Posts tagged Sandown Park
Twice Over wins Eclipse
Jul 3rd
Twice Over won a thrilling finish to the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park as he ended Henry Cecil’s 32-year wait for a fourth winner in the race. Twice Over was his 17th attempt since Gunner B won in 1978 and for a few, heart-stopping moments, looked as though he might add to that losing streak. [...]
King George back on top
Jul 1st
The King George has risen almost Lazarus-like from what was considered to be a fatal disease. The seemingly incurable sickness was diagnosed as neglect by top three-year-old colts who have avoided the mid-season showpiece for in recent years. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/King-George-no-longer-eclipsed-a14504
Two Khalid Abdullah runners in Eclipse
Jun 29th
Twice Over is the market leader for the Coral-Eclipse Stakes having been on the wrong end of an Abdullah one-two behind Byword in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot, while Zacinto is being moved up for a first run over 10 furlongs. That defeat at the royal meeting was hard to take for [...]
Midnight Martini right choice for York
Jun 11th
Tim Easterby has trained the winner of the Reg Griffin Memorial Trophy twice in the last seven years, and can win it again with Midnight Martini. The filly has run twice at York, winning the St Leger Yearling Stakes over course and distance last August and then finishing one-and-a-quarter lengths second to Rose Blossom in [...]
Saptapadi can win Henry II Stakes
May 26th
Second-guessing trainers can be an expensive business but there can be some clues worth following. Saptapadi goes into the Group Two Blue Square Henry II Stakes at Sandown Park as the lowest-rated of the 10 runners on official handicap figures but given that his trainer, Sir Michael Stoute, has a 31% strike-rate in Group races [...]
Henderson hopes for clarity with Binocular
Feb 2nd
The Champion Hurdle crown appears to be up for grabs in an open year and yet Sandown has reported a shortage of runners for the latest trial. Despite losing much of January to the freeze, there were only six initial entries for Saturday’s Toteswinger Contenders Hurdle, meaning that the race was re-opened until this morning. [...]
Racing needs to weather the storm better
Dec 21st
For those who spent much of Saturday stuck in the Channel Tunnel the loss of a race meeting probably did not come that high on the priority list but, one way or another, racing still seems to be getting itself in a tangle in trying to run a sport that can be at the mercy [...]
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