Archive for August, 2009
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
The magpies in Picardy Are more than I can tell. They flicker down the dusty roads And cast a magic spell On the men ...
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Selections for tomorrow; York 1.45 - Alrasm & Ghostwing (both each way) 2.15 - Beyond Desire 2.50 - Mirrored with an each way saver on Scuffle 3.25 - Sariska 4.05 - Leocorno Chepstow 7.05 - Dig Deep 7.40 - The Tatling Lingfield ...
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
In the first race at York tomorrow (1.45) the unexposed Class is Class looks to have the right credentials. He won a maiden at Yarmouth that has worked out well and his 3rd behind Firebet at Newmarket was given a boost when that horse finished runner up at Group 3 ...
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
Ruth Carr is having a tremendous season and claimed another winner this afternoon courtesy of Ninth House. This was the 7 year olds 12 career win and the 8th at Wolverhampton. Tomorrow sees the start of York’s Ebor meeting where the main event will be the appearance of Sea ...
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Sunday, August 16th, 2009
After a poor day on the tipping front on Saturday things went much better this afternoon with 5 winners spread across 3 countries! Tomorrow is a quiet day ahead of the big Ebor meeting at York. Resort was 3rd to Invisible Man who franked the form with ...
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
Brian Meehan’s 2 year olds usually come on for their first run and his Pin Cushion should benefit from the experience of his run at Windsor a couple of weeks ago in the Newbury 1.30. Of the newcomers Michael Jarvis runs Dylanesque a half sister to the high class Alexandra ...
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Starting at Newbury tomorrow Walcott Square should benefit from his initial run when he was 6th of 14. He could go well at a nice price in the 1.20. There were some promising reports about Kona Coast a while back but when he finally made his racecourse debut he ...
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Just a quick glance at the chances of the horses from our lit to follow entered tomorrow. Starting at Hamilton we have Prince Rhyddarch in the 8.05. He is a course and distance winner and the stable are in fair form. The 4/1 quoted in the RP looks a ...
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Dig Deep hasn’t run over 7 furlongs since December 2006 which is a bit surprising as he is 3 wins from 7 at that distance. He is well handicapped but has been running quite poorly over sprint distances. If the return to further does the trick he would ...
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Sunday, August 9th, 2009
After a disappointing Saturday when my only winner was Jukebox Jury (6/1) things improved this afternoon with a first (4/1) and a 2nd (8/1) from 2 selections. There are 4 flat meetings on tomorrow but not a lot of quality. Kensington Oval, a full brother to the ...
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