Posts tagged Critical Moment

Critical Moment wins Thoroughbred Stakes

Jul 31st

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The critical moment for any race is the winning post and a hundred yards out in the bluesq.com Thoroughbred Stakes it looked like another winner for Ryan Moore. But Michael Hills is a canny rider on a front runner and he proved that when Critical Moment held on by a rapidly diminishing head from Desert [...]

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Darryll Holland has it cracked in Chester Vase

May 6th

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Riding at Chester can be something like a game of high-speed poker. Play the cards right and a rider scoops the pot but one false move and all a jockey is left holding is a busted flush. The tight nature of the track means that each rider is looking for a chink of light between [...]

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Rocket Man ready for take-off at Chester

May 6th

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Such is the pace of the Flat racing’s menu at this time of year that the Guineas meeting still lingers on the palate as the next Classic course is being served.  Aidan O’Brien still has 38 entries for the Derby and the latest of the Ballydoyle battalions to be tried is Rocket Man, who runs [...]

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