Archive for February, 2008
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
A couple of races caught my eye this afternoon. Firstly old Bo McGinty registered his 7th career win when he got home by a short head at Southwell. He has been featured many times in these pages and must be a real fun horse for connections as he races frequently ...
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Today the sporting world rightly mourned those who lost their lives in the 1958 Munich air disaster. The newspapers of the day also reported the death of the jockey Joe Childs, who also died in February 1958 at the age vof 73. Childs won 15 classics and was known ...
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
The only runner from our list to follow on Wednesday is Pebrock in the 1.30 at Ludlow. He was 3rd at Uttoxeter at the end of November but the form of the race has not worked out too well as the first and second have both been beaten ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
Theatre Diva registered some solid performances at Ludlow last season winning twice and finishing runner up twice. She got off to a good start this term when winning at Exeter 6 days ago and could go in again in the 3.30 at Market Rasen where she is a previous ...
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
At Musselburgh tomorrow the Howard Johnson trained pair Laborec and Prince Car catch the eye in the opener at 1.30. Slight preference is for Laborec who is the mount of Richard Johnson. In the 2.30 at the Scottish track Tamimi's History, twice a winner on the flat in Ireland ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
It was a miserable day for the horses on our list to follow today but we did get one winner, with the giant Time Bandit obliging at Chepstow at a nice price. He has had serious injury problems and has very few miles on the clock for an 8 year ...
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