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  • ADAAY IN DEVON CAN SCURRY TO SANDOWN SUCCESS

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    Fine FormAdaay In Devon SN – 2.40can get back on the winning trail in the BetMGM: It’s Showtime Scurry Stakes at Sandown.Rod Millman’s filly has been a superb servant to her connections, with 14 career starts so far yielding six victories and four runner-up finishes.A Listed triumph at Bath in April suggested she had improved…

  • Summer Mile could be a target for Queen Anne absenteeQuddwah

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    An alternative target will be sought for Quddwah after the unbeaten colt was forced to sidestep next week’s Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot.A winner at Salisbury and Newmarket last season, the Simon and Ed Crisford-trained son of Kingman belatedly completed his hat-trick on his return from almost a year on the sidelines in last…

  • French Selections Saturday 15th

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    R1 ENGHIEN [L-H] C1 – PRIX DE LA PLACE DUPLEIX – 2150m (a1m1/4) – Class B Race – Harness – EUR € 52,000 1. LISAS – Has won 2 of 3, most recently a 2550m Reims Class E on 20 May but, in this company, will have her work cut out 2. LITTLE CROWN –…

  • French Selections Friday 14th

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    R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX LOMIA – 2100m (a1m1/4) – Class E Race – Harness – EUR € 41,000 1. JACK DU BARBEY – 11th of 12 finishers in a 2700m Class D at La Capelle early-May. Races barefoot this time but still has a mountain to climb 2. JETLAG DE BEAUFOUR – 11th…

  • Archie Watson: My Royal Ascot team

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    Graham Clark talks Royal Ascot 2024 with Upper Lambourn trainer Archie Watson who is sending a big team to Berkshire next week.When Archie Watson looks back at the results from Royal Ascot last year they produce many fond memories, but he believes the team that will represent his stable at this year’s meeting is the…

  • ‘Tuck’ into your ‘Dreams’ and ready to win, ‘Dad!’

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    Tuck Your Shirt In na – 9.00resonated from fastidious time-handicap study and is worth waiting for in the National Hunt Flat Race over two miles of ‘good to firm’ Newton Abbot tonight.Trouble is most of you will be well and truly tucked up in bed when this Joe Tickle-trained four-year-old Sixties Icon gelding goes ‘Bumper’…

  • Hannon and Rosallion ready for Notable Speechrematch

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    Richard Hannon believes the round mile at Ascot in the St James’s Palace Stakes gives Rosallion a chance of turning the tables on his 2000 Guineas conqueror Notable Speech.While Rosallion went to the Curragh and won the Irish equivalent, beating stablemate Haatem in a tight finish, he has a length and a half to make…

  • BORN TO RULE OVER SANDOWN RIVALS

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    Fine Form Born Ruler SN – 3.15 can finally get back into the winner’s enclosure in the Book Your Coral-Eclipse Tickets Now Handicap at Sandown.The four-year-old son of Kingman returned from a 223-day break at Lingfield last month and ran freely when being beaten into second by Party Island over amile and a half.He was…

  • Soumillon to ride Big Rock andBlue Rose Cen at Royal Ascot

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    Christophe Soumillon will ride both Big Rock and Blue Rose Cen at Royal Ascot next week.Trainer Maurizio Guarnieri confirmed Soumillon would take over from the regular rider of the pair, Aurelien Lemaitre, due to his greater experience of Ascot and his excellent record in big races around the world.Big Rock, a startling winner of the…

  • CLOVE SHOULD AVOID ANY HITCHES AT NEWBURY

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    Fine FormClove Hitch nb – 4.00should use previous track experience to her advantage in the Darley EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes over the straight mile at Newbury.The Andrew Balding filly has improved for each of her three career runs, which have included two at the Berkshire venue.She finished fifth on her sole start as a juvenile,…