Archive for December, 2006
Monday, December 11th, 2006
Days
What are days for?
Days are where we live.
They come, they wake us
Time and time over.
They are to be happy in:
Where can we live but days?
Ah, solving that question
Brings the priest and the doctor
In their long coats
Running over the fields.
-- Philip Larkin
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Monday, December 11th, 2006
Of the horses mentioned last night Echo Point and Strong Resolve were non runners, while Netherley and Skippers Brig were short priced winners.
Snakebite was no match for the top class Denman at Newbury last time but faces a much easier task in the 1.10 at Folkestone. This looks ...
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Sunday, December 10th, 2006
Collier Hill is one of the unsung heroes of UK racing. The 8 year old won the Hong Kong Vase yesterday, scooping the winning prize of £600,000. He was competing in his seventh country in the space of eight months and has now scored in Hong Kong, Canada, Dubai, Sweden, ...
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Saturday, December 9th, 2006
There were plenty of doubters about 4 year old Detroit City’s ability to beat his more experience rival Hardy Eustace at Cheltenham today but the big grey got the job done with the minimum of fuss. The race was very slowly run for much of the way and it may ...
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Friday, December 8th, 2006
The big race at Cheltenham is the Boylesports.com Gold Cup. This race has a long history under various names and was won by the great Arkle in 1966 when called the Massey Ferguson Gold Cup. Last season it was called the Robin Cook Memorial Chase in recognition of that gentleman’s ...
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006
We had a couple of winners from the list to follow today. Natal enjoyed a facile win at long odds on and Sound Accord scored a second bumper win for trainer Colin Tinkler. Sound Accord is a half brother to Lenny Lungo’s chaser Wild Cane Ridge and is a big ...
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
Harringay jumped well on her chase debut at Wincanton before getting outpaced by the useful Senorita Rumbalita. She must stand a good chance of making amends in the 1.00 at Huntingdon.
Ring Back, winner of a Warwick bumper last season ran a promising 2nd on her hurdles bow at Towcester. ...
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Hexham 12.50. The Reverend has always been well thought of by his trainer. He dead heated for first place in an Irish Point to Pint at Lismore, a race that Best Mate had contested in a previous season. He continued that promise over hurdles when accounting for a decent horse ...
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
I have just got back from a few days in France and I have been catching up on the racing news.
I was particularly interested in the race won by Star de Mohaison and having watched the video there was much to like about the performance of both the winner, ...
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