DOVER LIGHT, one of two stable runners today on the all-weather, has been well supported in the 5.50 at Wolverhampton this afternoon. A winner after racing resumed at Lingfield at 33/1 over a mile off a mark of 59, he is only one pound higher today in the 14-runner handicap over 1mile 1/2 furlong. Drawn… Read more »
Posts By: Simon Double
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CHAMPAGNE HOSPITALITY A HIT WITH “NEVILLE’S” OWNERS
SPRING ROMANCE owners gathered yesterday morning at Harper Lodge Farm to enjoy a chance to catch up and enjoy some champagne hospitality which always seems to go down well. To say it’s been a difficult year for Owners throughout the country would be an understatement. The turf season didn’t begin at Doncaster in March as… Read more »
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PORTLAND TRIP COULD SUIT OUTSIDER YIMOU
THERE are not many 5 1/2 furlong handicaps in the racing calendar but the historic Portland Handicap at Doncaster is one of them and the yard’s Yimou is one of 22 runners in today’s renewal at 2.25pm and the trip might just suit him. The 5yo son of Kodiac has won four times in 16 races, three… Read more »
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FLAMING SPEAR IN FIRST TIME BLINKERS
FLAMING SPEAR heads to Kempton today for the 2.25, a mile handicap and this talented but out of form chestnut son of Lope De Vega is racing in first time-blinkers. The 8yo gelding last won over course and distance in November 2018 and was rated 109. Now he’s down to a mark of 90, so… Read more »
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STABLE QUARTET HAVE TOUGH TASKS
TRUST ME, MADAME’S GIRL, TROPICS and LOTHARIO are the four stable runners today and all are outsiders and not particularly strongly fancied in the betting. The first two run in the 3pm and 4pm at Lingfield on the turf and Sophie Ralston rides both, claiming 5lbs. The former has shown ability but unfortunately has a… Read more »
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YIMOU NEEDS TO IMPROVE AND COPE WITH GROUND
YIMOU runs in the 1.55 at Ascot today and the stable’s sole runner needs to improve and cope with the tacky ground to win. He’s been consistent this season, having won and been third twice in four starts. Today’s ground is officially good, good to soft in places but it was definitely holding, gluey ground… Read more »
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DANCINGINTHEWOODS AIMING TO GO ONE BETTER
DANCINGINTHEWOODS, who was second, beaten a head at HQ three weeks ago, bids to go one better at Ascot today in a 3yo only 0-85 handicap over 7f, due off at 5.55pm. He is drawn 4 of 11, has Joey Haynes aboard and will like the going (Good, good to soft in places). The 82-rated… Read more »
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FIVE FURLONGS WIN FOR LORDSBRIDGE BOY
LORDSBRIDGE BOY won at Salisbury this afternoon for the first time over five furlongs, having won twice last year over six. This was only the second time he was running over the minimum distance, having run over it at Windsor last time out. There was a concern over the same going description, Good to Soft… Read more »
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LORDSBRIDGE BOY NEEDS TO PROVE FIVE FURLONGS SUIT
LORDSBRIDGE BOY, the yard’s only runner today, travels to Salisbury for the 4.15, a 5f handicap and the 4yo needs to prove he can cope with the minimum trip. Twice a winner over 6f, he ran disappointingly last time out at Windsor in his first attempt a 5f but that may have been down to… Read more »
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SPRING ROMANCE BACK TO WOLVES IN BLINKERS
SPRING ROMANCE goes back to Wolverhampton today (6.10pm) for a 6f handicap in first time blinkers and the hope is returning to a track he likes in new headgear will spark a revival. He has run three times at Dunstall Park, all as a 3yo and his form figures read 122. Today, he runs in first… Read more »
