Archive for the ‘Special features’ Category
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Review of the jumps season 2009/10 With the new winter jumps season about to get under way in a few weeks I will take a look back at some of the performances that caught my eye last season. The trainers Paul Nicholls was again champion ...
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Monday, March 29th, 2010
This is a new feature for the 2.10 flat season where I will try to identify horses to follow in handicaps. The first 3 are all from the Lincoln run at Doncaster last Saturday. Mull of Killough 3rd in the Lincoln despite stable being out of form Mia’s ...
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
So here are my top 10 flat horses of 2009. 10 - Delegator had been 5th in the Dewhurst in 2008 and started the new season well when landing the Craven Stakes. He was made favourite for the 2,000 Guineas and was only headed by Sea the ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Here are the next 10 of the horses that caught my eye during the 2009 turf season. 20 Spacious was runner up in the 1,000 Guineas and 4th in the Coronation Stakes in 2008. Her best performance of 2009 came when winning the Windsor Forest Stakes at Royal Ascot. ...
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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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