills has high hopes Pogo can reclaim the Betfred John of Gaunt Stakes which he won two years ago. The seven-furlong specialist is eight now, but showed when just touched off in a Listed race last time out that he is more than capable on his day. A Group Two winner at his best, […]
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• Sat TV Trends: 8th June 2024

  07-06-2024 15:23 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Another busy Saturday of horse racing ahead with the LIVE ITV action this week coming from Beverley and Haydock. As always, here at GeeGeez we’ve got all the LIVE races covered from a trends and stats angle – use these to help narrow down the field and find the best profiles of past winners. Haydock […]
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• West backing Dream to deliver in Achilles

  07-06-2024 14:55 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  With two previous Temple Stakes placings over course and distance, Live In The Dream will start a hot favourite in the Betfred Passionate About Sport Achilles Stakes at Haydock on Saturday. The five-year-old was beaten by half a length by Kerdos on his seasonal debut late last month at the Merseyside venue, improving from his […]
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• Force aiming to make Beverley impact

  07-06-2024 14:28 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The red-hot Richard Fahey will attempt to land the bet365 Two Year Old Trophy Conditions Stakes for the second year running when he saddles Moving Force at Beverley on Saturday. The Musley Bank handler has won this with Summer Sands (2019) and Bombay Bazaar (2023) in recent years with both marching on to run at […]
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• Aviation Time ready to take off in Hilary Needler

  07-06-2024 13:23 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Aviation Time has the chance to play herself on to Richard Hughes’ Royal Ascot teamsheet when she takes flight in the Hilary Needler Trophy EBF Fillies’ Conditions Stakes at Beverley. One of the highlights of the year on the Westwood, the race eluded Hughes during his time in the weighing room but he could have […]
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