Archive for December, 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
It would have been nice to have ended the decade with a winner but sadly my 3 selections yesterday were all disappointing. The cold weather continues to disrupt the national hunt racing programme but hopefully the meetings at Cheltenham and Exeter will beat the freeze. At ...
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
At number 60 on my list is the sprinter Hitchens. Good enouh to finish second in the Goffs Million at the Curragh as a juvenile this 4 year old son of Acclamation rediscovered his form after a move to the stable of David Barron. He started the season with a ...
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Sona Sasta won a point to point at Sligo over 3 miles before joining the David Pipe stable. He ran 3 times over hurdles at Taunton last season over shorter trips and showed some promise, particularly on the third run when 4th behind Carrick Boy. He runs in the 12.50 ...
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
I am going for a bit of an outsider tomorrow in the 1.10 at Taunton. Rigadin de Beauchene each way.
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
I will stick with Cooldine to get the better of Joncol in the Lexus Chase tomorrow with Cloudy Lane and perhaps Money Trix the each way value. Elsewhere on the Leopardstown card I am hoping that Solwhit can come back from his defeat in the Fighting Fifth to win the ...
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
The highlights tomorrow are the Welsh National at Chepstow and the Grade 1 Lexus Chase from Leopardstown. I am going to start at Chepstow where there is a strong line up for the marathon chase. There are two previous winners of the race in Halcon Generlardaias and Miko De ...
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
Selections for Sunday; KEMPTON: 1.00 – Mille Chief; 1.30 – Riverside Theatre; 2.05 – Argento Luna; 2.40 – Crack Away Jack (ew); 3.15 – Little Josh. LEOPARDSTOWN: 1.25 – Forpadytheplasterer;1.55 – Some Present; 3.05 – Dooney’s Gate. LIMERICK: 3.50 – Prudent Honour. ...
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
If the main meetings go ahead on Boxing Day there will be plenty of quality racing for the National Hunt enthusiasts and some tricky puzzles to solve from a punting angle. Kempton seems the obvious place to start and I will tackle the races in race card order. Dual ...
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Sunday, December 20th, 2009
Our only hope of some jumps racing lies with Ffos Las tomorrow, where there is a morning inspection. I will just point out a few horses that you can look out for at the Welsh track. Rebecca Curtis sends a team there headed by The Jigsaw Man, the stable ...
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
The prospects form racing tomorrow do not look too promising with Ascot and Newcastle already off and Haydock and Navan hinging on morning inspections. There is an interesting card at Haydock so hopefully the weather will relent a little. In the opener at Haydock, a novice chase at 12.40 ...
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