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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Here are the next 10 of the horses that caught my eye during the 2009 turf season. 40 - Vocalised ran 4th to Sea The Stars on his debut as a 2 year old which marked him as a horse to follow for 2009. He had a tough programme ...
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Here are the next 10 of the horses that caught my eye during the 2009 turf season. 50 – Nanton. For number 50 in my list I have plumped for the remarkably versatile Nanton. His best run of the 2008 season came when he was runner up in the ...
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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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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
I will continue the saga of the 2009 flat season with a look at horses numbered 61 to 70 on my illustrious top 75. I have never considered the Royal Hunt Cup as being a lucky race from a tipping point of view. This year though it was nice ...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Just as Charles Dickens used to serialize his novels I am going to offer you my review of the flat in bite sized chunks. I have chosen 75 horses that for one reason or another caught my attention last season and they will appear on this small but ...
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Here is the main list of horses I will be following over the 200p/10 jumps season. As usual the list is large as I feel it helps to have a ‘core’ of horses to keep an eye on. I will be monitoring the fortunes of ...
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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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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
I was pleased with the performance of last year’s selections. Of those that have run, over 50% have won at least once either as juveniles or in the early part of their 3 year old campaign. Notable successes have been Green Agenda with ...
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Here is the list of horses I will be following over the 2009 flat season. As usual the list is large as I feel it helps to have a ‘core’ of horses to keep an eye on. I will be monitoring the fortunes of this ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
This is not a record of the top so many juveniles of 2008 but a look back at the 2 year olds that featured on my web site during the season. For no particularly good reason I am going to start with a William Jarvis 2 year ...
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