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Handicapper gives up attempt to quantify Arkle’s greatness | Greg Wood

by 1 on 24. May, 2010 in General, Horse Racing, Racing News

Kauto Star is as close to the limit of brilliance as any horse can get, so Arkle cannot have been better Numbers are never in short supply when the official handicappers gather to pass judgment on a racing season and yesterday’s event to assess and celebrate the 2009-10 jumps season was no different. If it were possible to drown in figures, they would have been handing out snorkels at the door. Yet one number was conspicuously absent

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Henry de Bromhead’s star is on the rise

by 1 on 09. Mar, 2010 in Horse News

Irish trainer Henry de Bromhead is hoping it will be third time lucky at the Festival for Sizing Europe in the Arkle Trophy.

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Nicky Henderson lauds talent of Punchestowns and ‘freakish’ Long Run

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Paul Nicholls curses decision to run after Tataniano’s shock defeat

by admin on 29. Jan, 2010 in Events, General, Horse News, Horse Racing, Racing News

• Champion trainer blames soft ground for 2-11 shot’s defeat • Inchidaly Rock preferred to Taranis today at Cheltenham Paul Nicholls stood in the unsaddling enclosure here, cursing ­himself loudly and repeatedly. The champion trainer has had little experience of ­unexpected defeat this season and seemed stunned after watching Tataniano, a ­leading contender for the Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival, get turned over at odds of 2-11 in a three-horse race. At first, he seemed calm as he explained that the going, officially soft but much more stamina-sapping than that would suggest, had been the problem

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Henrietta Knight looks to Arkle hope Somersby to cure her winter blues

by admin on 28. Jan, 2010 in Betting Tips, General, Horse News, Horse Racing

• Best Mate’s trainer hopes to boost her poor January record • Cheltenham-bound chaser to be reunited with Tony McCoy January may sit in the middle of the ­jumping season, but it has never been Henrietta Knight’s favourite month. “In all my years of training, it’s always been the same,” she said yesterday. “I’ve never had much success in January, and several times in the past no winners at all. It’s the ground, really.

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Solwhit’s Leopardstown win awakens Festival fever for Charles Byrnes

by admin on 24. Jan, 2010 in Events, Horse Racing

• Solwhit proves battling qualities to lift Irish Champion Hurdle • Byrnes hails ‘the fastest jumper I have ever trained’ If attitude alone were enough to win a Champion Hurdle, Solwhit would probably be a 6-4 chance in the ante-post betting this morning, after a victory in the Irish equivalent here todaythat advertised a battling nature and a no-nonsense approach to getting the job done. Both punters and bookies, though, like to glimpse brilliance in a potential champion, which is why one layer was still offering 6-1 for the Festival as Solwhit returned to the winner’s enclosure after the fifth Grade One success of his career.

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Paul Nicholls’ stars Kauto Star and Denman dominate Gold Cup entries

by admin on 13. Jan, 2010 in General

The Gold Cup looks like a two-horse race between Kauto Star and Denman – mind you, some two-horse race.

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Welsh Champion Hurdle will not be saved

by admin on 11. Jan, 2010 in Events, General, Horse News, Horse Racing, Racing News

• Lack of funding prevents restaging of Ffos Las race • Punchestowns to take on stablemate Long Run in RSA Chase Racing fans in Wales will need to wait another year for the return of the Welsh Champion Hurdle after Ffos Las racecourse decided that it will not be re-scheduled for this Sunday, following the abandonment of the original fixture last weekend. Officials at Ffos Las were informed today that, because the revived race – last staged at Chepstow in 2002 – is not part of the jumps Pattern, it does not qualify for additional central funding. The course could have funded the prize itself, or run for a reduced purse, but has decided instead to let the race lapse until 2011. “It’s obviously disappointing but these things happen when you work with the weather and we remain committed to the race for the future,” Tim Long, the clerk of the course at Ffos Las, said.

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Ferdy Murphy takes Cheltenham hope Kalahari King to seaside

by admin on 06. Jan, 2010 in General

Last year’s Arkle runner-up taken to Redcar beach in an attempt to keep the nine year-old on schedule for this season’s Champion Chase.

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Chaser Jack sidelined until 2011

by admin on 31. Dec, 2009 in General, Horse Racing, Racing News

Leading Arkle Chase contender Crack Away Jack will be out for at least 12 months, says trainer Emma Lavelle.

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