Author: keith

  • French Selections Thursday 30th

    French Selections Thursday 30th

    R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX DE SOULAC – 2700m (a1m1/2) – Class C – Harness – EUR € 68,000 C1 – PRIX DU MONT BLANC – 3800m (a2m1/2) – TURF – Class 3 – Hurdles – EUR € 24,000 C1 – PRIX DE GRAIGNES – 2725m (a1m1/2) – Class E – Harness – EUR…

  • Spillane’s Tower team hoping to leave a frustrating season behind them – with chaser’s ‘main target’ identified

    Spillane’s Tower team hoping to leave a frustrating season behind them – with chaser’s ‘main target’ identified

    Spillane’s Tower is set to make his seasonal reappearance at Down Royal in just over two weeks, with trainer Jimmy Mangan identifying the BetVictor Champion Chase as the target – provided ground conditions are soft enough.Last season’s John Durkan Chase at Punchestown was one of the races of the year, not least because it looked…

  • French Selections Sunday 26th

    French Selections Sunday 26th

    R1 SAINT-CLOUD [L-H] C1 – PRIX GLORIEUSE – 2500m (a1m1/2) – TURF – Gr2 APQS – Flat – EUR € 46,000 C1 – PRIX DU PRESIDENT GAMBOTTI – 2400m (a1m1/2) – TURF – Condition – Flat – EUR € 11,700 C1 – PRIX D’EYGUIERES – 2200m (a1m1/2) – Class G Amateur Drivers – Harness –…

  • French Selections Saturday 25th

    French Selections Saturday 25th

    R1 COMPIEGNE [L-H] C1 – PRIX COLONEL D’ENGLESQUEVILLE – CHALLENGE DE L’OBSTACLE EQUINAXY – 4100m (a2m1/2) – TURF – Handicap – Steeple Chase – EUR € 61,000 C1 – PRIX DE PAUILLAC – 1900m (a1m1/4) – TURF – Class 2 – Flat – EUR € 24,700 C1 – PRIX ROTARY CLUB SALON DE PROVENCE –…

  • French Selections Friday 24th

    French Selections Friday 24th

    R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX ZOSMA – 2100m (a1m1/4) – Class C – Harness – EUR € 53,000 C1 – PRIX DE LA MEINAU – 2800m (a2m) – Class G Amateur Drivers – Harness – EUR € 6,000 C1 – PRIX LA GRANDE RECRE DE TOUQUES (PRIX DES BALSAMINES) – 1600m (a1m) – TURF…

  • French Selections Thursday 23rd

    French Selections Thursday 23rd

    R1 AUTEUIL [L-H] C1 – PRIX MONTGOMERY (GROUPE III) – 4700m (a3m) – TURF – Handicap – Steeple Chase – EUR € 152,000 C1 – PRIX DES GRIVES – 2050m (a1m1/4) – Class E – Harness – EUR € 18,000 C1 – PRIX DE CASTILLON – 1900m (a1m1/4) – ALL WEATHER – Handicap – Flat…

  • French Selections Wednesday 22nd

    French Selections Wednesday 22nd

    R1 BEAUMONT-DE-LOMAGNE [R-H] C1 – GRAND PRIX BARON D’ARDEUIL AOC BUZET – 2400m (a1m1/2) – Class D – Harness – EUR € 34,000 C1 – PRIX DE BILLERE – 1400m (a7f) – ALL WEATHER – Maiden – Flat – EUR € 21,000 C1 – PRIX DE SAINT-DESIR – 1600m (a1m) – TURF – Newcomers –…

  • French Selections Sunday 9th

    French Selections Sunday 9th

    R1 Longchamp [R-H] C1 – PRIX DE BELLEVILLE – 1800m (a1m1/8) – TURF – Newcomers – Flat – EUR € 45,700 C1 – PRIX DES PRIMEVERES – 2450m (a1m1/2) – Class D – Harness – EUR € 19,500 C1 – PRIX PMU LE CAFE DU CENTRE – 2550m (a1m1/2) – Class F – Harness –…

  • NO COMPLAINTS FOR OMBUDSMAN AT ASCOT

    NO COMPLAINTS FOR OMBUDSMAN AT ASCOT

    Fine FormOmbudsman AS – 4.05can confirm his superiority over familiar foe Delacroix in the Qipco Champion Stakes, the feature event on a stellar today card at Ascot.Brought along steadily while winning each of his first four starts as a three-year-old last season, the John and Thady Gosden-trained Ombudsman met with defeat for the first time…

  • O’Brien hopes for Delacroix masterpiece

    O’Brien hopes for Delacroix masterpiece

    While commercial considerations mean we won’t see Delacroix race into his fourth year, his presence in the QIPCO Champion Stakes at Ascot today turns a brilliant race into an unmissable one.It might have been all over for him after Leopardstown. In the breathless minutes after his scintillating Irish Champion Stakes victory on September 13, his…