Posts tagged Denman
End of the Victoria line for jumping
Dec 2nd
Jump racing will come to an end in 2010 and that is official. True, the calamitous event is taking place in the Australian state of Victoria and that code of the sport has never been as popular as the Flat version, but the Grand Annual Steeplechase in Warrnambool next May, Australia’s version of the Grand [...]
Denman pulling his weight once more
Nov 30th
Earlier this year the great and the good of British racing launched Racing For Change, their latest vessel to carry the sport through the choppy seas of mass-public indifference to the promised land of packed grandstands. Since then any number of bright ideas have been put forward to make racing more appealing but few will [...]
Weight of evidence on Denman’s side
Nov 27th
A certainty or the first to be safely crossed off the list? This year’s renewal of the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury has been dominated, in more ways than one, by Denman. The topweight has to carry 11st 12lb, the same weight that he made light of to win the race two years ago. However, [...]
Up Tingle Creek without a paddle?
Nov 24th
Paul Nicholls may be the current irresistible force in jump racing but he is no more immune to the immovable object that can get in the way of every trainer. Kauto Star’s thrilling victory in the Betfair Chase last Saturday may still be fresh in the public’s mind and they are looking forward to the [...]
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