Archive for January, 2007
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
There are meetings at Wincanton and Towcester tomorrow with 5 of our list runners in action.
I will start with Karello Bay who had her first run over hurdles the other week finishing 3rd at Fontwell. She should come on for that run and will be difficult to beat in ...
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
There are no horses from our list to follow running on Wednesday.
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
Needless to say I was pleased with Rehearsal’s win at Ludlow. He did it well I thought and has now won on the flat, over hurdles and fences. The ground is one of the keys to this one and Lenny Lungo sent him down to Ludlow in search of the ...
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Sunday, January 28th, 2007
I See You Juliet
I see you, Juliet, still, with your straw hat
Loaded with vines, and with your dear pale face,
On which those thirty years so lightly sat,
And the white outline of your muslin dress.
You wore a litte fichu trimmed with lace
And crossed in the front, as was the fashion then,
Bound ...
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Sunday, January 28th, 2007
I am not sure that the weekend’s racing has helped to clarify the Cheltenham picture too much. The Irish are clearly going to hold a strong hand in the Champion Hurdle. Can Detroit City, Afsoun or Straw Bear keep the title at home?
It is also difficult what to make ...
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Sunday, January 28th, 2007
Hussard Collonges (Video Rock - Araine Collonges [Quart de Vin]
25 March 1995
Bought as a 4 year old at the Goffs sales at St Cloud for 120,000 Francs he won his only point to point in Ireland at Inch in April 2000. He was then acquired by Peter Beaumont for ...
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Saturday, January 27th, 2007
It was a slightly disappointing day for my list to follow but we did get a couple of winners.
Ashley Brook put up a scintillating front running display to take full advantage of a favourable hurdles mark in the last at Cheltenham. Our other winner was David Pipe’s Madision De ...
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Saturday, January 27th, 2007
Two year olds of 2006 – Part 1
This is the first of 4 sections where I will be highlighting some of the 2 year olds that caught my eye during thye 2006 season. All pictures are by kind permission of the excellent web site www.b2yor.co.uk which is highly ...
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Friday, January 26th, 2007
With the Charlie Egerton runner an absentee Wyldello was left with an easier task at Hereford today but by all accounts she won well. Ursis won the beginner’s chase from Fountain Hill, both “listers” from previous seasons. Fountain Hill, who always threatened to be a better chaser than hurdler was ...
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Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Glasker Mill kept the scoreboard ticking over for my list to follow today, winning the beginners chase at Fontwell. He won over the fixed brush hurdles at Haydock last season and I always think that is an encouraging sign for a would be chaser. Dancing Bay made a pleasing start ...
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