Mahbooba bubble bursts at Meydan
There was a big shock in store for those punters who took the long odds-on about the in-form Mahbooba landing the Group 2 Cape Verdi Stakes at Meydan on Friday January 20, the Mike De Kock-trained filly being tagged close home by Dubai debutante First City in what was a sensationally close affair, writes Elliot [...]
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Posted on February 2, 2012 by Thomas | Filed Under Horse Racing, News
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Grands Crus Setting The Standard Amongst Early Season Novices
Much of the early talk so far this National Hunt season has concerned Long Run’s bid to hang on to his King George Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup crowns. The six year old who defied most expectations last season by winning two of the sport’s most prestigious prizes has of course tasted defeat already this [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2011 by Richard | Filed Under Horse Racing, Horses, News
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Grands Crus The Pick Of The Winners At Cheltenham’s Open Meeting
As usual, excitement was high in the lead up to the season’s first big meeting of the jump’s season at Cheltenham, with National Hunt fans coming out in their thousands to support this very popular event. The feature race of the three day meeting is the Grade Thrre Paddy Power Gold Cup, which saw the [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2011 by Richard | Filed Under Horse Racing, News
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Shock Result In Arc Leaves Questions To Be Answered About Weight Allowances
It will always remain a huge ‘bone of contention’ but why oh why do we have to watch genuine classic winners be relegated to the role of pacemakers? This is exactly what happened in the 2011 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe when the Aidan O’Brien trained, Treasure Beach, runner up to Pour Moi in the [...]
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Posted on October 4, 2011 by Richard | Filed Under Horse Racing, Horses, News
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Horse Racing, at Last, Comes to Rock Springs, Wyoming; it’s About Time
It’s been about 20 years since the great state of Wyoming had seen any type of horse racing. That all changed when Wyoming Horse Racing was granted permission by the Wyoming Pari-Mutual Commission to host live horse racing in Rock Springs. So, on August 20th and 21st as well as September 3rd and 4th Wyoming [...]
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Posted on September 8, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Basics, Betting, Culture, Horse Racing, News
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