Archive for December, 2006
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
My prowess as a tipster never ceases to astound me! What about New Little Bric today at 1/7! At least he won I suppose.
The only jumps’ meeting tomorrow is at Hereford. There is an inspection but if racing does go ahead we have a couple of runners from our ...
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Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
If If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, ...
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Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
The only runner from our list to follow tomorrow is Paul Nicholls New Little Bric in the 1.50. This should be a tap in at short odds but Nicholls runners have missed from the spot a couple of times recently.
Don’t forget to look in on this site during ...
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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
Double Default was 2nd today, just lacking a turn of foot in the final stages. He is a chaser in the making.
The sharp drop in temperatures has put paid to Fakenham tomorrow and there is an inspection at the other jumps meeting up at Musselburgh.
The weather took a ...
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Monday, December 18th, 2006
It tends to be quiet during the week before Christmas, on the racing front at any rate.
There is just the one runner from our list to follow in action up at Ayr tomorrow. Double Default (1.25), an ex Irish pointer, was 2nd at Hexham on his hur4dles debut. Although ...
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Sunday, December 17th, 2006
Saturday proved a good day for trainer Henry Daly who took two of the day’s biggest prizes with Billyvoddan and Mighty Man. The first time blinkers may well have done the trick for Billyvoddan, while Mighty Man did well to win in conditions that he probably wouldn’t have liked. I ...
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Friday, December 15th, 2006
It has not been a good week for Paul Nicholls with one of his big name chasers, Star de Mohaison, being ruled out for the season through injury. Things got worse for him today when two of his highest rated novices, Pepperoni Pete and Natal were both well beaten odds ...
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Thursday, December 14th, 2006
I have had all sorts of IT problems tonight so I will keep the update short.
Pepperoni Pete has had an infection that has kept him out since his debut hurdles win in October. He reappears tomorrow in the 3.00 at Exeter and should win.
All 5 runners in the ...
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
Sir Jimmy Shand won for the list to follow at Newbury this afternoon at 5/4.
Our other list runner was Reach for the Top in the novice chase. He made a number of jumping errors though and was possibly not suited by the soft ground. The race was dominated ...
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Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Snakebite and God Citizen were winners for the list to follow today, but Forty Acers was pulled up.
We have a couple of runners at Newbury tomorrow. Reach for the Top has shown promise in two outings over fences. Timmy Murphy rides him in the 12.50, where the top weight ...
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