P.Wheeler
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Only five ready to go for Big Buck’s at Newbury
December 28, 2010 - 9:57 am
Tags: Big Buck's, Horse Racing, Long Walk Hurdle, Newbury
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The powers that be in British racing may have managed to save the race but making it much of a contest may be beyond even them. The Grade One AP Wins Sports Personality Long Walk Hurdle was dug out of the snowbound fixture at Ascot two weeks ago and rescheduled for Newbury’s meeting on Wednesday, [...]
Nick Mitchell hoping The Listener can hit top gear in Lexus Chase
December 27, 2010 - 1:06 pm
Tags: Horse Racing, Leopardstown, Lexus Chase, Nick Mitchell, The Listener
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Officials at Leopardstown are patiently waiting for the opportunity to finally commence there Christmas meeting. The original first two days of the fixture were lost under a blanket of snow and now the thaw which provided the cure to that problem has also left another headache in terms of waterlogged patches. That means another morning [...]
It’s Even Stevens for David Nicholls
December 27, 2010 - 12:56 pm
Tags: David Nicholls, Even Stevens, Horse Racing, southwell
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David Nicholls has not been a trainer for the winter all-weather circuit in the past couple of years. But a 26% strike-rate at Southwell since the beginning of November makes him one of the trainers to follow and Even Stevens can follow up his recent success in the Bet totepool On All UK Racing Nursery. [...]
King George VI Chase put back to Monday
December 24, 2010 - 4:46 pm
Tags: Horse Racing, Kauto Star, Kempton Park, King George VI Chase
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Tony McCoy will have to wait a little longer for his chance to ride Kauto Star in the quest for history. Officials at Kempton Park have bowed to the inevitable and abandoned their Boxing Day fixture that featured the Grade One King George VI Chase, in which Kauto Star will be attempting a record-breaking fifth [...]
Grand National prize fund moves closer to £1million mark
December 23, 2010 - 5:52 pm
Tags: Aintree, Grand National, Horse Racing
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The prospect of a jumps race worth £1million moved a step nearer when Aintree racecourse announced that prize money for this season’s John Smith’s Grand National will increase to a record £950,000. To read the full blog: http://horse-racing.bettor.com/grand-national-prize-fund-moves-closer-to-pound-1million-mark/news/1337079
Midday inspection at Kempton Park
December 23, 2010 - 4:45 pm
Tags: Horse Racing, Kempton Park, King George VI Chase
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The season of goodwill to all men clearly does not extend to those who are trying to organise race meetings during the Christmas period. The optimism held by officials at Kempton Park 24 hours ago has now been replaced by a midday inspection tomorrow for their stellar Boxing Day card, which is headed by the [...]
Kauto Star faces 10 in King George VI Chase
December 23, 2010 - 4:42 pm
Tags: Horse Racing, Kauto Star, Kempton Park, King George VI Chase, Paul Nicholls
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Kauto Star will face 10 rivals as well as the weight of history when he attempts to win the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton on Sunday. Tony McCoy has been confirmed as the rider for Paul Nicholls’ star, will be lining up for what would be a fifth successive victory in the [...]
Nine run in Christmas Hurdle
December 23, 2010 - 4:39 pm
Tags: Binocular, Christmas Hurdle, Horse Racing, Kempton Park, Nicky Henderson
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Nicky Henderson became a master of peaking a horse for just one race in the 1980s when he won three Champion Hurdles with the notoriously fragile See You Then. It would be unfair to place Binocular, his current title holder, in the same category. Binocular is one of nine left in the williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle [...]
Kieren Fallon hopes to come back fast and furious
December 23, 2010 - 4:31 pm
Tags: Horse Racing, Kieren Fallon
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Kieren Fallon signed off for the year with a treble at Lingfield Park yesterday but the former champion jockey is already thinking about next season. In March the Irishman had set his sights on regaining the jockeys’ championship that he has last won in 2007 but it was never a realistic possibility after a slow [...]
Weather prospects look poor
December 17, 2010 - 5:38 pm
Tags: Ascot, Horse Racing
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This weekend’s card at Ascot has been abandoned because parts of the course are frozen. After a 7.30am inspection proved inconclusive, Chris Stickles, the clerk of the course, decided to wait until 11am in the hope that conditions might improve sufficiently to allow racing to take place for the Friday card. To read the full [...]
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