Posts tagged York
Fathsta wins Sprint Trophy
Oct 9th
Picking winners is never easy, even when you have all the information at your fingertips. Paul Hanagan arrived at York intent on maintaining his lead over Richard Hughes in the jockeys’ championship and he had plenty of firepower to choose from. Perhaps too much. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Fathsta-goes-faster-in-Sprint-Trophy-a32987
Waseet back to his best at York
Oct 8th
Richard Hills is known within the industry as being one of the strongest in a finish, and that was proven in the Garbutt & Elliott Conditions Stakes as he somehow galvanized Waseet to break his duck for his three-year-old campaign at a colossal price. The John Dunlop trained winner had been a severe disappointment this [...]
Sole Power wins Nunthorpe Stakes
Aug 20th
Sole Power caused a huge upset when he won the Group One Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York. A drying wind ensured that the ground was riding fast enough to offer conditions where the field might have got close to the blistering 55.16 seconds that Dayjur clocked when he won in 1990. It was also plenty [...]
Rio de la Plata wins Strensall Stakes
Aug 20th
Relationships between jockeys and horses can often be short and frenetic affairs but occasionally they can run deeper. Away from the glare of the grandstands there was the sight of Jamie Spencer, after Sariska had refused to leave the starting stalls for the Yorkshire Oaks, quietly soothing the mare and leading her back to the [...]
Ebor meeting – day four preview
Aug 19th
Winning your own race is never that easy. Khalid Abdullah had been sponsoring the International Stakes at York, through his Juddmonte breeding operation, since 1989 without coming up with a winner. With 200 yards to run on Tuesday he looked set for a one-two with Twice Over and Byword, until Rip Van Winkle chinned the [...]
Midday wins Yorkshire Oaks
Aug 19th
The fashion parade that passes for a day at the races sometimes may be a little trying for those who go mainly for the horses but the feminine side came to the fore in true style at York. The Group One Darley Yorkshire Oaks brought together an impressive field and Midday proved herself the queen [...]
Ebor meeting – day three preview
Aug 18th
The advent of lady’s days has been enthusiastically embraced by the marketing departments of most racecourses but York’s has more resonance than most. The Group One Darley Yorkshire Oaks brings together a rich collection of distaff talent which includes the winners of the last two renewals of the Oaks. The best of the senior division [...]
Dirar wins Ebor Handicap
Aug 18th
Gordon Elliott is clearly a trainer who is not put off by a challenge. Three years ago, when he saddled Silver Birch to win the Grand National, it was remarkable not only because he was only 29 at the time, the youngest trainer to win the race, but also because he had yet to train [...]
Approve wins Gimcrack Stakes
Aug 18th
You can take the man out of Yorkshire but not Yorkshire out of the man. William Haggas may have made his name as a trainer in Newmarket but few things pull stronger than a winner in his home county and he looked a satisfied man after Approve won the Group Two Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Gimcrack [...]
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