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CHARLIE ON TRACK AND ON THE BALL: Nick Townsend talks to rugby-playing saddle star Charlie Johnston
So, what’s a leading young trainer to do on Grand National Saturday, a day when the stable has no Flat runners.
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/ 1 month agoSARA BRADSTOCK: RACING’S HEART OF OAKS – Nick Townsend talks to the trainer about loving memory and hope
Nick Townsend talks to Sara Bradstock about loving memory and hope In over three decades, Sara Bradstock’s compact yard, adjacent to St Michael and All Angels Church in...
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/ 2 months agoBEN’S JUKEBOX HIT FOR HARRY: Nick Townsend talks Gold Cup hopes to King George winner Ben Jones
Stride into Kempton Park on a quiet Monday of relatively modest racing fare, and you can’t help but contrast the atmosphere with the tumult here just over five...
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/ 3 months agoJAMIE MARCHES ON TOP TARGETS: Nick Townsend gets down to earth with high-flying Jamie Snowden
Nick Townsend gets down to earth with high-flying trainer Jamie Snowden You can’t help but contemplate, as you head down into Lambourn, past the yards of racing luminaries,...
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/ 6 months agoODDS AND ENDS: Alan Hurndall reveals more about the edgy young life that got him started
In a second instalment of his memoirs, journalist Alan Hurndall tells more about the tough life in 1960s South London and then the ‘sliding door’ moment that changed...
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/ 6 months agoJOHN SHINES ON FOR LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT: Nick Townsend talks to irrepressible saddle legend John Francome
By any estimation, John Francombe boasts an extraordinary body of work: a seven-times champion national hunt jockey; for 27 years a broadcaster with Channel 4 Racing; and an...
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/ 7 months agoSTREETWISE TO TRACK SAVVY: Alan Hurndall recalls dark days and joy in the 1960s betting world
Author and journalist Alan Hurndall grew up in a shadowy world of wheeling, dealing and street punting, loving his trips to the track. Thanks to our pals at...
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/ 8 months agoShoe Keeps on his Toes: Super tough Kieran Shoemark winning through the setbacks
Nick Townsend finds super-tough Kieran Shoemark winning through the set-backs When the mercurial career of Kieran Shoemark comes to be chronicled as a memoir – as no doubt...
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/ 1 year agoHARRY DERHAM: I’ll play my Joker at Aintree
Jumps trainer Harry Derham spoke exclusively to online tips centre OLBG with plans in place to target the Foxhunters at Aintree.
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/ 1 year agoBen Jones: Rising Welsh star keeps his eye on the ball
Nick Townsend talks to Ben Jones, a rising star on the jumps scene and proud Welshman with a sporting background.
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/ 1 year agoJonjo Jr targets Challow with Mister Meggit
Jonjo O'Neill Jr eyes Newbury races as the next destination for Mister Meggit and Roadlesstravelled
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/ 1 year agoNICO DE BOINVILLE: Racing must move with the times
Nick Townsend talks to Nico de Boinville about life in the saddle and riding top horses
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/ 2 years agoIT’S COMING HOME FOR ED
Nick Townsend talks to Ed Walker, loving life in his beloved Lambourn Ed Walker Drive through Upper Lambourn’s twists and turns into Maddle Road on any morning and...
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/ 2 years agoNO REGRETS, NO SECRETS – AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
Nick Townsend talks to jockey Kieran Shoemark about his winning battles on the track and off it… When Kieran Shoemark – invariably measured in his pronouncements – reflects...
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/ 2 years agoFANNING IS STILL JOE-ING STRONG
Nick Townsend meets a veteran jockey not yet ready for his final finish line Here is a question Clive Myrie could pose on Mastermind and receive a ‘pass’...
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/ 2 years agoIT’S HARRY IN A HURRY
BIG INTERVIEW Nick Townsend talks to a young trainer who learned from the best and is already making his mark Harry Derham’s tone appears decidedly sanguine as we...
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/ 2 years agoSNOWDEN IS FAST BECOMING TRAINING ROYALTY
Nick Townsend speaks to a handler who has enjoyed success in and out of the saddle It was, by any estimation, a “surreal” moment in Jamie Snowden’s 44...
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/ 3 years agoTHE OTHER RETIRING CHAMP
Nick Townsend talks to dual champion jockey Paul Hanagan who has come a long way from his Warrington roots It was as he strode the course at the...
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/ 3 years agoEasterby closes in on another century
Nick Townsend meets a trainer with a name that’s synonymous with horseracing in Yorkshire Being a scion of a distinguished racing name can have its advantages but with...
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/ 3 years agoJoker Dwyer is still smiling
BIG INTERVIEW Rolf Johnson, formerly The Scout of the Daily Express, speaks to a jockey who has reluctantly hung up his boots It’s a stereotype. They say Liver-pudlians,...
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/ 3 years agoCharlie’s in charge
BIG INTERVIEW Nick Townsend talks to a trainer who is fast making a name for himself Maybe he has not spent quite as many years as his Royal...
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/ 3 years agoJOURNEYMAN JOCKEY TO THE DIZZY HEIGHTS
Nick Townsend follows Neil Mulholland’s plight to the top Whether it was in his dozen years as a jockey, a further 14 seasons training at his 100-strong stables,...
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/ 4 years agoAmy’s aiming high on the glory trail
Nick Townsend talks to a trainer fast heading for the top Amy Murphy It was somehow so timely that in July, the same month that trainers boycotted a...
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/ 4 years agoAMBITIOUS ALICE HAS ARRIVED IN A WONDERLAND
Nick Townsend talks to one of Britain’s newest yard owners, Alice Haynes For many, the timing would scarcely have been considered propitious. Without the advantage of being a...
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/ 4 years agoNOTHING LIKE A DAYAT THE RACES
John Anthony reviews Peter May’s latest racing blockbuster A Day At The Races by Peter May Hardback, £20 Published by Merlin Unwin Books PETER May will be a...
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/ 4 years agoI’M LIVING MY DREAM THANKS TO ONE BIG BET
Talking to Ben Keith, founder of Star Sports Ata time when the hoardings are going up outside closed betting shops in the high street, Star Sports are opening...
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/ 4 years agoTHE DUKE TAUGHT ME SO WELL
INTERVIEW Martin Keighley speaks to Martin Jenkins Name: Martin Keighley, pictured below Date of Birth: 12th June 1974 Birthplace: Dewsbury, West Yorkshire Twitter: @KeighleyTeam Website: www.martinkeighley.com How did...
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/ 5 years ago£3K WINNERS COUNT SAME AS SUPER STARS
Nick Townsend talks to star trainer Mark Johnston Subjectivist wins the Dubai Gold Cup A quiet May Monday in the racing calendar, but for Mark Johnston, there’s no...
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/ 5 years agoGOSDENS ARE FIRM FAVOURITES FOR SUCCESS
Nick Townsend talks to John Gosden about his new partnership with son Thady Lord North, ridden by Frankie Dettori, wins the Dubai Turf In late March, it required...
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/ 5 years agoHOBSON’S ‘DISASTER’ IS LORDING IT NOW!
Nick Townsend on the horse Richard Hobson says ‘will stay longer than the mother-in-law’ What’s a trainer to do when one of his charges is still seeking a...
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