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  • French Selections Friday 7th

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    R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX JACQUES ORLIAGUET – 2850m (a2m) – Class R Claiming Amateur Riders – Harness – EUR € 18,000 C1 – PRIX VAN GOGH – 2150m (a1m1/4) – Class F Race – Harness – EUR € 15,000 C1 – PRIX DU ROND DU MANEGE – 1600m (a1m) – ALL WEATHER –…

  • French Selections Thursday 6th

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    R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX DE DURTAL LES RAIRIES – 2100m (a1m1/4) – Class D Race – Harness – EUR € 59,000 C1 – PRIX DES PLATANES – 1200m (a6f) – TURF – Handicap – Flat – EUR € 20,000 C1 – PRIX DE LA STATICE – 2400m (a1m1/2) – ALL WEATHER – Class…

  • Vanillier halves inprice for Festival

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    Bookmakers slashed the odds of Vanillier for Cheltenham Festival glory following his runaway success at Punchestown yesterday.Trained by Gavin Cromwell, the former Grand National runner-up has been plying his trade in ‘banks’ races this winter and came good at the third time of asking at the discipline in the Ladbrokes P.P. Hogan Memorial Cross Country…

  • BANK ON BELLIANOAT MARKET RASEN

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    Fine FormBelliano MR – 1.40can make it two wins in three starts under rules in the TrustATrader Apply Today EBF ‘National Hunt’ Novices’ Hurdle at Market Rasen.A £255,000 purchase after winning a point-to-point in November 2023, Belliano did not have his first outing for Paul Nicholls until lining up for a Chepstow maiden hurdle in…

  • Sir Gino on course for Game Spirit Chase at Newbury

    Sir Gino on course for Game Spirit Chase at Newbury

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    Sir Gino will bid to emulate former Seven Barrows stars Sprinter Sacre and Altior by stepping out of novice company for the William Hill Game Spirit Chase at Newbury on Saturday.It is 13 years since Sprinter Sacre used the Grade Two contest as a stepping-stone to winning the Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival, and…

  • French Selections Saturday 1st

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    R1 DEAUVILLE [R-H] C1 – PRIX DE BRANVILLE – 2500m (a1m1/2) – ALL WEATHER – Class 3 Claiming – Flat – EUR € 19,000 C1 – PRIX DES GRANDES ECURIES – 1650m (a1m) – TURF – Class 4 Race – Flat – EUR € 9,500 C1 – PRIX MON TOURBILLON – 2925m (a2m) – Class…

  • Fact To File to spearhead McManusGold run at Leopardstown

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    Both Fact To File and I Am Maximus will take on stablemate Galopin Des Champs in tomorrow’s Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup on day one of the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown.All three of those runners are trained by Willie Mullins, who also has Embassy Gardens, Grangeclare West and Minella Cocooner in the mix.JP McManus…

  • Champagne Prince bubbling nicelyat home ahead of Winter Derby Trial

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    Jane Chapple-Hyam is very happy with Champagne Prince ahead of the BetUK Winter Derby Trial at Southwell today.The grey will meet Andrew Balding’s Eydon for a second time this season in the 11-furlong contest at 6.30pm. They clashed in the Listed Wild Flower Stakes at Kempton Park last month with Champagne Prince coming out on…

  • EYDON’S TIME CANCOME AT SOUTHWELL

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    Fine FormEydon SO – 6.30is fancied to avenge last month’s loss to Champagne Prince when they meet again in the BetUK Winter Derby Trial Conditions Stakes at Southwell.Champagne Prince was allowed to control proceedings in their Kempton Wild Flower clash, setting a steady pace and then getting first run on the rest of the field…

  • Take Two for Accredited in Southern Cross Stakes

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    In-form gelding Accredited will have a chance to prove how patience can be rewarded in racing on several fronts as he prepares for a belated black-type debut in the Southern Cross Stakes at Rosehill.The sprinter was set to start a short-priced favourite for the Listed Carrington Stakes (1400m) at Randwick last week but the event…