Category: UK Racing
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JOYEUSE CAN ADD TOHENDERSON LEGEND
Fine FormJoyeuse NB – 3.35can spark another Newbury celebration for Nicky Henderson by winning the William Hill Handicap Hurdle.The race has been known by various names over the years, but the Seven Barrows handler’s targeting of the contest has remained consistently good and the trainer is now hunting a seventh strike in the extended two-mile…
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JPR One camp game forNewbury challenge next
JPR One could be seen next in the Game Spirit Chase at Newbury today.The talented Joe Tizzard-trained eight-year-old was third in the Grade One Henry VIII Novices’ Chase at Sandown last season, in a campaign during which he picked up Grade Two honours at Lingfield in January, having been particularly unlucky not to strike at…
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Derham plotting double assault onWilliam Hill Handicap Hurdle
Harry Derham will have two arrows to fire at the valuable William Hill Handicap Hurdle at Newbury tomorrow, with both Washington and Givemefive intended runners in the £155,000 event.Washington arrives on a hat-trick having won at Chepstow on his first run for the yard before then justifying favouritism in a decent race at Fairyhouse worth…
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TYRRHENIAN TO TAKETANDRIDGE TRIUMPH
Fine FormThe Listed BetMGM Tandridge Stakes at Lingfield offers an intriguing puzzle.Whether to stick with the tried and trusted but mildly frustratingTyrrhenian Sea LI – 2.32or chance that Maljoom can be somewhere near the best of last season, is the question.While Maljoom is undoubtedly a Group One performer talent-wise, he not run since September, which…
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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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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…