Posts tagged Binocular
Binocular wins Contenders Hurdle
Feb 5th
Nicky Henderson started the day with two contenders for the Stan James Champion Hurdle. He finished the day the same way and possibly only a little bit the wiser. To ready the full story: http://horse-racing.bettor.com/binocular-still-has-champion-hurdle-in-his-sights/news/1338650
Tony McCoy focussed on Binocular
Feb 4th
A year ago Tony McCoy walked away from the winner’s enclosure at Sandown Park with a perplexed look on his face. The champion jockey had just won yet another race, which is usually enough to satisfy a man who is addicted to the drug of finishing first. However that transient high was lost amid the [...]
Henderson hurdlers ready to advertise claims
Feb 3rd
Wanted: top-flight hurdler. Must be resident in mainland Britain. Senior position available for right applicant. A little fanciful perhaps however, runners for this weekend’s two Champion Hurdle trials are looking thin on the ground. Donald McCain had both Peddlers Cross and Overturn entered for the William Hill Welsh Champion Hurdle, although Peddlers Cross was more [...]
Binocular and Peddlers Cross could clash at Sandown
Feb 1st
Those who were waiting until the Cheltenham Festival to see whether Peddlers Cross could overcome Binocular for a second time this season may get to see the rematch a month earlier. Read more at: http://horse-racing.bettor.com/binocular-and-peddlers-cross-could-clash-at-sandown/news/1338506
Binocular heads Champion Hurdle entries
Jan 19th
Binocular, who will attempt to become the first horse to successfully defend his title since Hardy Eustace in 2005, is one of 31 entries for the Stan James Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham. To read the full story: http://horse-racing.bettor.com/kauto-star-found-to-be-suffering-from-infection/news/1337941
Nicky Henderson focussed on Cheltenham with Binocular
Jan 18th
The last time that Nicky Henderson was champion jumps trainer – in the 1986-87 season – Martin Pipe was still learning the ropes, Tony McCoy was still learning at school and dreaming of becoming as jockey and Paul Nicholls was still a jockey planning on becoming a trainer. To read the full story: http://horse-racing.bettor.com/nicky-henderson-focussed-on-cheltenham-with-binocular/news/1337933
Binocular wins Christmas Hurdle
Jan 16th
It may have been the stepping stone to the real objective but it was one taken with real élan. There had been questions asked about Binocular after the reigning champion hurdler put in a below-par in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newbury in November. But he put all that behind him with a powerful display [...]
Nicky Henderson hopes that everything works out in the long run
Jan 15th
It is nearly 30 years since a trainer has achieved the double of the King George VI Chase and Christmas Hurdle at Kempton Park, when Fred Winter won with Pendil and Lanzarote. Saturday’s meeting at Kempton normally has the Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle as its highlight but that race gives way to the rescheduled King George [...]
Nine run in Christmas Hurdle
Dec 23rd
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 [...]
Tony McCoy focussed on Binocular for Christmas Hurdle
Dec 18th
Tony McCoy may be the centre of attention before the nation votes for the BBC’s Sports Personality of the year Award but, as ever, the man himself is thinking about the next race. The champion jockey has gone on record as saying that he does not have many of the “Saturday horses” as he refers [...]
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