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Graham Bradley’s comeback in saddle at Doncaster is stain on the sport

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Amazing Hereford gamble on Am I Blue demands full investigation | Will Hayler

by admin on 01. Sep, 2010 in Horse News, Horse Racing, Races

Officials must have a close look at the three woeful runs which preceded the horse’s easy success Those planning gambles such as today’s success of Am I Blue (backed from 25-1 down to 5-1) might in future consider asking the successful connections of the winning horse to remain out of sight after the race. After a similar gamble was landed in a Flat handicap on a minor track a few years ago I approached the young groom who was with the horse in the winner’s enclosure and offered my congratulations, only to be met with the response: “I’m sorry but Sir Mark has told me not to say anything to anyone.” That’s the way to do it.

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Am I Blue’s victory probed by BHA

by 1 on 01. Sep, 2010 in Horse Racing, Racing News

The British Horseracing Authority is to investigate the surprise success of heavily backed 5-1 shot Am I Blue at Hereford on Wednesday.

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Fixture-list tinkering is no way to solve racing’s funding crisis

by admin on 30. Aug, 2010 in Horse News, Horse Racing, Racing News

Senior officials in the sport are well paid but short of ideas and blind to the importance of betting It is not just the people who print racing diaries who are starting to fret about the non-appearance of next year’s fixture list. The British Horseracing Authority has promised to publish the full programme by 23 September, nearly two months later than normal, which might have seemed reasonable if they were launching a full-on assault on the 1,500-meeting programme.

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Memory flops as Misty For Me wins Moyglare Stakes at The Curragh

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Chatter is all about the ‘wrong’ York controversy as Marcus Reeder returns | Lydia Hislop

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Jamie Spencer suffers as Sariska refuses to race in Yorkshire Oaks

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Twice warned-off owner celebrates big Ebor pay day at York

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Hayley Turner embraces limelight but dreams of a big-race winner

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Casela Park ride referred to BHA

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