Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Two selection and two winners this afternoon to continue a reasonably successful start to the flat season. Starting tomorrow at Folkestone Luminous Gold (pictured below) may be the answer in the 3.20. This filly was 2nd at the track on her third and final start last season and comes ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
The main meeting tomorrow is at Ascot where Cesare will likely start favourite in the listed race at 3.20. He has 3 wins over course and distance and has solid claims. The Hunt Cup winner Royal Oath could be the one to chase him home. Another course ...
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
There is an evening meeting at Windsor tomorrow where Just Two Numbers is an interesting runner in the 6.40. A course winner last season on soft ground he is a strong sort who has been gelded since his last run and gives the impression that there are more ...
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
A Subaltern's Love Song Miss J. Hunter Dunn, Miss J. Hunter Dunn, Furnish'd and burnish'd by Aldershot sun, What strenuous singles we played after tea, We in the tournament - you against ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
All in all it was another good day with a number of winners from the horses mentioned in last night’s write up. Dar Re Mi (pictured below) was a runaway winner at Sandown. As the commentator wittily remarked it was a case of Dar Re Mi so ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
There are 6 meetings tomorrow on turf, over the sticks and on the all weather. It’s the penultimate day of the jumps season so I’ll start with the jumping at Bangor tomorrow evening. In the 7.15 Quizzene (pictured below) should go close. He won at Newbury last time ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
I am penning these notes before this evening racing but I can report a couple of winners from the horses featured in last night’s preview. Cabinet was made to work hard for his success after being backed down to 6/4. The form may turn out to be better ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
It was generally a good day for the web site today with 2 of the 3 flat tips winning and Twist Magic and Air Force One coming in at Punchestown for our list to follow. There are meetings under both codes tomorrow. Mark Johnston has saddled the ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Apart from Hereford Boy and Pertemps Networks that I mentioned last night I am also interested in Thannaan in the Folkestone 2.15 tomorrow. Trained by Barry Hills he showed enough in a couple of Newbury maidens last season to indicate that he will be up to ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Following 3 year old handicaps can be qite a profitable line at this stage of the season and I quite like the look of Hughie Morrison’s Stow (pictured below) in the 2.40 at Pontefract. Stow is a full brother to Bajan Pride who rather let us down the ...
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