Archive for September, 2006
Friday, September 29th, 2006
Rouen 26 April – 25 May 1915
Early morning over Rouen, hopeful, high, courageous morning,
And the laughter of adventure and the steepness of the stair,
And the dawn across the river, and the wind across the bridges,
And the empty littered station, and the tired people there.
Can you recall those mornings and the ...
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
I enjoyed the racing from Newmarket today, especially so as we had a couple of winners from the list to follow.
Degas Art took the listed race at 3.35 under a top ride from the in form Kerrin McEvoy. The horse ran on his own down the inside rail ...
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Thursday, September 28th, 2006
The main meeting tomorrow is again at Newmarket where things get under way with the Somerville Tattersall Stakes, a Group 3 at 1.30. Like most of the card this race looks very tricky. I thought Manchurian looked impressive when winning at Wolverhampton, and whilst this represents a big step up ...
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
Barry Hills has his horses in fair form at the moment and is quite capable of getting a two year old ready first time up. His Tasleem is related to a number of winners and could be the answer to the 2.20 at Newmarket.
Staying with Barry Hills, his 3 ...
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
I am short of time tonight so this will be a short update.
Tredegar, half brother to Eisteddfod, has changed stables since his debut run when he was 5th at Haydock. He should have come on for that and I would expect a decent effort from him in the ...
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Monday, September 25th, 2006
Bygone Days and Fonthill road fought out the finish in the conditions sprint at Hamilton with the Godolphin horse just getting the better of the argument. The other winner for our list to follow was Harrison’s Flyer. His win, at 6/1, came in his 13th run of the season so ...
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Sunday, September 24th, 2006
The star performance of the weekend was clearly George Washington who silenced his critics in the QU II Stakes. Whether he will cope with the stress of a journey across the Atlantic for the Breeders Cup may be open to question. However, on the evidence of yesterday’s success he must rank ...
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
I am suffering from a touch of the “virus” tonight so excuse the short bulletin.
Ascot 2.45 Glistening has been really unlucky in some big handicaps but has a fair bit to find now he takes his chance in Group 3 company.
3.15 Peppertree Lane has already won ...
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
With all weather racing growing in both quantity and quality I decided to include it in my daily racing diary during the 2005/2006 season.
I didn’t publish a list to follow but I did have a rough list in my mind, made up of horses that I had followed ...
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Friday, September 22nd, 2006
We has some success this afternoon with Queen’s Best winning for the list and Burning Insence coming 2nd at 10/1. There were also wins for two year olds Indian Ink and Fantasy Parkes, both in impressive style.
The main action tomorrow is again at Ascot where the showpiece is the ...
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