THE fifth and final day of what has been a fabulous Royal Ascot begins with an intriguing contest for leading jockey. Joseph O’Brien, James Doyle and Johnny Murtagh all have three winners apiece while Ryan Moore is on two winners. The current betting has O’Brien at a top priced even money, Moore at 5/2, Murtagh… Read more »
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ROYAL ASCOT DAY FOUR – CAN THE SCRIPT GET ANY BETTER?
HISTORY was made today as Her Majesty The Queen became the first reigning monarch to win the Ascot Gold Cup when 4yo Estimate lived up to her stamina laden pedigree and won the gruelling two and half mile contest by a neck from Simenon. Surely Royal Ascot had never seen such exuberant, jubilant scenes as… Read more »
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ROYAL ASCOT DAY THREE – HATS OFF TO THE QUEEN?
THE QUEEN has two fancied runners tomorrow on Ladies’ Day with Estimate carrying her colours in the Gold Cup and Bold Sniper representing her in the King George V Handicap. Both are trained by Sir Michael Stoute and ridden by Ryan Moore. The former is vying for favouritism and would be making it back to back… Read more »
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ROYAL ASCOT DAY TWO – CAN CAMELOT OVERCOME COLIC?
THE mighty Camelot makes his Royal Ascot debut tomorrow in the feature race, the Prince Of Wales’ Stakes, having lost three of his last four starts. Will last year’s aspiring but eventually failing Triple Crown winner repay connections’ faith in their potential superstar son of Galileo? There is no doubting the British do pageants such… Read more »
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ROYAL ASCOT DAY ONE – A DAY FOR THE WILDLIFE?
ROYAL ASCOT, unquestionably the greatest flat meeting in the world kicks off later today with three Group Ones and for the first time ever a Kentucky Derby winner is gracing the hallowed turf of the royal Berkshire track. Animal Kingdom is a red hot favourite in the traditional curtain raiser, the Queen Anne Stakes, a… Read more »
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CHILTERN SECRET IN WARM WINDSOR MAIDEN
CHILTERN SECRET, owned by Solario Racing (Latimer) runs tonight at Windsor in a 1m2f maiden and the 8.35 would appear to be a warm contest. She ran over a mile at the track four weeks ago and was staying on at the end prompting jockey Martin Lane to suggest stepping her up in distance. While… Read more »
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RED COSSACK EDGES NEARER TO RACECOURSE DEBUT
RED COSSACK has settled in really well at Cropredy Lawn and the bulletins being issued from Paul are very encouraging. His owners at his recent Naming Day were delighted with how he shaped on the gallops when he went nicely with Rajnagan, winner on the flat and over hurdles and fences. The vibes from Cropredy… Read more »
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REBELLION OVER! DEMOCRACY RULES WITH RED COSSACK!
RED COSSACK rules the roost! The Solario Racing (Banbury) Owners met today at Cropredy Lawn for the Naming Day of their Rebellion 2yo and the democratically chosen name was Red Cossack. Its Bolshevik connotations were not lost on the duly assembled gathering. The morning started with the owners seeing their pride and joy doing two… Read more »
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“REBEL’S” CANTER PLEASES WEBBER
THE Rebellion 2yo, affectionately known for the time being as “Rebel” did his first canter today since arriving at Cropredy Lawn and very much pleased his trainer, Paul Webber. The horse arrived two weeks ago but en route had his shins freeze-fired as he had been suffering from sore shins, very common among two-year-olds. He… Read more »
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REBELLION NAMING DAY – THURSDAY 30 MAY
THE very exciting two-year-old by Rebellion is now with Paul Webber and we have fixed his Naming Day – Thursday 30 May. His existing owners are putting names forward and the Solario Racing voting procedure will soon begin. The winning name will be announced at Cropredy Lawn on 30 May, after which we will all… Read more »
