ROYAL DOLLAR is the latest name on the Solario Racing roll of honour after the Wootton Bassett filly was named today, via WhatsApp! We live in extraordinary times and that means adapting. Normally, there would have been a full-on Naming Day with a visit to the stables, a glass of Champagne to toast the new name,… Read more »
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NEWCASTLE HERALDS RESUMPTION OF RACING TOMORROW!
IT’S OFFICIAL – racing is back! After a 76-day absence, the resumption of racing kicks off with a ten-race card at Newcastle tomorrow, albeit behind closed doors. While some 369 horses were entered at the six-day stage on Tuesday and 120 horses were successfully declared at the new 72-hour stage on Friday, the Government did not officially sanction the… Read more »
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RACING TO RESUME AT NEWCASTLE ON JUNE 1ST
RACING is set to resume in the UK at Newcastle on Monday 1st June if the betting exchanges are an accurate guide. It is 4/11 that racing resumes on or before the first day of next month and if indeed Newcastle goes ahead, it will be the first race meeting in Britain in 76 days… Read more »
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STAFF ARE “POSITIVE AND READY TO CRACK ON”
SOPHIE RALSTON, the yard’s five pound claimer, revealed that the stable staff at Harper Lodge Farm are “positive and ready to crack on” when racing resumes, in an exclusive interview with me yesterday. She said on a personal level that she had coped with the lockdown well. “It’s like I’ve had a career break without… Read more »
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ROYAL ASCOT STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR JUNE 16 START
ROYAL ASCOT is currently still on schedule to begin as planned on Tuesday 16 June although behind closed doors and with some change to the order of races. Following the Government’s announcement that no sporting events would take place before 1st June, the BHA’s flat pattern committee revised its original schedule published on 1st May. So,… Read more »
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UK RACING MASSIVE ODDS ON TO RESUME IN JUNE
UK RACING looks a “certainty” to resume in June, if bookmakers’ odds are anything to go by with the exchanges going 1/7 that racing will resume before 1st July. There was quiet optimism that we could be back on the road maybe before 1st June but with the Prime Minister announcing that sporting events could… Read more »
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VIVA LA FRANCE! FRENCH RACING DEFINITELY ON!
RACING will definitely resume in France in two days time after a tense 24 hours negotiations between the French Government and France Galop. Most of the obstacles seemed to have been cleared for racing to go ahead behind closed doors when some objections were lodged to the Macron Government at the eleventh hour. There have… Read more »
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SOLARIO RACING’S SIMON DOUBLE STANDS FOR ROA BOARD
THE ROA board elections opened today and I am standing as one of 15 candidates for three places which are to be filled. The Racehorse Owners’ Association represents all racehorse owners in the country from single owners who have multiple horses in training to the smallest of share owners in a syndicate or club. We… Read more »
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PM WARNING BUT RACING PREPARES FOR RESUMPTION
PM Boris Johnson was back at the helm today and issued a firm reminder to the British public that the country still needs to be patient at a time of “maximum risk.” Meanwhile British racing is still pressing ahead behind the scenes with plans for a resumption of racing behind closed doors. Back at No.10 and speaking for… Read more »
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FRENCH RACING GETS GREEN LIGHT FOR MAY 11TH!
RACING in this country received some good news today when it was announced by France Galop last night that French racing is set to resume behind closed doors on Monday 11 May. Only a trainer, jockey and one stable groom will be permitted on the racecourse for each runner but it is a welcome resumption… Read more »
