Author: keith
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Vanillier halves inprice for Festival
Bookmakers slashed the odds of Vanillier for Cheltenham Festival glory following his runaway success at Punchestown yesterday.Trained by Gavin Cromwell, the former Grand National runner-up has been plying his trade in ‘banks’ races this winter and came good at the third time of asking at the discipline in the Ladbrokes P.P. Hogan Memorial Cross Country…
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BANK ON BELLIANOAT MARKET RASEN
Fine FormBelliano MR – 1.40can make it two wins in three starts under rules in the TrustATrader Apply Today EBF ‘National Hunt’ Novices’ Hurdle at Market Rasen.A £255,000 purchase after winning a point-to-point in November 2023, Belliano did not have his first outing for Paul Nicholls until lining up for a Chepstow maiden hurdle in…
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Sir Gino on course for Game Spirit Chase at Newbury
Sir Gino will bid to emulate former Seven Barrows stars Sprinter Sacre and Altior by stepping out of novice company for the William Hill Game Spirit Chase at Newbury on Saturday.It is 13 years since Sprinter Sacre used the Grade Two contest as a stepping-stone to winning the Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival, and…
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French Selections Saturday 1st
R1 DEAUVILLE [R-H] C1 – PRIX DE BRANVILLE – 2500m (a1m1/2) – ALL WEATHER – Class 3 Claiming – Flat – EUR € 19,000 C1 – PRIX DES GRANDES ECURIES – 1650m (a1m) – TURF – Class 4 Race – Flat – EUR € 9,500 C1 – PRIX MON TOURBILLON – 2925m (a2m) – Class…
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Fact To File to spearhead McManusGold run at Leopardstown
Both Fact To File and I Am Maximus will take on stablemate Galopin Des Champs in tomorrow’s Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup on day one of the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown.All three of those runners are trained by Willie Mullins, who also has Embassy Gardens, Grangeclare West and Minella Cocooner in the mix.JP McManus…
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Champagne Prince bubbling nicelyat home ahead of Winter Derby Trial
Jane Chapple-Hyam is very happy with Champagne Prince ahead of the BetUK Winter Derby Trial at Southwell today.The grey will meet Andrew Balding’s Eydon for a second time this season in the 11-furlong contest at 6.30pm. They clashed in the Listed Wild Flower Stakes at Kempton Park last month with Champagne Prince coming out on…
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EYDON’S TIME CANCOME AT SOUTHWELL
Fine FormEydon SO – 6.30is fancied to avenge last month’s loss to Champagne Prince when they meet again in the BetUK Winter Derby Trial Conditions Stakes at Southwell.Champagne Prince was allowed to control proceedings in their Kempton Wild Flower clash, setting a steady pace and then getting first run on the rest of the field…
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Take Two for Accredited in Southern Cross Stakes
In-form gelding Accredited will have a chance to prove how patience can be rewarded in racing on several fronts as he prepares for a belated black-type debut in the Southern Cross Stakes at Rosehill.The sprinter was set to start a short-priced favourite for the Listed Carrington Stakes (1400m) at Randwick last week but the event…
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Grahame Begg mares to clash at Sandown
Grahame Begg has been forced into starting two of his mares in a Stakes race at Sandown, a scenario the inform trainer says is not ideal.Miraval Rose and So Glamorous head to the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m) on Saturday.Begg would have preferred the race to remain at Caulfield, however it was moved late…
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Horse Racing Tips: Nap of the Day,best bets around the tracks
SKYE BREEZE – 1.12 Southwell (NAP)SKYE BREEZE could be up to the task of defying top weight in the Weekly £5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap at Southwell. Ed Bethell’s six-year-old has a very tidy all-weather strike-rate of 4-10 and that includes a course and distance win last January, after which he followed up off…