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  • LUNA LANDINGEXPECTED AT SANDOWN

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    Fine FormDiva Luna SN – 1.15can shine once again when she lines up in the Anne Boleyn “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle at Sandown.Ben Pauling’s six-year-old was a Listed and Grade Two-winning bumper horse, who defeated Paul Nicholls’ Jubilee Alpha at the latter level at Aintree last spring.Her hurdling debut saw her finish the runner-up in…

  • French Selections Friday 24th

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    R1 DEAUVILLE [R-H] C1 – PRIX DU SAP-ANDRE – 3400m (a2m1/8) – ALL WEATHER – Class 3 Handicap – Flat – EUR € 23,000 C1 – PRIX DE LASSEUBE – 1600m (a1m) – ALL WEATHER – Class 2 Race – Flat – EUR € 22,000 C1 – PRIX M T M – 2575m (a1m1/2) –…

  • PALLADIUM TO SHOW HIS WORTH ON HURDLES BOW

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    Fine FormAll eyes will be onPalladium HU – 12.47when he makes his jumping debut in the second division of the Pertemps Network Maiden Hurdle at Huntingdon.The four-year was previously trained on the Flat in Germany by Henk Grewe, winning at Group One level when taking the German Derby over a mile and a half last…

  • Strong Leader booked for Cleeve Hurdleouting before spring plans

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    Strong Leader is on course for the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday having undergone a wind operation following his disappointing run in Ascot’s Long Walk Hurdle.A Grade One winner of the Liverpool Hurdle for Olly Murphy last spring, the eight-year-old made a winning return at Newbury in the Grade Two Long Distance Hurdle before…

  • French Selections Friday 24th

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    R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX DE WOLVEGA – 2700m (a1m1/2) – Class D Race – Harness – EUR € 59,000 C1 – PRIX DE THEZE – 2400m (a1m1/2) – ALL WEATHER – Class 3 Race – Flat – EUR € 18,000 C1 – PRIX DU CARREFOUR DE CORMIER – 1900m (a1m1/4) – ALL WEATHER…

  • French Selections Wednesday 22nd

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    R1 CAGNES-SUR-MER [L-H] C1 – PRIX GELINOTTE – 2150m (a1m1/4) – Class F Race – Harness – EUR € 16,000 C1 – PRIX DE BAJAMONT – 2575m (a1m1/2) – Class G Amateur Drivers Race – Harness – EUR € 6,000 C1 – PRIX DES GRATTE-CIEL – 1800m (a1m1/8) – ALL WEATHER – Class 4 Divided…

  • SOBAR THOUGHTSFOR AYR BACKERS

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    Fine FormCold Sobar AY – 2.00made a perfectly respectable return from a long absence and can show the benefit of that in the Try Racing TV For Free Now Handicap Chase at Ayr.Trained by Stuart Coltherd, the lightly-raced eight-year-old won two of his three outings over hurdles in the spring of 2023 but did not…

  • Nicholls: ‘I’m happy with what we’ve got’

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    Watching your greatest rivals dominate a sport in which for so long you have been the leading force is not a position any sportsman is likely to enjoy.After seeing Nicky Henderson flex his muscles at Ascot with Jonbon and Lulamba on Saturday, and Dan Skelton strengthen his position at the top of the Jump Trainers’…

  • Morris looking to Cotswold Chase for Gentlemansgame

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    A late January trip to Cheltenham could be on the agenda for Savills Chase third Gentlemansgame.Making his first appearance since finishing fourth in the Punchestown Gold Cup in the spring, the Mouse Morris-trained eight-year-old made an excellent start to his campaign by picking up the bronze medal behind Galopin Des Champs and his stablemate Fact…

  • French Selections Sunday 19th

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    R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX DE BEAUCOURT – 2850m (a2m) – Class D Race – Harness – EUR € 40,000 C1 – PRIX SECTION PALOISE PELOTE (PRIX D’OGEU-LES-BAINS) – 2000m (a1m1/4) – ALL WEATHER – Maiden Race – Flat – EUR € 21,000 C1 – PRIX DU CASTELET – 2650m (a1m1/2) – Class G…