The Glorious Goodwood Meeting gets under way tomorrow Tuesday 31st July 2007 with the Group 2 Betfair Cup over 7 furlongs for three year olds + as the feature race. Also on the card is the Group 3 Gordon Stakes for three year olds over one and a half miles and the Group 3...
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Flat Horses
Glorious Goodwood Meeting 2007
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes Ascot 2007
The King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes was first run in 1951. It was a race designed for the finest horses from the different generations and from different countries to compete over one and a half miles. The winner would be recognized as a true champion. This years race has a disappointing turnout,...
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Review of Newmarket July Meeting 2007
A super three days racing at Newmarket where the weather was reasonably kind. The Group 1 Falmouth Stakes on Wednesday was reduced to seven runners when Speciosa was withdrawn. Simply Perfect was given a fine front running ride by Johnny Murtagh and won quite easily. Nannina and Red Evie were both very disappointing. In...
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Newcastle Northumberland Plate 2007
The Northumberland Plate also known as the Pitmens Derby is run at Newcastle at the end of June each year. The race run over two miles is limited to twenty runners and is a thorough stamina test. I love the stayers races but this one is always difficult to solve and can produce big...
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Review of Royal Ascot 2007
Five fabulous days racing from Royal Ascot were brillantly covered by the BBC and ATR for the armchair viewer. That there is no such thing as a certainty was clearly evident on day one with the defeats of Cockney Rebel and George Washington. Both were expected to win but it transpires that Cockney Rebel...
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Royal Ascot Meeting 2007
The Royal Ascot Meeting gets under way next Tuesday 19th June 2007. The St James’s Palace Stakes is the feature race on the first day. Cockney Rebel will be a warm favourite for this but might be worth opposing with Dutch Art. He raced on the wrong side in the 2000 Guineas and will...
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Review of Epsom Derby and Oaks 2007
What a fabulous two days racing at Epsom for the 2007 Derby and Oaks. Friday was full of emotion for Henry Cecil. He was put back on the big stage with Light Shift, his second string, who clearly stayed the one and half miles better than everything else. Passage of Time appeared not to...
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Review of Irish 2000 and 1000 Guineas
Cockney Rebel and Finsceal Beo completed the English/Irish 2000 and 1000 Guineas double over in Ireland at the weekend. Both horses proved they are tough and adaptable especially Finsceal Beo who had run three times in three weeks. She was unfortunate to get caught right on the line in the French 1000 Guineas. Both...
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York Spring Meeting 2007
York is one of my favourite race courses. This years three day meeting looks as though it could hold clues to this years Derby and Oaks. On Wednesday Passage of Time, who is favourite for the Oaks, makes her reappearance in the Musidora. Lets hope she can put Henry Cecil back on the big...
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Chester Cup Meeting 2007
The Chester Cup Meeting over three days in May is one meeting I have never attended. It is their best three days of the flat season. The draw plays a major factor in finding winners. A low draw has a distinct advantage in all races. Trainer Barry Hills loves to have winners here and...
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