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Nov- 2018 -7 NovemberAdvice
In the Long Run ā Is Stamina a Defining Factor for Longer Races?
The weather is cold and wet which means one thing: The National Hunt season is upon us! The hurdles and fences are out, the going is sometimes Heavy, and the races are longer with every mistake capable of taking a horse out of a race. After backing a horse to win a 3m 4f Chase race on Heavy ground, your…
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5 NovemberAdvice
Weekly Diary – Horse Racing
I have decided to take a break from jumps racingĀ for just one weekĀ to look at the flat and, in particular, last weekendās Breeders Cup and the upcoming Melbourne Cup. Ā Thereās no horse for the tracker this week, but I have provided a Melbourne Cup selection and a Monday stat. Thereās no better jockey for the big occasion than Frankie…
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5 NovemberNews
Who To Watch – Week Beginning 5th November
Following Enableās history-making weekend at Churchill Downs, itāll be impossible to better that but nonetheless, there is more high-class International racing this week. The Melbourne Cup, known as āthe race that stops a nationā, is at Flemington on Tuesday morning. There is plenty of European interest so hopefully, they can do us proud. Elsewhere on Tuesday, the Haldon Gold Cup…
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1 November
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Oct- 2018 -31 OctoberAdvice
Halloween Horror Show? Get Over it by Nabbing National Hunt November Profits
By the time you read this, the British Flat season will officially be over which means it is time to switch focus to the National Hunt scene. While summer Flat racing is associated with fancy hats, Pimmās, and the occasional sunny day, weāre about to get deep down and dirty. National Hunt racing in the UK is traditionally a mucky…
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29 OctoberNews
Weekly Diary ā Horse Racing
King Power Racing I start my weekend round-up on a sad note. The football and horse racing worlds are facing the possibility that Leicester City & King Power Racing owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabh, lost his life in a tragic helicopter crash outside the Leicesterās ground on Saturday evening. At the time of writing, there has been no confirmation of any deaths,…
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29 OctoberNews
Who To Watch – Week Beginning 29th October
One of the biggest weeks in the International racing calendar as the Breedersā Cup takes place at Churchill Downs on Friday and Saturday. 14 Grade 1ās at the meeting make for an exceptional couple of days racing, the brilliant Enable will aim to be the first Arc winner to follow up in the Breedersā Cup Turf. As well as the…
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26 OctoberAdvice
Weekly Diary ā Horse Racing
Champions Day was launched in 2011 to much āwailing and gnashing of teethā, with commentators on racing forums predicting the end of flat racing as we know it. Champions Day would destroy the pattern. Ascot had got too big for its boots, and a few other things. I am sure you read them too. Well the modern-day Jeremiahās have been…
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25 October
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24 OctoberNews
Doncaster Racing Post Trophy
Also known as the Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes, the Racing Post Trophy takes place at Doncaster on October. It is a significant race for two reasons. First of all, it is the final Group 1 race of the British Flat season. Secondly, horses that perform well in this one-mile race for 2yo colts and fillies often feature prominently in at…
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22 OctoberAdvice
Who To Watch – Week Beginning 22nd October
Even though Champions Day has now been and gone, itās not quite the end of the flat turf action as the final Group 1 of the season is at Doncaster on Saturday. The Vertem Futurity Trophy (formerly the Racing Post Trophy) has an exceptional role of honour and with the 1-2 from last year being Saxon Warrior and Roaring Lion,…
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18 October
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17 OctoberAdvice
Ascot British Champions Day ā The Home of World Class Horses
In UK Flat racing, it has become traditional to end the season with a spectacular feast of racing known as the QIPCO British Champions Day on October 20. Although there is a two-day meeting at Doncaster the following week which features the final Group One race of the season, the Champions Day at Ascot is now regarded as the end…
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15 OctoberAdvice
Weekly Diary – Horse Racing
Mullins Maintains Grip on Staying Handicaps Jumps trainer Willie Mullins looks like he could have a stranglehold on all the big staying flat handicaps over the next few years, if Saturdayās Cesarewitch is any guide. The Irish handler had 7 of the 33 runners, but managed to have the winner inĀ Low Sun,Ā and the runner-up in Uradel. The winner was given…
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15 OctoberNews
Who To Watch – Week Beginning 15th October
Effectively the culmination of the flat season this Saturday with Champions Day at Ascot. 4 Group 1ās, a Group 2 and an extremely valuable handicap bring the curtain down on what has been yet another incredible flat campaign. Champion jockeys are crowned on what is a brilliant day and it could be the battle of the John Gosden pair in…
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11 October
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10 OctoberAdvice
Should You Godolphin at the Dubai Future Champions Festival?
The Dubai Future Champions Festival has become an annual event and takes place at Newmarket each year. It is a celebration of the best 2yo horses in Britain and is a fitting appetiser for the following weekās Champions Festival at Ascot. Although these horses are unquestionably the future, punters are also interested in how these magnificent talents perform on the…
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8 OctoberNews
Weekly Horse Racing Diary
At the time of writing this, Europeās richest horse race is about to be run. I am hoping that Enable will have shown why she remains one of the best middle-distance fillies we have seen in recent years, and win her second successive Arc. And she did! Watch the race live HERE On Saturday itās the second leg of the…
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8 OctoberNews
Who To Watch – Week Beginning 8th October
A fairytale ending to a brilliant week as Enable claimed back to back wins in the Prix de lāArc de Triomphe for John Gosden under Frankie Dettori, just holding off the late surge from Sea Of Class and James Doyle. More Group 1 action awaits this week as the juveniles take centre stage at Newmarket, with the Fillies Mile on…
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4 October
