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  • Hanlon weighing up Grand National riding options for Hewick

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    John ‘Shark’ Hanlon is set to decide this week who will ride Hewick in the Randox Grand National.The famous €850 purchase and 2023 King George hero delighted his handler when tuning up for his Aintree assignment with a victory in the hands of Hanlon’s son Paddy at Thurles in the Jimmy Neville Memorial Hurdle –…

  • French Selections Thursday 20th

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    R1 SAINT-CLOUD [L-H] C1 – PRIX DUNETTE – 2100m (a1m1/4) – TURF – Class 2 Divided Handicap – Flat – EUR € 53,000 C1 – PRIX DE CAMBES – 2200m (a1m1/2) – Class G Amateur Drivers Race – Harness – EUR € 6,000 C1 – PRIX ANDRE THERON – 2500m (a1m1/2) – Class F Race…

  • French Selections Wednesday 19th

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    R1 ARGENTAN [R-H] C1 – PRIX TERRES D’ARGENTAN NORMANDIE – 2875m (a2m) – Class D Race – Harness – EUR € 35,000 C1 – PRIX DE CARQUEIRANNE – 1000m (a5f) – TURF – Newcomers Race – Flat – EUR € 23,000 C1 – PRIX DE LA COTE PAVEE – 3900m (a2m1/2) – TURF – Class…

  • My Drogo pencilled in for Aintree date

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    My Drogo could return to the scene of his finest hour as the Randox Foxhunters’ Open Hunters’ Chase at Aintree is the likely target in his new career for trainer and old friend Edward Walker.The gelding, now 10, started out with Walker and his wife, former jockey Polly Gundry, a duo who together produce point-to-pointers…

  • Inotheway to Aintree or Punchestown

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    Gavin Cromwell expects his Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup winner and Grand National favourite Inothewayurthinkin to have one more run this season.Inothewayurthinkin justified his connections paying the supplementary entry for the Cheltenham Festival showpiece with a barnstorming display that denied Galopin Des Champs a third success in the race and a place in the history books.Gavin…

  • LONG TO MAKEEXETER POINT

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    Fine FormThe Long Point EX – 4.27looks ready to break his duck over timber at the fourth attempt in Exeter’s Buy At Irish Bloodstock Sales Handicap Hurdle.Emma Lavelle’s charge looked to be going in the right direction when second on his handicap debut at Kempton last month, when keeping on nicely under Harry Cobden to…

  • French Selections Sunday 16th

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    R1 SAINT-CLOUD [L-H] C1 – PRIX OMNIUM II – 1600m (a1m) – TURF – Listed Race – Flat – EUR € 55,000 C1 – PRIX VERDI – 4500m (a3m) – TURF – Class 3 Race – Cross – EUR € 26,000 C1 – PRIX DES TULIPES – 2725m (a1m1/2) – Class E Race – Harness…

  • French Selections Saturday 15th

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    R1 AUTEUIL [L-H] C1 – PRIX THE COYOTE – 3700m (a2m1/4) – TURF – Claiming – Steeple Chase – EUR € 26,000 C1 – PRIX CANTAL-DUPART – 2900m (a2m) – TURF – Condition Race – Flat – EUR € 12,500 C1 – PRIX EQUIP’HORSE – 2725m (a1m1/2) – Class F Race – Harness – EUR…

  • Galopin Des Champs heads nine left chasing Gold Cup glory

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    Galopin Des Champs will face eight rivals in his bid for Cheltenham Festival immortality, as he leads the field for today’s centrepiece Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup.Willie Mullins’ star staying chaser has a phenomenal record at Prestbury Park, with a final fence fall when well clear in the 2022 Turners Novices’ Chase the only blip from…

  • Dream Showdown set-up for Azzopardi

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    Befuddle first preference, but McGaw a handy back-up in The Showdown.There is no doubt about who David Azzopardi will be cheering loudest for in today’s $1 million The Showdown at Caulfield.Azzopardi operates Dream Thoroughbreds, which will be represented by the John Sadler-trained Befuddle in the race that carries a $550,000 winner’s cheque.But the syndicator and…