NewsBank (Weekender)
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Dual-purpose yard well set to continue flying start to year
AFTER a flying start to 2024, Brian Ellison is ideally placed for a crucial time of the year for his dual-purpose team.
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Sagaro next for Trueshan
I HAVE had to change plans for Trueshan, who had been due to have his first run of the season in next Wednesday's Barry Hills Further Flight Stakes at Nottingham, as he has in the last two years.
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Step up in trip looks sure to suit Siempre
ITV are broadcasting all six races at Newcastle, while four races from Lingfield will also be shown, starting with the apprentice handicap.
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World Cup night to be big in Japan again
RACING professionals in the UAE must be beginning to feel like the home team after Cheltenham. The Brits have to deal with the Irish, they have the Japanese.
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In-form Alex can follow up Chepstow success
Wednesday Goonhilly 4.00 Wincanton, 1m7f maiden hurdle Goonhilly is still a maiden after two bumper runs and six attempts over hurdles, but this looks like a good opportunity for him to finally get off the mark.
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Duke Of Oxford to strike in Marathon
EASTER eggs seem smaller this year, and much more expensive.
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Fantastic Fidux provides Palmer with a first winner
IT IS very easy to nominate a highlight of last week: Fidux's win under Oscar Palmer in the veterans' chase at Newbury on Saturday was enormously pleasing.
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Live on the box
WEDNESDAY
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Ellison the Marathon man with Operator set for smooth victory
Newcastle Marathon 1.53 Newcastle, 2m½f All-Weather Championships finals day has a new look this year with all the main races at Gosforth Park now handicaps rather than conditions contests. That means each race will be more competitive, so expect winners to be tougher to come by.
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Pacey Mill can return to form for Dartnell
PREMIER racing heads to Plumpton on Easter Sunday where Aurigny Mill can be resurrected back to form in the BetGoodwin Sussex Champion Hurdle Handicap Hurdle for trainer Victor Dartnall.
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Best-fresh Gweedore can land the hat-trick
THE Virgin Bet Silver Arrow Handicap (2.25) at Musselburgh on Saturday has gone to Gweedore for the last two years, and he has a good chance to make it a hat-trick.
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Money talks and competing with Mullins is no easy task
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From A to Z: the highs and lows dissected after jumping's biggest week
Ais for Awesome. Ballyburn justified all the hype without a care in the world. He has speed, he has stamina, he has frightening potential. He could be another Constitution Hill. He could be another Galopin Des Champs. Could he be another Dawn Run? It's good to get giddy.
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GOODBYE WINTER
The turf Flat season returns at Doncaster on Saturday Handicap
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Gerri Colombe rates biggest threat to Galopin hat-trick
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Inside this week's brilliant Weekender
The features that get everyone talking
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Mullins out in front again but Skelton in hot pursuit
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Robyn back in the zone for Chepstow victory bid
Wednesday Excelero 2.30 Market Rasen, 2m½f juvenile hurdle Excelero has shown solid form in two hurdling defeats and can strike at the third attempt over timber.
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Another happy ending looks on the cards for Stellar Story
IKNOW the dust has barely settled on the 2024 Cheltenham Festival, but I love looking for an angle or two for some multiple bets the following year.
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33-1 All The Glory can spring a mares' shock
THE rest of the Doncaster card does not look particularly appealing from a punting point of view, so it's back to the jumps for the remainder of the ante-post plays.
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Thunder Ball can blast to Lincoln win for the Coles
Experience remains key The Lincoln is no race for the faint-hearted and it usually pays to side with contenders aware of what's coming.
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Mystical Elegance a likely type for Brocklesby strike
EBF Brocklesby Stakes The Brocklesby at Doncaster is a signifier of the start of the British Flat turf season - and with it all eyes will be on this year's first-season sires.
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ALAN'S WEEK
HIGHLIGHT ... Some great racing at Cheltenham. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the Gold Cup.
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Valuable Musselbugh race in mind for HMS President
I WON'T have any runners at the Lincoln meeting which kicks off the Flat turf season at Doncaster this weekend but I am eyeing the £100,000 Virgin Bet Queen's Cup at Musselburgh the following Saturday. HMS President will go there and Tritonic will join him if he's ready after his winter break.
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Plenty to relish for father and son even after Princess loss
WHAT do you do if you have lost the horse of a lifetime? Carry on and try to find another - that is what they are aiming to do at the Quinns' two yards at Malton in North Yorkshire.
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Joker De Mai fancied to have the last laugh
THERE is nothing funny about Joker De Mai's chance at Newbury in the Bet In-Play On Racing With BetVictor Novices' Handicap Hurdle on Saturday.
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Saturday Rest of ITV
2.10 Newbury Bet In-Play On Racing With BetVictor Novices' Handicap Hurdle, 2m3f
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Awaal set to go one better than last season
AWAAL is fancied to go one better than last year when he has another shot at the traditional curtain-raiser to the Flat turf season, the Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster on Saturday.
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Saturday Uttoxeter
3.00 Uttoxeter bet365 Midlands Grand National Handicap Chase, 4m2f
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Paisley 16-1 but still a favourite
IF YOU'RE a fan of Paisley Park - and who isn't? - get yourself to Cheltenham on Thursday. He might be a 16-1 chance for the Stayers' Hurdle but who cares about that?