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  • French Selections Tuesday 6th

    French Selections Tuesday 6th

    R1 CHANTILLY [R-H] C1 – PRIX DE MONTAGNY – 1200m (a6f) – TURF – Class 2 Divided Handicap – Flat – EUR € 53,000 C1 – PRIX DOMINIQUE DE BROGLIE – 3700m (a2m1/4) – TURF – Handicap – Hurdles – EUR € 29,000 C1 – PRIX NIOBE – 2175m (a1m1/4) – Class D Race –…

  • French Selections Monday 5th

    French Selections Monday 5th

    R1 VICHY [R-H] C1 – PRIX D’EFFIAT – 2950m (a2m) – Class D Race – Harness – EUR € 25,000 C1 – PRIX PMU LE LION D’OR (PRIX DE BRAIN-SUR-LONGUENEE) – 2400m (a1m1/2) – TURF – Condition Race – Flat – EUR € 13,500 C1 – PRIX JOHNSTON – 4200m (a2m1/2) – TURF – Handicap…

  • French Selections Sunday 4th

    French Selections Sunday 4th

    R1 Longchamp [R-H] C1 – PRIX DE LA SEINE – 2200m (a1m1/2) – TURF – Listed Race – Flat – EUR € 55,000 C1 – PRIX EUROPOLE DE COMPETITIVITE – 2750m (a1m1/2) – Class E Race – Mounted – EUR € 21,000 C1 – PRIX DE COLOMBELLES – 2450m (a1m1/2) – Class F Amateur Riders…

  • French Selection Saturday 3rd

    French Selection Saturday 3rd

    R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX DE MARCQ-EN-BAROEUL – 2700m (a1m1/2) – Class E Race – Harness – EUR € 41,000 C1 – PRIX LA VEINE – 4400m (a3m) – TURF – Class 3 Race – Steeple Chase – EUR € 57,000 C1 – PRIX DE LA SOCIETE DES COURSES DE CHATEAU-DU-LOIR – 2300m (a1m1/2)…

  • Gold for Galopin Des Champs

    Gold for Galopin Des Champs

    Galopin Des Champs (5/6 favourite) made it third time lucky in the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup.In 2023 and 2024 Galopin Des Champs came into this Grade 1 feature as the Cheltenham Gold Cup winner but left Punchestown in defeat to Fastorslow. Beaten in England this time and with no Fastorslow in the line-up, Galopin Des…

  • DUSK CAN TAKE CHELMER SPOTLIGHT

    DUSK CAN TAKE CHELMER SPOTLIGHT

    Fine FormArabian Dusk CC – 7.15is expected to enjoy dropping back in distance for the bet365 Chelmer Fillies’ Stakes at Chelmsford.The daughter of star sprinter Havana Grey was a smart juvenile over six furlongs last season, scoring in Group Two company and finishing third behind Lake Victoria in the Cheveley Park.With an Irish 1,000 Guineas…

  • French Selections Thursday 1st

    French Selections Thursday 1st

    R1 SAINT-CLOUD [L-H] C1 – PRIX FOURIRE – 1600m (a1m) – TURF – Newcomers Race – Flat – EUR € 27,000 C1 – PRIX DU BUISSONNET – 3200m (a2m) – TURF – Newcomers Race – Hurdles – EUR € 26,000 C1 – PRIX ANDRE CORMIER – 2650m (a1m1/2) – Class G Amateur Drivers Race –…

  • Confirmed runners and riders for day two of the Punchestown festival: who takes on Galopin Des Champs in the Gold Cup?

    Confirmed runners and riders for day two of the Punchestown festival: who takes on Galopin Des Champs in the Gold Cup?

    Galopin Des Champs is set to clash with Spillane’s Tower in the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup (5.30) after a small but select field was declared for today’s showpiece.The Willie Mullins-trained superstar was denied by Inothewayurthinkin in his quest for a third straight Cheltenham Gold Cup last month and faces just three rivals on day two…

  • EXPECT TO REACH THE DIZZY HEIGHTS AT ASCOT

    EXPECT TO REACH THE DIZZY HEIGHTS AT ASCOT

    Fine FormDash Dizzy AS – 2.50can surprise some better fancied rivals in the eventmasters.co.uk Commonwealth Cup Trial Stakes at Ascot.Charlie Johnston’s charge is a Wootton Bassett half-brother to Group One-winning juvenile and stallion star Sioux Nation, and he certainly shaped with promise on his racecourse bow when beaten six lengths in third at Pontefract in…

  • Marine Nationalelands Champion Chase

    Marine Nationalelands Champion Chase

    Marine Nationale (2/1) ran out an impressive winner of the William Hill Champion Chase at the Punchestown Festival.Having won the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on his sixth chase start, this ready defeat of Captain Guinness ought to cement Marine Nationale’s position as the top two-mile chaser but the day one feature…