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Racing

O’Grady will wait and Sea

Edward O'Grady is still weighing up the options for his Paddy Power Gold Cup hero Tranquil Sea.
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Inside Racing

Notre Pere to battle Kauto Star

Thursday, 19 November 2009

With rain and strong winds expected to hit Haydock over the coming days, punters believe that Jim Dreaper's Notre Pere can overturn Kauto Star in the Grade 1 Betfair Chase on Saturday.
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Sea the Star of year

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Sea The Stars crowned a glorious year with Horse of the Year honours at the 2009 Cartier Racing Awards.
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Chancer who hit the top

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

If its grim final months proved misfortune to be equally indiscriminate, the life of Bobby Frankel at least nourished the conviction — so precious to his compatriots — that opportunity is universal.
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Frankel was a world beater

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Legendary American trainer Bobby Frankel has died at his home in California aged 68 after a long battle with leukemia.
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Greatrex raising bar

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Cheltenham and Plumpton may both be left-handed but that is where the similarity ends.
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Just let it pour at Cheltenham

Friday, 13 November 2009

So there might be a drop of rain about? Big deal. It cannot possibly be as vile as the third day of the meeting, two years ago, when they abandoned the bumper after hours of relentless, horizontal sleet.
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Cheltenham jumps to it

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Horseracing seldom demands more of its stage hands than the change of scene completed tomorrow, just six days after the Breeders' Cup.
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Hurricane ready to Fly at Punchestown

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Champion Hurdle favourite Hurricane Fly and Solwhit feature among a high-class list of nine horses left in the Dobbins And Madigans at Punchestown Hurdle on Sunday.
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It’s odds on Nicholls' turn

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

It would be by no means the first time that a bookmaker knew something that punters didn't and most certainly not the first time that one took a calculated risk in luring the mug fish into the net.
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It pays to be a good Listener at Down Royal

Monday, 9 November 2009

The Listener’s surprise victory in the Down Royal Festival’s feature race, the JNwine.com Champion Chase, was last night only beginning to sink in for winning trainer Nick Mitchell.
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Big Zeb can be the Master

Monday, 9 November 2009

Big Zeb laid down an early challenge to Master Minded's dominance in the two-mile chase division with a cheeky victory in the Ladbrokes.com Fortria Chase at Navan yesterday.
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Get set, Go at Down Royal

Friday, 6 November 2009

Noel Meade has long been a heavy hitter at Down Royal and he should be on the mark in the big race today — the start of the two-day Festival — when Go Native runs in the grade 3 WKD Core Hurdle which the Meath trainer has monopolised in the past.
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Time is right for Cecil raid

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Henry Cecil expressed contentment with his three Breeders' Cup contenders as they settle into their surroundings before the big meeting on Saturday.
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It’s no longer lucky Baffert

Thursday, 5 November 2009

The Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert puts his success down to good fortune.
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Rip Van Winkle injury revealed

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Aidan O'Brien last night revealed the brilliant-but-fragile Rip Van Winkle has not had a smooth build-up to the Breeders' Cup Classic.
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1,000 not out for Geraghty

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

What a difference three days makes. On Saturday at Wetherby, Barry Geraghty plummeted to the lowest point of the rollercoaster that is the sportsman's life when he took the wrong course when leading on well-fancied My Petra, and had to pull up.
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Jan is latest O’Brien hero

Monday, 2 November 2009

Another day, another Ballydoyle colt gallops into a Classic market. Yesterday was the turn of Jan Vermeer, who gave Aidan O'Brien his third juvenile Group 1 prize in as many weekends with a comprehensive four-length success in the Criterium International at Saint-Cloud.
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