Author: keith
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French Selections Sunday 27th
R1 LA TESTE DE BUCH [R-H] C1 – PRIX CENTURY 21 DUPRAT & ASSOCIES – 1400m (a7f) – TURF – Maiden Race – Flat – EUR € 21,000 C1 – PRIX DE BEZONS – 2250m (a1m1/2) – Class D Race – Harness – EUR € 33,000 C4 – GRAND PRIX SUPER U BREHAL – 3400m…
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JAN BRUEGHEL CAN CLAIM KING GEORGE CROWN
Jan Brueghel AS – 4.10can get the better of old rival Calandagan again in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot today.Aidan O’Brien’s Galileo colt outperformed Francis-Henri Graffard’s French challenger when the two met in the Coronation Cup at Epsom in early June, repelling a late run to prevail by half a…
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French Selections Saturday 26th
R1 ENGHIEN [L-H] C1 – PRIX DE LA CELLE-SAINT-CLOUD – 2875m (a2m) – Class E Race – Harness – EUR € 41,000 C1 – PRIX BAMBOO EDITION (PRIX DE LA COUR RECTANGLE) – 1800m (a1m1/8) – TURF – Class 2 Race – Flat – EUR € 25,600 C1 – PRIX DU CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES…
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Apache on Song for Caulfield return
Trainer Michael Trotter has been heartened with the knowledge leading jockey Blake Shinn will ride Apache Song in her return to racing at Caulfield.Apache Song runs first-up in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) today with Shinn to continue his association with the mare.Shinn leads the Melbourne Jockeys’ Premiership by seven over Craig Williams after…
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Thompson to let Secret out at Randwick
Gimcrack Stakes victor Bel Merci won’t be seen this spring but trainer John Thompson is hoping another of his two-year-old winners can step up to the plate in her absence.The Randwick horseman expected Bel Merci to be off the scene until next year after she was struck down by a combination of ailments while spelling.“She…
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TURN TO APPLEBY FOR ASCOT WINNER
Fine FormTime To Turn AS – 2.25can reverse previous form with A Bit Of Spirit in the Flexjet Pat Eddery Stakes at Ascot.Charlie Appleby’s charge suffered odds-on defeats on his first two outings, being beaten by stablemate and subsequent Woodcote victor Maximized on the first occasion before finding A Bit Of Spirit just a head…
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King George tips: Horse-by-horse guide to Ascot Group 1
Horse-by-horse guide for tomorrow’s big race – the King George Vi And Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes at Ascot.CALANDAGAN (Francis Graffard)Model of consistency for connections, finishing first or second in 10 starts since his debut outing a couple of summers ago.A striking winner of the King Edward VII Stakes over this course and distance as a…
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French Selections Friday 25th
R1 CABOURG [R-H] C1 – PRIX MICHEL D’ORNANO – 2750m (a1m1/2) – Class D Race – Harness – EUR € 29,000 C1 – PRIX DU CENTRE EQUESTRE DE LA CAPELLE – 2700m (a1m1/2) – Class E Race – Harness – EUR € 21,000 C1 – PRIX DES MALAVAUX – 2400m (a1m1/2) – TURF – Condition…
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French Selections Friday 25th
R1 COMPIEGNE [L-H] C1 – PRIX DU LONVAL – 2400m (a1m1/2) – TURF – Class 3 Claiming – Flat – EUR € 18,200 C1 – PRIX COBAC PARC (PRIX DE SAINT-IDEUC) – 2500m (a1m1/2) – TURF – Class 3 Race – Flat – EUR € 12,800 C1 – PRIX YVES MALLET – 2150m (a1m1/4) –…
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GRAN DESCANS CAN INSPIREGRAND PLANS AT LINGFIELD
Fine FormHarry Charlton’sGran Descans LI – 2.45hails from a notable Juddmonte family and should be up to defying a penalty in the BetWright Bangers N’Cash Novice Stakes at Lingfield.His dam, Big Break, was not only a Group Three winner herself but a sister of Dermot Weld’s prolific winner Famous Name, who gained quite a following.Having…