Posts tagged Celestial Halo
Celestial Halo falls on chasing debut at Exeter
Oct 19th
The markets said that he was a certainty and the official handicapper reckoned that he was at least 35lbs superior to any other horse in the race. Celestial Halo came to Exeter to make his chasing debut backed up by an impressive record over hurdles as the Triumph Hurdle winner of 2008 and the runner-up [...]
Kieren Fallon ready for State Visit to Yarmouth
Oct 19th
Selling races may be the bargain basement of the game but all winners count for a man like Kieren Fallon. The former champion jockey has been back in top form since an admitted loss of confidence in mid-season, with 55 winners since the beginning of August. Amy Weaver has provided two of Fallon’s winners this [...]
Absence makes the case grow stronger
Jan 25th
The more things change the more they stay the same. The market for the Champion Hurdle was given a mighty shake-up over the weekend but there were some mixed signals. Given that the market leader, Zaynar, is not due to run until Kelso in the middle of next month, this weekend’s races were always likely [...]
Champion contenders avoiding obstacles
Jan 19th
Like a game of hide-and-seek, trainers on both sides of the Irish Sea are trying to find the right races for their Champion Hurdle contenders, without finding the wrong level of opposition that would bring too hard a race. Nicky Henderson’s juggling act with his three possibles – Zaynar, Binocular and Punjabi – has left [...]
Go Native faces latest bonus hurdle
Dec 22nd
Having had another day to think about matters nine horses have been left in for the williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle at Kempton Park on Boxing Day. Noel Meade, who has landed three of the last five runnings of the Grade One race, plans to run Go Native (he also has Donnas Palm in the field) who [...]
Trials and tribulations at Cheltenham
Dec 14th
The premise was for a race that might throw some light on the current pecking order for next year’s Champion Hurdle. The end result of Saturday’s meeting at Cheltenham did produce a new ante-post favourite for the race, but by a somewhat circuitous route. The boylesports.com International Hurdle brought together Nicky Henderson’s Champion Hurdle winner, [...]
Celestial Halo has ring of confidence
Dec 11th
Like all champions, the winners matter to Paul Nicholls but losers tend not to be forgotten either. Last season’s Cheltenham Festival was a memorable one for the champion trainer – he won three of the four major prizes with Kauto Star (Cheltenham Gold Cup), Master Minded (Queen Mother Champion Chase) and Big Buck’s (World Hurdle) [...]
Ten entered for International honours
Dec 7th
Having taken the major prize on each of the last three weekends Paul Nicholls is ready to run another of his stable stars. As recently as the middle of last month Nicholls found himself in the position of trailing Nigel Twiston-Davies in the trainers’ championship after a poor showing at Cheltenham’s Open meeting. Victories in [...]
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