Archive for August, 2009
Sunday, August 30th, 2009
The following runners from my list to follow are entered tomorrow. Epsom 5.30 Raaeidd Ripon 4.45 Dark Lane Epsom 5.20 Piquante and Speed Dating Warwick 5.25 Bourne Today’s picture is by kind permission of the artist Susan Shaw.
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Saturday, August 29th, 2009
There is a good card at The Curragh tomorrow where the Group 1 Moyglare Stakes at 3.45 tops the bill. Sent From Heaven boosted the form of Long Lashes when winning today and I will take the Godolphin filly to upset the favourite, Later on the card ...
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
Saga de Tercey gave me a welcome winner today. He looks just the type of stayer that Alan Swinbank excels with and I will follow his progress with interest. There is always a bit of a lull at this time of the flat season before the better ...
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Winners have been thin on the ground of late but One Good Emperor (3rd at 20/1) was a fair shout today. We live in hope! I fancied Northside Prince on Tuesday when he found one too good for him at Ayr. Although his sire was a miler, winning the ...
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
It is always nice to tip a winner but some give you more of a buzz than others. Bagber is no world beater but he finally got off the mark at my lucky track at Kempton, fairly storming up the straight – well he went quicker than the ...
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
Quito ran his first race for trainer David Chapman in July 2002 as a 5 year old having previously won twice in Dubai. He soon showed himself to be a tough competitor on the all weather and ran up a hat trick within a fortnight that autumn under ...
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Simon Callaghan introduces an interesting 2 year old in the Kempton 2.40 tomorrow in Mount Juliet. There have been some promising reports about this filly although she may need this first run. Certainly one to keep on eye on. Later on the Kempton card there are a ...
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
The last couple of days have seen an improvement on the tipping front including Dig Deep at 16/1 yesterday. Most of the horses featured in last night’s preview ran well enough. As usual I will go through the runners from my list to follow that are entered ...
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
I have made a change to the normal format this year. I have selected 50 horses that for one reason or another impressed me during the season and added comments on a few more that didn’t quite make the initial list. As usual the list is very much ...
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
The York meeting again takes centre stage tomorrow where the big race of the day is the Group 1 Nunthorpe at 3.25. The lightly raced Amour Propre is one I am interested in. He won a Group 3 at Newmarket early in the season before disappointing at Ascot when ...
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