Posts tagged Newbury
Diamond Harry sparkles in Hennessey Gold Cup
Nov 27th
Nick Williams hit the big time in style when Diamond Harry won the 54th running of the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury. Diamond Harry was up the front for most of the way and Darryl Jacob committed to the lead off the home turn as Denman did his best to threw down his challenge under [...]
Peddlers Cross wins battle in Fighting Fifth Hurdle
Nov 27th
Nicky Henderson had moved heaven and earth, with a fair bit of diplomacy thrown in, to get the stanjames.com Fighting Fifth moved to Newbury, after Newcastle’s card hard been wiped out by snow. He wanted the Grade One race staged to give an opening run of the season for his champion hurdler Binocular but it [...]
Big Buck’s in the money at Newbury
Nov 27th
It looked an easy enough race on paper and it was not much different on turf. Big Buck’s began his season with an easy win in the Grade Two sportingbet.com Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury. Tony McCoy became the latest stand-in jockey for the Paul Nicholls stable – replacing Noel Fehily, who had broken his [...]
Hennessy Gold Cup preview
Nov 27th
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 twice before but is he a certainty or the first horse to be safely crossed off [...]
Noel Fehily out with broken wrist
Nov 26th
Paul Nicholls found himself back at square one at Newbury after Noel Fehily was sidelined with a broken wrist after a fall at Newbury. The jockey has come in for the majority of the prime rides for the Nicholls stable since regular rider Ruby Walsh broke his leg in two places in a fall at [...]
Smad Place crowns Newbury double for Alan King
Nov 26th
The winner’s enclosure is often the place where the truth can be stretched a little as a trainer explains that the victory was the final stage in a long thought-out plan. But after Smad Place had put the well-backed Dolatulo in his place by 27 lengths in the Q Associates Juvenile Hurdle at Newbury, Alan [...]
Fighting Fifth Hurdle switched to Newbury
Nov 26th
For once Nicky Henderson may consider himself a winner even before the race is run. When the chances of Saturday’s meeting at Newcastle taking place were buried under five inches of snow, Henderson was one of the prime movers to have the marquee races, the Grade One stanjames.com Fighting Fifth Hurdle, switched from Gosforth Park [...]
Spirit River to run free at Newbury
Nov 26th
The grade two Fuller´s London Pride Novices´ Chase (Registered As The Berkshire Novices´ Steeple Chase) is a race that Nicky Henderson knows a thing or two about. The Lambourn based trainer has won the last two renewals of the event with Punchestowns and The Market Man, and he can complete the hat-trick today with Spirit [...]
Aiteen Thirtythree proves vintage for Paul Nicholls
Nov 25th
Those who love jump racing have to make a pact with the devil but there are times when the price can seem too high. The Grade GPG Worcester Novices’ Chase at Newbury bore all the hallmarks of one of those races which help to define the order of the new generation of chasers. Aiteen Thirtythree [...]
Paul Nicholls ‘couldn’t be happier’ with Denman for Hennessy
Nov 25th
Eighteen rivals, a welter burden and the need to run the race of his life stand between Denman and a place in history when he attempts a third victory in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on Saturday. The surprise from the list of final declarations was that China Rock was still in the field, [...]
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