HARPER LODGE FARM may have been relatively quiet towards the end of 2016 which is why there wasn’t too much to shout about in this column but the yard has started 2017 with a bang with two winners from its first five runners. Lancelot Du Lac, Dean’s first runner of the New Year when lining… Read more »
Posts By: Simon Double
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ELJADDAAF ROMPS TO VICTORY FOR SIXTH CAREER WIN
ELJADDAAF destroyed the opposition today at Kempton when winning a 6f handicap by four lengths to record his sixth career win and his fourth at the track. There was a suicidal gallop, which benefitted the winner, who was kept off the pace by Robert Winston but two furlongs out as the leaders weakened, the 6yo… Read more »
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ELJADDAAF OF INTEREST BACK AT KEMPTON
ELJADDAAF likes it at Kempton with four of his five wins coming at the Sunbury track and he should run well there today in the lucky last, a 6f handicap, due off at 5pm. The return to 6f should also suit and having run well last month after a three month break, he has a sound… Read more »
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LANCELOT THE PERFECT START FOR DEAN IVORY
LANCELOT DU LAC was Dean Ivory’s first runner of 2017 tonight at Chelmsford in a decent 5f handicap and he made the perfect start for the yard with a convincing win under Robert Winston. Despite being absent for six months, this classy 100+ performer was a cut above his rivals in this 0-105 contest and… Read more »
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LULU AND SECRET BIRD BID TO LAND HAT TRICK
LULU STANFORD and Secret Bird are favourites to win the 7.15 at Chelmsford tonight and so land the hat trick. The pair have defied bad draws at Chelmsford and Wolverthampton to win handicaps over 6f and 5f in November and December respectively and in another sprint over the minimum distance, drawn six, they are a… Read more »
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ZEBEDEE SIRE OF FIRST 2017 BRITISH WINNER
THE first winner of 2017 in Britain was Zandradee, who was victorious in the 12.05 at Southwell, a 5f median auction maiden and he gave the perfect start to top stallion Zebedee, who sired the winner. Zebedee was a top class sprinter, winning six out of seven as a 2yo and he has continued his… Read more »
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
THE 2016 racing year finished with the 3.45 at Lingfield and a win for Temple Road, trained by Milton Bradley and ridden by George Baker. His victory in the 5f sprint was his ninth career success and in doing so, he created a little piece of history by being the last winner in the British racing… Read more »
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GOLDSLINGER INTERESTING OVER LONGER TRIP
GOLDSLINGER steps up in distance today to two miles at Southwell, where he was second last time out and the extended trip could be in his favour. Six go to post in the two mile handicap, due off at 11.45am and according to the market, it is a two horse race between Medicine Hat and Fern Own… Read more »
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VARSOVIAN TO APPRECIATE DROP BACK TO SIX
VARSOVIAN, a six-times winner over 6f, drops back to that trip today in the 3.30 at Lingfield after a creditable 2l defeat over 7f at Chelmsford last time out and should run well. The 6yo son of Refuse To Bend is running 4lbs below his last winning mark and this three times course and distance… Read more »
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
WELL, after all the preparations, the day has has arrived! Many of us may be relaxing, eating and drinking and enjoying the company of family and friends but horses still need to be fed and watered, so up and down the country, stabled lads will be at work as usual. Thank you to them for keeping… Read more »
