CANTLOW is one of 11 J P McManus entries in this year’s Grand National and the Paul Webber trained 9yo son of Kayf Tara is an interesting 50/1 outsider. Nine year-olds have a good record in Aintree’s blue riband with recent previous winners of the same age including Mon Mome, Comply Or Die, Hedgehunter, Papillon… Read more »
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UNSTABLE WEATHER…BUT HAVE A STABLE VISIT!
WAVES continue to crash upon the now disused and defunct railway line at Dawlish Warren. The Royal Marines have been dispatched from Taunton to fill sandbags in the worst affected areas of Somerset. The country has apparently been battered by the biggest wave in history, a staggering 75ft “monster”, just hours before a huge Atlantic superstorm is due to… Read more »
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PAUL WEBBER HAS FOUR HORSES ENTERED AT FESTIVAL
PAUL WEBBER has four horses entered in early closing races at the Cheltenham Festival including old favourite Time For Rupert and the J P McManus-owned Cantlow. “Rupert” has two Group One entries, the Ryanair Chase on the Thursday and the Gold Cup on the Friday. The 10yo son of Flemensfirth was fifth in Cheltenham’s blue riband in… Read more »
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ANNIE POWERS TO CHELTENHAM…BUT WHICH RACE?
THE rain continues, more fixtures are being abandoned but time ticks on to the Cheltenham Festival which is just 44 days away and surely one of the highlights has to be the participation of the mare Annie Power. But which race will she contest? At Doncaster yesterday the 6yo unbeaten Shirocco mare bolted up in the… Read more »
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NICE WEATHER FOR DUCKS!
IS there no end to the wind and the rain? We may not have had a white Christmas but we certainly had our share of bad weather at the end of 2013. The Met Office said of last month: “This was the windiest December in records from 1969 and one of the windiest calendar… Read more »
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TOAST OF NEW YORK RATED 102
TOAST OF NEW YORK, a 3yo by Thewayyouare is officially rated 102. Trained by Jamie Osborne, he won two of his four starts as a 2yo in convincing fashion by 12 and 16 lengths over nine and seven furlongs respectively. On the back of his second victory, he was rated 102 by the handicapper and… Read more »
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
SO the calendar racing year began in Britain on January 1st with Big Society winning the 12.25 at Exeter, a novice hurdle under jockey Paddy Brennan and ended today with Call Me Vic winning the 3.50 at Warwick, a National Hunt bumper, in some style by nine lengths with Aodhagan Conlon on board. A P McCoy… Read more »
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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM SOLARIO RACING
SOLARIO RACING wishes all our owners, both our trainers, Dean Ivory and Paul Webber and their staff and everyone connected with racing a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
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DEAN IVORY’S CHRISTMAS LUNCH A HUGE SUCCESS
DEAN IVORY and his wife Lesley hosted a fabulous Owners’ Christmas Lunch at Harper Lodge Farm yesterday. Some 70 owners and friends turned up late morning to see the horses in their stables and then they all adjourned to a marquee for drinks and a wonderful three-course buffet lunch. Live background music was provided by… Read more »
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SHARES GATHER PACE IN THEWAYYOUARE YEARLING
THEWAYYOUARE yearling, purchased by Solario Racing at Doncaster’s Premier Yearling Sales for £18,000 has attracted some northern attention of late and he has two new Nottinghamshire owners, who live not a million miles from Doncaster! They came down to see their new pride and joy at the stables yesterday, having attended the Solario Racing Owners’… Read more »
