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  • French Selection Thursday 6th

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    R1 Longchamp [R-H] C1 – PRIX DE L’ATELIER – 2800m (a2m) – TURF – Class 4 Divided Handicap – Flat – EUR € 15,000 1. FLIGHT DE JUILLEY – Produced a fair effort in 4th position over 3000m at Lion D’ angers in a Class 4 divided limited handicap on the 23rd of May 2024.…

  • Minervini hoping for rain at Randwick

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    Quick Tempo has been an excellent money spinner for the Mark Minervini stable with seven wins and over $400,000 in prize money and the Newcastle based trainer is hoping the gelding can win his first listed race in Saturday’s Bob Charley AO Stakes (1100m).The five-year-old put in the best performance of the preparation last start…

  • Leap To Fame faces crucial test in standing start at Albion Park

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    Leap To Fame has run second in the $2.1m TAB Eureka and won the $1m Miracle Mile, but a lowly $32,376 race at Albion Park on Saturday night looms as one of the most important of his career.That’s because the Flashing Red Handicap will be the champion pacer’s first try at standing-start racing and go…

  • GIRL POWER CAN WIN THE DAY AT RIPON

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    Fine FormInternational Girl RI – 7.55can spearhead a Ripon double for Richard Fahey in the weatherbysshop.co.uk Handicap.She proved pretty consistent through the 2023 campaign, placing on four occasions with only one really lacklustre effort on her record over six races.The six-year-old posted a fair performance on her return at this track last month, when being…

  • Laurel on course forDuke of Cambridge

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    John and Thady Gosden’s Laurel will have her first run for over a year in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot.The lightly-raced five-year-old has not been seen since disappointing when well fancied for last year’s Lockinge at Newbury.As a three-year-old she was beaten less than a length in the Sun Chariot Stakes, on…

  • French Selections Wednesday 5th

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    R1 LAVAL [L-H] C1 – GRAND NATIONAL DU TROT – 2850m (a2m) – Gr3 Race – Harness – EUR € 90,000 1. GLOIRE DU PERCHE – Honest mare that reassured when 2nd of 15 in a 2950m Vichy Class D  on 13 May. Unlikely to spring a surprise but should still give an honourable account…

  • Lightning will try to strike in King Charles heat

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    Rogue Lightning is on course for the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot after kicking off his campaign in the Temple Stakes at Haydock.The four-year-old was three times a winner last term, taking a Doncaster handicap, the Shergar Cup Dash and the Listed Scarbrough Stakes before heading to ParisLongchamp for the Prix de l’Abbaye.There…

  • REACHING TO HIT LEICESTER HEIGHTS

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    Fine Form Reaching High LE – 4.03 is regally bred in more than one respect and looks ready to start upholding family honour in the Racecourse Live Streams On Racing TV Extra Handicap at Leicester.The son of Sea The Stars is out of 2013 Ascot Gold Cup winner Estimate, a mating put together by the…

  • Never So Brave on course for Royal Ascot run

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    Sir Michael Stoute’s Never So Brave has Royal Ascot pencilled into his diary after a fruitful season so far.The son of No Nay Never crossed paths with some talented horses as a juvenile, meeting subsequent Group One winners Ancient Wisdom and Vandeek when the runner-up on both starts at two.He also defeated James Ferguson’s Jubilee…

  • Broxi and Elle make strong appeal after a ‘Wonder’ strike

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    WILTSHIRE WONDER kicked off Flaming June in the best possible way when our first System bet obliged at 9/2 with a runaway success, following on from a ‘Wonder’ week which ended with at least four successful System bets.The Epsom Derby selection was never at the races, horses don’t come from last place to win in…