Author: keith
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Via Sistina to begin Spring campaign in Winx Stakes
Chris Waller is full of praise for his star mare Via Sistina as she builds towards another high-profile campaign, with her return to racing slated for the Winx Stakes (1400m) on August 23 at Randwick.The reigning Cox Plate winner, Via Sistina has been a standout performer over the past year, racking up seven Group 1…
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Trainer Enver Jusufovic aiming Pinstripedat second Group 1 Memsie Stakes tilt
The start will be the same but Enver Jusufovic wants a longer journey with stable star Pinstriped in his latest spring campaign.Pinstriped provided Jusufovic with his greatest high in racing when he won last year’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield after a solid second in the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes a fortnight earlier.Pinstriped…
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NIGHTIME DANCER TO TAKE NEWBURY SPOTLIGHT
Fine FormNightime Dancer NB – 1.50looks certain to go close in the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury.It is reasonable to say we have perhaps not seen his absolute limit just yet, having still only had five career starts.He has been highly tried, too, since taking a Southwell novice on his three-year-old bow…
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Horse Racing Tips: Nap of the Day andbest bets from around the tracks
Today selectionsKINGS MERCHANT – 2.45 Ripon (NAP)KINGS MERCHANT was beaten a neck in a six runner race over C&D on his only previous visit and has live claims of going one better in this consolation race. He moved stables after struggling at the start of this season and didn’t show a great deal on his…
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Witness Stand readyfor Hungerford examination
Witness Stand will bid for back-to-back Group Two wins in the Visit Malta Hungerford Stakes at Newbury today.A surprise 25-1 winner of the Lennox Stakes at Goodwood late last month, the four-year-old will get the opportunity to prove that success was no fluke for the training partnership of Dr Richard Newland and Jamie Insole ahead…
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Flowerhead TO BLOOM AT NEWBURY
Fine FormFlowerhead NB – 4.45can bloom again for Charlie Clover in the Sequoia Hair & Spirit St Hugh’s Stakes at Newbury.The two-year-old bay filly, who is by the emerging sire Starman, sports the purple silks of Amo Racing and ran encouragingly in two maiden events before stepping up sharply in grade at Royal Ascot.There she…
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Newbury Saturday entries: Charlie Appleby stars left in Hungerford Stakes
Charlie Appleby has left both Shadow Of Light and Notable Speech in tomorrow’s Visit Malta Hungerford Stakes at Newbury.The former was a late absentee from Sunday’s Prix Maurice de Gheest because of the prevailing fast ground and the Sky Bet City Of York is another potential target for him.The Ebor Festival feature and Prix Jacques…
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French Selections Friday 15th
R1 CLAIREFONTAINE [R-H] C1 – PRIX GRAND JEU DE L’ETE GENYBET (PRIX TIP MOSS) – 2400m (a1m1/2) – TURF – Class 2 Race – Flat – EUR € 24,700 C1 – PRIX DES AMATEURS – 2875m (a2m) – Class G Amateur Drivers Race – Harness – EUR € 6,000 C1 – PRIX VICHY-REINE DES VILLES…
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French Selections Wednesday 13th
R1 ENGHIEN [L-H] C1 – PRIX DE NOUZONVILLE – 2150m (a1m1/4) – Class D Race – Harness – EUR € 40,000 C1 – PRIX CHARLES DE VEAUCE – 2400m (a1m1/2) – TURF – Class 3 Race – Flat – EUR € 14,600 C1 – PRIX DE LA LONDE LES MAURES – 2650m (a1m1/2) – Class…
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GOLDEN CAN SHINEAT HAMILTON
Fine FormExpensive purchaseGolden Horse HM – 6.40is entitled to come on a bundle for his debut and should take plenty of beating in the David and William McHarg Memorial Maiden Stakes at Hamilton.The William Haggas inmate cost 425,000 guineas at Tattersalls in October 2023 but did not make it to the track at two and…