TROPICS needs no introduction as a favourite at Harper Lodge Farm but this £1/2 million prize money earner has never won over five furlongs and that is what he attempts to do at Chelmsford tonight at 7pm. It is a tight looking handicap with some familiar names such as Boom The Groom who will be… Read more »
Posts By: Simon Double
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SPRING ROMANCE SEEKS TO DOUBLE UP AT WOLVES
SPRING ROMANCE returns this evening to the scene his impressive triumph last month, Wolverhampton over 6f in the penultimate race on the card, due off at 8.15pm. The 3 3/4 length winner was hiked 13lbs for his win but given the runner-up has won since, maybe it’s difficult to be too harsh with the handicapper! … Read more »
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ANGEL LIKELY TO PLAY SECOND FIDDLE
ANGEL OF THE SOUTH faces a very stiff task tonight in the 5f novice stakes at Chelmsford and may have to take runner-up spot behind odds-on favourite, Stone Of Destiny. Only three go to post in the 7.45 but the favourite is as short as 1/5 and with the best form on offer and with… Read more »
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LANCELOT DU LAC WIN NUMBER TWELVE!
LANCELOT DU LAC won his twelfth race this afternoon at Wolverhampton in impressive fashion, giving plenty of weight away to his eight rivals. The eight-year-old headed the weights in this £25,000 handicap and the 5/2 son of Shamardal was giving away 13lbs and upwards to the field as he won the 6f sprint by half a length from favourite, Mickey…. Read more »
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LANCELOT FAVOURITE FOR FIRST TRY ON TAPETA
Lancelot Du Lac – favourite at Wolverhampton LANCELOT DU LAC has been well supported for his first attempt on the Tapeta surface this afternoon at Wolverhampton (4.25pm) and despite his inexperience of the surface, he should run well according to the market. The 107-rated son of Shamardal is one of nine runners in the 0-105… Read more »
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WIDE DRAW NO EASY TASK FOR NEZAR
NEZAR is putting the Harper Lodge Farm show back on the road tonight at Kempton after the recent weather has put paid even to all-weather fixtures but he faces no easy task from his wide draw. Drawn on the wide outside of the thirteen runners in the 7f handicap due off at 7.40pm, the 7you… Read more »
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FLAMING SPEAR JOINS HUNDRED CLUB AT HARPER LODGE
FLAMING SPEAR, owned by Brighton Chairman Tony Bloom, joins the owner’s Librisa Breeze at Harper Lodge Farm and becomes the fifth horse rated 100 or more in the yard. By Lope De Vega out of a Zafonic mare, Elshamms, the bay gelding has made the journey down south from Kevin Ryan’s Hambleton yard in North Yorkshire. He won as… Read more »
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TROPICS GOING FOR THIRD WIN IN FOUR STARTS
TROPICS has won two of his last three starts and bids to make it win number two for him this year and win number ten for the stable when he lines up in the 8.15 at Wolverhampton tonight. One of six runners in the decent 6f contest for 4yos rated 0-100 he is drawn two and… Read more »
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VARSOVIAN AND ANGEL LIVE CHANCES AT WOLVES
FOLLOWING yesterday’s great Chelmsford double, Varsovian and Angel Of The South look to keep up the good work at Wolverhampton tonight in the 6.15 and 7.15 respectively. The former is running in a 6f seller and has a good chance a the weights under Robert Winston and from an okay draw in six. At around… Read more »
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MIMRAM AND ELJADDAAF IN ANOTHER STABLE DOUBLE
MIMRAM broke her duck while Eljaddaaf won his eighth career race as the two combined for another stable double earlier today at Lingfield at the rewarding odds of 56/1. Both horses were ridden by the yard’s principal rider, Robert Winston. Three-year-old filly Mimram, who was having just her sixth career start and who was stepping up to a… Read more »
