LIBRISA BREEZE ran a personal best at Ascot on Champions Day and an inevitable rise in the handicap has led him to be rated 119, the highest ever rating for a Dean Ivory-trained horse. Most form students and pundits thought it would be around a half a stone increase and indeed it was exactly that with… Read more »
Posts By: Simon Double
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STORM MAY BE THE PICK OF SEVEN RUNNERS
AS the turf season draws to a close, the yard probably has its busiest day of the year today with seven runners at three different tracks. They are: Classic Charm, Incredible Dream and Nicky Baby in the 1.30, 3.30 and 5 o’clock at Yarmouth; Nezar in the 4.10 at Newcastle and at Kempton Dean runs… Read more »
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STRIKER GOES FOR BACK-TO-BACK WINS
IT’s rather a case of “after the Lord Mayor’s Show” today as Dean and the team send two to Windsor for a damp afternoon meeting, two days after the yard’s biggest win with Librisa Breeze at Ascot. Harlequin Striker aims to follow up his last time out win at Nottingham when lining up for the 3.10… Read more »
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LIBRISA’S GROUP ONE GIVES IVORY ANOTHER RECORD YEAR
LIBRISA BREEZE created history yesterday when winning the Champions Sprint as he gave Dean Ivory his first Group One success and ensured the Master of Harper Lodge Farm had another record season for the fifth year running. All the talk beforehand was of the rematch between Harry Angel and Caravaggio with the focus of attention also on the… Read more »
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LIBRISA BREEZE RETURNS TO FAVOURITE ASCOT
LIBRISA BREEZE, winner of two big 7f handicaps at Ascot last year as well as being second in the Royal Hunt Cup, returns to the Berkshire track today when lining up in a cracking Champions Sprint at 2pm. Harry Angel is a worthy short-priced favourite and is surely the one to beat while Caravaggio, reportedly… Read more »
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SPIRITS BACK OUT AGAIN
SOARING SPIRITS, who ran only yesterday is back out again today in the 4.40 at Brighton, a nine-runner 7f handicap. The eight times winner showed little on the all-weather at Lingfield yesterday, when he beat just one home but he likes it at Brighton, having won twice there last summer, including once over course and… Read more »
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WOTADOLL BIDS TO DEFY PENALTY
WOTADOLL, winner of a Brighton sprint last week, looks to defy a 6lb penalty today at Nottingham (5.15pm) and is 1lb well in as she has gone up 7lbs in the handicap. She failed to settle eight days ago but still won, so there could be more improvement to come and at 9/2 she looks… Read more »
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IVORY BANDWAGON ROLLS ON WITH 50/1 WINNER
VILLETTE surprised more than a few punters up and down the land yesterday when the Ivory filly won at 50/1 on just her fourth ever start. The 3yo filly won on her debut earlier in the year at Kempton at 20/1 and clearly she goes well fresh as her victory at Leicester yesterday was after a… Read more »
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HEARTS BRINGS THIRTY UP FOR DEAN IVORY
BLAZE OF HEARTS won his second race of the season this afternoon at Yarmouth, scene of his first victory, which brought up win number 30 for Dean Ivory. The 4yo son of Canford Cliffs was running over a mile, a furlong short of his August success and he was given a clever ride by John Egan. Making… Read more »
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CAPPANANTY CON WINSTON’S ONLY RIDE AT WINDSOR
CAPPANANTY CON is one of three Dean Ivory runners today but he is the only ride for Robert Winston at Windsor in the 4.20, a 6f handicap. The grey’s form is better on the all-weather but he ran well in a Classified at the course earlier in the year and would have an each-way squeak… Read more »
