Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
The rainy season continues and the ground in my background looks pretty untraceable. Hopefully Taunton won’t fall victim to the monsoons tomorrow because we have a runner from our list to follow in the 3.50 there.
Nobody Tells Me was 2nd here last time when fencing errors cost him. ...
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Tomorrow is another quiet days racing, typical pre Cheltenham stuff. There are no runners from our list to follow.
We did have a winner today, thanks to Caribou at Leicester (5/2) who turned over a hot favourite from Paul Nicholls yard.
Plenty to look forward to over the ...
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
With the Cheltenham extravaganza just a fortnight away racing midweek is understandably low key.
There is only one runner from out list to follow out tomorrow. Caribou is yet to enter the winner’s enclosure this season but he has been running consistently enough in difficult races. He is one ...
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007
All 3 runners from our list to follow were withdrawn from the Racing Post Chase. Henry Daly pulled our Alderburn and Billyvoddan because of the ground while Reveillez suffered a freak accident in the racecourse stable, but will be OK I understand.
My main interest then lay in the ...
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Friday, February 23rd, 2007
Tonight’s bulletin covers racing for both Saturday and Sunday.
It has been quite a good week for horses on our list to follow with I think 7 winners in all since last Saturday. As quite a few of the original horses listed have sustained long term injuries I have ...
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Sorry I wasn’t able to post an update last night, IT problems I am afraid.
There were two runners from our list to follow today and both won. Annie’s Answer was a most game winner of the mares only hurdle at Huntingdon, for trainer Jane Makin. The testing ground ...
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
There are two runners from our list to follow running on Thursday.
Annie’s Answer, a dual bumper winner, has her second outing over hurdles in the 2.00 at Huntingdon. She should come on for her hurdles debut effort when 4th at Newcastle. Tony Dobbin takes the ride.
Our ...
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Jump racing is rather in limbo at this time of year as the racing world waits for the Cheltenham Festival that is now less than 3 weeks away.
Hence there is not a lot to report tonight. We had a couple of runners from the list to follow today. King ...
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Monday, February 19th, 2007
There are two runners from our list to follow in action tomorrow, one at each of the meetings.
King of Confusion has undergone a wind operation since finishing 2nd to Hard Act to Follow at Wetherby. He ran well for a long way on that occasion and was not ...
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
There were 5 winners from our list to follow on Saturday.
Apart from a Kauto Star style blunder Gungadu jumped well enough to clock his 4th success of the campaign. Ruby Walsh is as good as any jockey when it comes to staying on board when his mount makes ...
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