Posts tagged Kempton Park
Last Boxing Day fixtures lost
Dec 26th
The last hopes for racing on Boxing Day were lost when the meetings at both Fontwell Park and Wolverhampton had to be abandoned. Frost claimed Fontwell, where overnight temperatures hit minus nine, and even the protective covers that had been put in place could not stop the course becoming frozen. To read the full blog: [...]
Kauto Star ready for King George coronation
Dec 26th
The Cheltenham Gold Cup may be described as the blue riband of steeple chasing but has produced its share of surprising results over the course of its history. The King George VI Chase is the race where the cream has habitually risen to the top. For the last four years Kauto Star has been the [...]
King George VI Chase put back to Monday
Dec 24th
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 [...]
Midday inspection at Kempton Park
Dec 23rd
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 The optimism held by officials at Kempton Park 24 hours ago has now been replaced by a midday inspection tomorrow for their stellar Boxing Day card, which is headed by the [...]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
Dec 23rd
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
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 offered ride on Kauto Star in King George VI Chase
Dec 22nd
As a man who was born on December 24th, Noel Fehily is used to all things coming at once late in the year. But this year what could have been the greatest moment of his career has now been clouded by the darkest of days. The rider to whom champion trainer Paul Nicholls turned to [...]
Alan Fleming hopes Starluck can deliver Christmas gift
Dec 22nd
The hype surrounding Kauto Star’s attempt on a fifth successive victory in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day may overshadow everything else but it will also be a big day for Alan Fleming. The Irishman, who operates as salaried trainer to Andrew Wates at his yard at Beare Green in [...]
First day of Leopardstown meeting postponed
Dec 22nd
The rapidly changing weather conditions in Britain and Ireland has meant that the four-day meeting at Leopardstown has had to be rescheduled. Having originally believed that the track would avoid the worst of the arctic conditions, racecourse officials have now had to accept that the course will not be ready for the first planned day [...]
Kitty Wells to hit top note for Luca Cumani
Dec 22nd
Luca Cumani and Kieren Fallon are a pairing which merit respect in all grades of racing, including on the all-weather where they have a 24% strike rate over the past five seasons. Kitty Wells dominated the country and western music industry in the 1960s and her namesake can be just as successful in the digibet [...]
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