Author: keith
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French Selections Saturday 23rd
R1 DEAUVILLE [R-H] C1 – CRITERIUM DU FONDS EUROPEEN DE L’ELEVAGE – 1600m (a1m) – TURF – Restricted Listed Race – Flat – EUR € 130,000 C1 – PRIX DE SAINT-MANDE – 2100m (a1m1/4) – Class F Amateur Drivers Race – Harness – EUR € 12,000 C1 – PRIX DES COQUELICOTS – 2025m (a1m1/4) –…
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French Selections Friday 22nd
R1 CABOURG [R-H] C1 – PRIX DE LISIEUX – 2750m (a1m1/2) – Class D Race – Harness – EUR € 29,000 C1 – PX DE VILLARD – PX FULL MOON MINI GOLF – 2000m (a1m1/4) – Class G Amateur Drivers Race – Harness – EUR € 6,000 C1 – PRIX DEAUVILLE AVENTURE (PRIX VOIX DU…
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French Selections Thursday 21st
R1 DEAUVILLE [R-H] C1 – PRIX AU-DELA DES PISTES (PRIX DE CANAPVILLE) – 2500m (a1m1/2) – ALL WEATHER – Class 3 Race – Flat – EUR € 17,400 C1 – PRIX DJARVIS – 3550m (a2m1/4) – TURF – Class 3 Race – Hurdles – EUR € 24,000 C1 – PRIX DE HAUTEVILLE – PRIX CREDIT…
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DARYZ TO DELIVER ONINTERNATIONAL STAGE
Fine FormAn Aidan O’Brien superstar denied France victory in the Juddmonte International 12 months ago, butDaryz YO – 3.35can put the record straight this year on the Knavesmire.It was only City Of Troy that stopped Calandagan triumphing at York and in some ways his stablemate Daryz is on a revenge mission against this year’s Ballydoyle…
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BIG CLASH IS ON IN DAY-ONE FEATURE
Delacroix and Ombudsman – the one-two from last month’s Coral-Eclipse at Sandown – will lock horns again in today’s Juddmonte International at York.The rumour mill went into over-drive on Sunday as bookmakers reported market support for Delacroix’s stable companion Whirl, who was also entered in the Ebor Festival’s day-two feature, but it was the three-year-old…
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Via Sistina faces age-old question in Winx Stakes
Champion Via Sistina is attempting to become the oldest mare to win a Group 1 race in 80 years at Royal Randwick on Saturday.Via Sistina, the Horse of the Year-elect, makes her eight-year-old season debut in the $1 million Winx Stakes (1400m).If the Chris Waller-trained Via Sistina can go back-to-back in the Winx Stakes, she…
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Oak Hill targets Carlyon Stakes after unbeaten Lindsay Park start
Phase two of Lindsay’s Park’s plan to build on the late Mike Moroney’s work with the smart sprinter Oak Hill will occur in Saturday’s Carlyon Stakes at The Valley.Oak Hill was one of a number of horses that moved into the Lindsay Park operation after the Melbourne Cup-winning trainer’s sudden passing earlier this year along…
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Via Sistina to begin Spring campaign in Winx Stakes
Chris Waller is full of praise for his star mare Via Sistina as she builds towards another high-profile campaign, with her return to racing slated for the Winx Stakes (1400m) on August 23 at Randwick.The reigning Cox Plate winner, Via Sistina has been a standout performer over the past year, racking up seven Group 1…
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Trainer Enver Jusufovic aiming Pinstripedat second Group 1 Memsie Stakes tilt
The start will be the same but Enver Jusufovic wants a longer journey with stable star Pinstriped in his latest spring campaign.Pinstriped provided Jusufovic with his greatest high in racing when he won last year’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield after a solid second in the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes a fortnight earlier.Pinstriped…
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NIGHTIME DANCER TO TAKE NEWBURY SPOTLIGHT
Fine FormNightime Dancer NB – 1.50looks certain to go close in the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury.It is reasonable to say we have perhaps not seen his absolute limit just yet, having still only had five career starts.He has been highly tried, too, since taking a Southwell novice on his three-year-old bow…