We disembarked Constellation at Harwich on Saturday 3rd after another very enjoyable cruise with Celebrity Cruise Lines. We called at Edinburgh, Invergorden, Belfast, Dublin and St. Peter Port. We were able to watch the 2000 Guineas on Channel 4 before going off to help Jon celebrate his birthday with the outlaws, sorry inlaws, who were…
Flat Horses
Racing Post Trophy Weekend Review 2007
by Ian Wade •
I recorded Channel 4’s Saturday afternoon racing program on my Sky+ box and sat down to watch it once I was home from watching my beloved football team Ipswich beat Wolves 3 – 0. Ibn Khaldun was a three length winner of the Racing Post Trophy for Godolphin and looks a nice prospect for next…
Doncaster Racing Post Trophy 2007
by Ian Wade •
The Racing Post Trophy will be run at Doncaster on Saturday 27th October. This race was the brainchild of the late Phil Bull and his righthand man, Reg Griffin, and was originally known as the Timeform Gold Cup when it was first run in 1961. The purpose of the race was and still is to…
Review of Newmarket Champions Day 2007
by Ian Wade •
What a fantastic days racing at Newmarket on Saturday the 20th October. I met up with my old school chums Colin and Peter for the weekend. The weather matched the racing so all in all it was a great weekend break.In the Dewhurst Stakes New Approach showed that he is the best two year old…
Newmarket Champions Day 2007
by Ian Wade •
On Saturday the 20th October Newmarket hosts its Champions Day. This is probably the highest class raceday in the British Flat racing calendar. There are two Group 1’s, two Group 2’s, two Group 3’s and the Cesarewitch Handicap making it a seven race card.The £350,000 Group 1 Champion Stakes is for 3 yo’s+ run over…
Arc Weekend Review
by Ian Wade •
Pipedreamer was an easy winner of the Cambridgeshire on Saturday at Newmarket. He was always travelling well and landed a major public gamble on him.A bit different at Longchamp on Sunday where Authorized was a big disappointment in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. He never seemed completely relaxed travelling in last place and when…
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp 2007
by Ian Wade •
The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe was inaugurated on 3rd October 1920 and for me it is the greatest flat horse race for horses of all ages run over one and half miles. It is run at Longchamp on the first Sunday in October every year. There have been some truly great winners of this…
Newmarket Cambridgeshire Meeting 2007
by Ian Wade •
The Newmarket Cambridgeshire Meeting gets underway on Thursday 4th October for three days. The showpiece of the meeting is the £160,000 Cambridgeshire Handicap for 3yo’s+ run over 9 furlongs on the Saturday. It is the first leg of the Autumn double and is one of the big betting races of the season. After his impressive…
Ascot Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Meeting 2007
by Ian Wade •
The Ascot Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Meeting gets under way on Friday 28th September with the centre piece being the £200,000 Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes for 3 yo’s + over the one mile round course on Saturday 29th. The Saturday card has two supporting Group races with the £200,000 Group 1 Fillies Mile…
St Leger Weekend Review
by Ian Wade •
ATR gave the armchair viewer a real treat by covering all the races from Doncaster over the four days. Channel 4’s coverage of four races on Friday and Saturday was as usual excellent. Highlight on Friday was Septimus showing what a good stayer he is by winning the Doncaster Cup. He looks a ready made…
