Author: keith
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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…
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Joliestar and Overpass Take to the Ascot Turf
Following in a rich tradition of leading Australian sprinters at the royal meeting, Joliestar (Zoustar) and Overpass (Vancouver) undertook a dress rehearsal on the Ascot turf on Friday.The Bjorn Baker-trained Overpass heads to tomorrow’s G1 King Charles III Stakes and Joliestar runs in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes on Saturday for Chris Waller.The…
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DON THE ONE AT WINDSOR
Fine FormUncle Don WD – 7.00has gone close a couple of times since joining Robert Cowell and can record his first win for the trainer in the Fitzdares Sprint Series Qualifier Handicap at Windsor.The Middleham Park-owned gelding switched from the care of Richard Fahey to Newmarket-based Cowell earlier this year and only a neck defeat…
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Coeur Volante returns to winner’s list at Sandown
The decision to return Coeur Volante to training has paid a dividend with the mare being successful at Sandown.Success in the IVE> Handicap (1400m) on Wednesday came at the second outing for the mare’s new connections after she was purchased for $500,000 last spring by Widden Stud and Bangaloe Stud.Coeur Volante was sent to stud…