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News last Updated at: 19:29 on 31/07/2010
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Harbinger in International mix
Brilliant King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Harbinger is poised to drop back in trip for a crack at the Juddmonte International at York next month. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained colt is officially rated the best in the world after his 11-length demolition of Cape Blanco at Ascot last weekend. While the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October remains the big objective for the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing-owned four-year-...read more
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Mighty Midday does Nassau double
Midday landed back-to-back runnings of the Blue Square Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood for Henry Cecil and Tom Queally. Always travelling powerfully not far off the pace, the filly looked to have the Group One event in the bag when Queally pressed the button with a quarter-mile to run. The 15-8 favourite shot clear of Stacelita but appeared to idle alarmingly in front, only to find plenty when the French raider ranged upsides again, going away...read more
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Dandy bags Stewards' Cup
Evens And Odds, runner-up to Genki in the Stewards' Cup 12 months ago, avenged that defeat and provided sprint king Dandy Nicholls with a third triumph in the race as he swooped to conquer in the bluesq.com-sponsored cavalry charge. The 20-1 winner put the icing on the cake of another terrific Glorious Goodwood for Nicholls, who had his customary strong quota with three of the 28 runners. But while Striking Spirit and Sonny Red failed to trouble ...read more
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Hughes doubles up to break record
Richard Hughes capped a truly glorious five days by landing a double on Pausanias and Eucharist to finish the Goodwood meeting with a record-breaking total of nine winners - all of them trained by Richard Hannon. He scooped the Racing UK-sponsored leading rider award after Eucharist won the nursery ...read more
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Moment earns step up
Critical Moment earned a crack at one of the big races at York next month when making virtually all and gamely holding Desert Myth in the bluesq.com 'For 5 Places In Stewards' Cup' Stakes at Glorious Goodwood. The 7-2 shot sweated profusely in the preliminaries and had to use up plenty of early fuel...read more
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Donny gloom for returning Arcano
One-time Classic contender Arcano was a major disappointment on his return to action at Doncaster. The Brian Meehan-trained colt, who went unbeaten through his juvenile campaign, in which his three triumphs included a victory over Canford Cliffs and Special Duty in the Prix Morny, had not been seen ...read more
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Berry shines with Express delivery
Fran Berry produced a riding masterclass to land the Low Low Handicap, the big race on the penultimate day of the Galway Festival, on Toufan Express. Sat coolly towards the rear for a long way in the seven-furlong event on the 9-1 chance, Berry still had more behind him than in front with a furlong ...read more
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Rumoush out of luck in France
Epsom Oaks fourth Rumoush finished a close-up third behind Zagora in the Prix de Psyche at Deauville. Dropped to Group Three company and 10 furlongs, the Marcus Tregoning-trained filly could not return to winning ways, with Mark Johnston's Bikini Babe doing best of the British raiding party in secon...read more
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Martyr set for Ebor raid
Martyr is reportedly bang on course for the totesport Ebor following his clear-cut victory at Goodwood on Tuesday. The five-year-old gelding, trained by Richard Hannon, landed a mile-and-three-quarter handicap that has proved a useful guide in recent years. Mephisto took the Goodwood prize in 2004 b...read more
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King George target for Pady
Connections of Forpadydeplasterer are keen to try the Queen Mother Champion Chase runner-up over three miles in the King George VI Chase at Kempton. The Boxing Day showpiece is likely to be the main first-half-of-the-season target for the eight-year-old, though trainer Tom Cooper has not ruled out a...read more
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