Author: keith
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Tricky Draw for TAB Karaka Millions 3YO Favourite
Last year’s $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) runner-up Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) will jump from an awkward position in gate 12 in her quest to go one better in the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) at Ellerslie on today.This will be the eighth running of the Karaka Millions 3YO, and the mighty Probabeel…
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Betfair Cotswold Chase preview:L’Homme Presse on target
L’Homme Presse is firmly on track for tomorrow’s Betfair Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham.Venetia Williams’ charge delighted connections when finishing third on his reappearance in the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day and is currently the sponsors’ 5/4 favourite for Saturday’s showpiece.Owner Andy Edwards told Tuesday’s Nick Luck Daily Podcast: “It’s all…
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LUNA LANDINGEXPECTED AT SANDOWN
Fine FormDiva Luna SN – 1.15can shine once again when she lines up in the Anne Boleyn “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle at Sandown.Ben Pauling’s six-year-old was a Listed and Grade Two-winning bumper horse, who defeated Paul Nicholls’ Jubilee Alpha at the latter level at Aintree last spring.Her hurdling debut saw her finish the runner-up in…
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French Selections Friday 24th
R1 DEAUVILLE [R-H] C1 – PRIX DU SAP-ANDRE – 3400m (a2m1/8) – ALL WEATHER – Class 3 Handicap – Flat – EUR € 23,000 C1 – PRIX DE LASSEUBE – 1600m (a1m) – ALL WEATHER – Class 2 Race – Flat – EUR € 22,000 C1 – PRIX M T M – 2575m (a1m1/2) –…
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PALLADIUM TO SHOW HIS WORTH ON HURDLES BOW
Fine FormAll eyes will be onPalladium HU – 12.47when he makes his jumping debut in the second division of the Pertemps Network Maiden Hurdle at Huntingdon.The four-year was previously trained on the Flat in Germany by Henk Grewe, winning at Group One level when taking the German Derby over a mile and a half last…
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Strong Leader booked for Cleeve Hurdleouting before spring plans
Strong Leader is on course for the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday having undergone a wind operation following his disappointing run in Ascot’s Long Walk Hurdle.A Grade One winner of the Liverpool Hurdle for Olly Murphy last spring, the eight-year-old made a winning return at Newbury in the Grade Two Long Distance Hurdle before…
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French Selections Friday 24th
R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX DE WOLVEGA – 2700m (a1m1/2) – Class D Race – Harness – EUR € 59,000 C1 – PRIX DE THEZE – 2400m (a1m1/2) – ALL WEATHER – Class 3 Race – Flat – EUR € 18,000 C1 – PRIX DU CARREFOUR DE CORMIER – 1900m (a1m1/4) – ALL WEATHER…
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French Selections Wednesday 22nd
R1 CAGNES-SUR-MER [L-H] C1 – PRIX GELINOTTE – 2150m (a1m1/4) – Class F Race – Harness – EUR € 16,000 C1 – PRIX DE BAJAMONT – 2575m (a1m1/2) – Class G Amateur Drivers Race – Harness – EUR € 6,000 C1 – PRIX DES GRATTE-CIEL – 1800m (a1m1/8) – ALL WEATHER – Class 4 Divided…
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SOBAR THOUGHTSFOR AYR BACKERS
Fine FormCold Sobar AY – 2.00made a perfectly respectable return from a long absence and can show the benefit of that in the Try Racing TV For Free Now Handicap Chase at Ayr.Trained by Stuart Coltherd, the lightly-raced eight-year-old won two of his three outings over hurdles in the spring of 2023 but did not…
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Nicholls: ‘I’m happy with what we’ve got’
Watching your greatest rivals dominate a sport in which for so long you have been the leading force is not a position any sportsman is likely to enjoy.After seeing Nicky Henderson flex his muscles at Ascot with Jonbon and Lulamba on Saturday, and Dan Skelton strengthen his position at the top of the Jump Trainers’…