Archive for July, 2010
Drawing conclusions about Stewards’ Cup
Jul 29th
Everyone loves to pick the winner of the big race but one man has developed an usual knack. Mike Cattermole, the Channel 4 racing presenter, is the man when it comes to drawing stalls’ positions for the £100,000 bluesq.com Stewards’ Cup, which is run at Goodwood on Saturday. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Mike-Cattermole-draws-on-experience-in-Stewards-Cup-a19293
Illustrious Blue the local hero in Goodwood Cup
Jul 29th
There is a 30ft bronze horse sculpture at Goodwood but there were a few people who reckoned that it should be replaced by one of Illustrious Blue. The horse on whom trainer William Knight has built his career can now be regarded as the king of Goodwood after he claimed his seventh course victory in [...]
Borderlescott flies in King George Stakes
Jul 29th
For everyone who creaks just a little more getting out of bed each morning the victory for Borderlescott at Goodwood proves that there is no such thing as too old. The veteran sprinter became the oldest winner, at the age eight, of the Group Two Audi King George Stakes. Starfish Bay, the first American-trained runner [...]
Beachfire wins Summer Vase Handicap
Jul 29th
He was reluctant to go down to the start, so slowly away from the stalls that the jockey was pushing within a matter of strides and last at the beginning of the home straight. But Beachfire was in front where it mattered most as he got up in the last strides to win the TurfTV [...]
Goodwood preview day three
Jul 28th
The third day of the Glorious Goodwood meeting proves that opposites can attract with the two highlight races at both ends of the distance scale. The stayers take centre stage with the Group Two Artemis Goodwood Cup, and Age Of Aquarius heads a field of 12 as he attempts to snap a run of three [...]
Canford Cliffs wins Sussex Stakes in style
Jul 28th
Richard Hannon had said that Canford Cliffs could be the best horse that he has ever trained and the horse proved it. Having shown himself to be the best of the three-year-old milers, Canford Cliffs took on the older division for the first time in the Group One Sussex Stakes at Goodwood and was equally [...]
King Torus wins Vintage Stakes
Jul 28th
Richard Hannon saddled his 50th winner at Glorious Goodwood when King Torus won the Group Two Veuve Clicquot Vintage Stakes. The Oratorio had to carry a 3lb penalty, for his victory in the Group Two Superlative Stakes at Newmarket’s July meeting, but that was no hindrance as King Torus beat Stentorian by six lengths. Richard [...]
Ghimaar wins Goodwood Stakes
Jul 28th
Horses for courses is the old maxim but it seems to be July racing festivals that agree with Ghimaar. He won at successive Galway Festivals when trained in Ireland by Dermot Weld and he provided Nicky Henderson with the second Glorious Goodwood winner of his career in the sportingbet.com Goodwood Stakes. To read the full [...]
Lush Lashes back in training
Jul 28th
Lush Lashes, a triple Group One winner two years ago, could be making a surprise return to racing for Jim Bolger this year. The mare won the Coronation Stakes, Yorkshire Oaks, Matron Stakes as well as the Group Two Musidora Stakes in 2008, but did not win in three starts last year – her final [...]
Goodwood preview day two
Jul 27th
After the victories of Twice Over and Harbinger Eclipse and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes racing’s answer to the generation game is firmly on the side of the senior division. The latest match-up of the ages comes on the second day of the Glorious Goodwood meeting in the Group One Sussex Stakes. The [...]
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