Author: keith
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French Selections Friday 12th
R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX OPHELIA – 2100m (a1m1/4) – Class D – Harness – EUR € 56,000 C1 – PRIX DU DON DU SANG – 2825m (a2m) – Class G Amateur Drivers – Harness – EUR € 6,000 C1 – PRIX ORTIE BLANCHE – 2000m (a1m1/4) – TURF – Newcomers – Flat –…
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French Selections Thursday 11th
R1 Longchamp [R-H] C1 – PRIX LA ROCHETTE – 1400m (a7f) – TURF – Gr3 Race – Flat – EUR € 73,200 C1 – PRIX DE LA VALLEE DE L’ERDRE – 3800m (a2m1/2) – TURF – Class 3 Race – Hurdles – EUR € 24,000 C1 – PRIX ICI PICARDIE – 2150m (a1m1/4) – Class…
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French Selections Wednesday 10th
R1 MESLAY-DU-M. [R-H] C1 – GRAND NATIONAL DU TROT – 2850m (a2m) – Gr3 Race – Harness – EUR € 90,000 C1 – PRIX MAURICE D’OKHUYSEN – 3450m (a2m1/8) – TURF – Class 2 Race – Steeple Chase – EUR € 55,000 C1 – PRIX DE DAX – 1200m (a6f) – TURF – Maiden Race…
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TOULEEN CAN SHINE BRIGHTLY AT LEICESTER
Fine FormA couple of juvenile talents can light up Leicester’s card, withTouleen LE – 2.50looking a potentially useful runner in the Gascare Services EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes.Trained by Owen Burrows for her owner-breeder Shadwell, this Lope De Vega filly hails from a fine female line with her dam, Talaayeb, a Group Three winner from the…
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Horse Racing Tips:Nap of the Day
KALOKALO – 3.20 Leicester (NAP)He’s started at 8/1, 28/1 and 33/1 in three outings to date and KALOKALO is an interesting handicap debutant.He slots into this contest off the ceiling rating of 60 and was an eyecatcher on his final qualifying run, staying on under hands and heels into third behind Queen Tamara. He promises…
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Eight assemble as Sweet William aims to retain Doncaster Cup
Sweet William will face a maximum of seven rivals in defence of his Betfred Howard Wright Doncaster Cup title on Friday.John and Thady Gosden’s charge prevailed in the two-and-a-quarter-mile event last term and has been holding his own once again in the staying division this term, chasing home stablemate Trawlerman in the Lonsdale Cup last…
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Hayes stable weighing up options for Mr Brightside
The Lindsay Park stable of Ben, Will and J D Hayes are in a quandary as to the best way to get Mr Brightside to his Group 1 target of the spring.The King Charles III Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on October 18 has been earmarked for the nine-time winner at Group 1 level.Ben Hayes said…
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Take Two for North England in Run To The Rose
A head-scratching barrier trial prompted a slight change of plan for dual Group-winning colt North England but he is set to chime back into the three-year-old features at Rosehill.The Kindergarten Stakes winner turned in a lacklustre trial effort behind T J Smith Stakes winner Briasa at Canterbury on August 18 when he gave ground despite…
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HIGH DEGREE CAN SCHOOL HIS ASCOT RIVALS
Fine FormHigh Degree AS – 4.40can do the honours in the Ascot Iron Stand Membership Handicap.Trained by William Haggas, the Too Darn Hot colt progressed nicely through maidens and novices before making his handicap debut in the Kincsem Handicap at Goodwood.There he was a respectable fifth of 18 when stepping up to 10 furlongs for…
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Horse Racing Tips: Nap of the Day and best bets from around the tracks
Today selectionsPERSUASION – 4.55 Haydock (NAP)PERSUASION rates a bet off top weight back at Haydock where his career form reads 13221. He acts on all types of ground conditions but his most recent win came on an easy surface up at Musselburgh in April this year and he’s only rated 1lb higher now so is…