Author: keith
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SCANDINAVIA TO PROVIDE O’BRIEN WITH ANOTHER GOLD CUP
Fine FormIt is difficult to opposeScandinavia RA – 4.15in his bid to provide Aidan O’Brien with a record-extending 10th victory in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.The son of Justify looked fairly ordinary this time last year, but a staying-on fifth when stepped up in trip for the Queen’s Vase suggested he was a quality…
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Rahiebb ready for Cup showdown
Ray Dawson is hoping that Rahiebb will run a big race in the Gold Cup today as he seeks a first Royal Ascot winner.Rahiebb is 4/1 with Paddy Power and Sky Bet for the two and a half mile Group 1 which could feature a star-studded cast.Trawlerman is the reigning champion but the ante-post book…
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Fronting up for more staying contests
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes are hoping to cash in with an in-form stayer at Flemington.The Western Front will bid to continue his consistent form in a 2500m handicap tomorrow.The New Zealand-bred galloper was a last start winner of the Listed Sandown Cup (3200m) on May 31 and will…
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McArdle eyes winter kick-off in Eye Liner Stakes
Mornington trainer John McArdle is already planning an early season Group 1 assault, and a part of his planning is in Queensland.Regal Zeus heads to the Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich tomorrow, the first of two potential runs in Queensland.McArdle wants to return home to Melbourne early in the new season to have…
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French Selections Thursday 18th
R1 Longchamp [R-H] C1 – PRIX DU PONT DE SULLY – 1400m (a7f) – TURF – Handicap – Flat – EUR € 38,400 C1 – PRIX DES TOULULA – 3500m (a2m1/4) – TURF – Claiming – Steeple Chase – EUR € 19,000 C1 – PRIX DE FEUGUEROLLES – 2200m (a1m1/2) – Class E Amateur Riders…
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ALMAQAM TO UPSET PRINCEOF WALES’S BIG GUNS
Fine FormFew races at Royal Ascot this week pack as much punch as the Prince of Wales’s Stakes andAlmaqam RA – 4.20is the one taken to land the knockout blow against a couple of heavyweight rivals.The odds suggest Ed Walker’s five-year-old has it all to do to lower the colours of brilliant Arc winner Daryz…
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Fronting up for more staying contests
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes are hoping to cash in with an in-form stayer at Flemington.The Western Front will bid to continue his consistent form in a 2500m handicap on Saturday.The New Zealand-bred galloper was a last start winner of the Listed Sandown Cup (3200m) on May 31 and…
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McArdle eyes winter kick-off in Eye Liner Stakes
Mornington trainer John McArdle is already planning an early season Group 1 assault, and a part of his planning is in Queensland.Regal Zeus heads to the Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich on Saturday, the first of two potential runs in Queensland.McArdle wants to return home to Melbourne early in the new season to…
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Ombudsman usurps long-time favourite Daryz ahead of Prince of Wales’s showdown
The betting for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (4.20) was subject to a major shake-up on Monday with Ombudsman taking over favouritism from Daryz for the feature race at Royal Ascot today.Last year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe hero Daryz lost his position as market leader to Ombudsman after the high-class pair were declared in…
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French Selections Wednesday 17th
R1 AGEN LA GARENNE [R-H] C1 – PRIX DE BORDEAUX – 2575m (a1m1/2) – Class D – Harness – EUR € 35,000 C1 – PRIX DES SOLIDARITES – 2825m (a2m) – Class G Amateur Drivers – Harness – EUR € 6,000 C1 – PRIX LAURENT BRUNA – 1100m (a5f1/2) – TURF – Claiming – Flat…