Archive for August, 2008
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
At the time of penning these notes we have had a couple of near things from last night’s preview. The ultra consistent Birkside (9/1 at Pontefract) and Charles Parnell (10/1 at Newcastle) Although there are plenty of meetings up and down the country over the next two ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
General Tufto showed some promise as a 2 year old when trained by Roger Charlton. On the last of his 3 runs as a juvenile he finished 5th in a race won by Tajaweed, who has since gone on to better things, winning the Dee Stakes. He has ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
I had a few winners over the weekend, with Sortita and Astrodome obliging on Saturday. The latter battled on well up at Hamilton as he was headed inside the final furlong but fought back to win. He is a half brother to a prolific winner from the same ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
There are some old favourites in action in the Doncaster 3.25 including Pawan and Somnus. Pawan has been in fine form for trainer/jockey Ann Stokell and thoroughly deserved his success at Warwick recently. Somnus was a great servant for Tim Easterby, winning 3 times at Group 1 level. ...
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