All posts tagged "Windsor"
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 week ago‘LIGHT BRIGADE IN BLACK OUT’: Rolf Johnson fears tax protest has merely added to muddle in funding fight
RACING’S Light Brigade – but is anybody in charge? Unity against tax rises on betting is all very well. But the...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 week agoSAFETY FIRST: Richard Eagle clocks spills as well as thrills as he tours tracks and yards
Rushing down to Windsor for one of their last evening meetings I knew I might miss the first race …. I...
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Picks from the Paddock
/ 1 week agoIT’S ISE UP FOR HAGGAS FILLY: Andy Ayres picks up the pieces when track action is cooling down
KEMPTON August 20 (standard to slow) 1m3f219y novice (Class 4) Impressive winner FINALISE (William Haggas) must be the tallest filly in...
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Racing Festivals
/ 2 weeks agoAyr Gold Cup Festival 2025: Ayr Gold Cup analysis and preview
One of Europe’s most valuable sprint handicaps will take place this weekend, as the 2025 Ayr Gold Cup Festival gets underway.
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoThunder’s Rumbling: Andy Ayres shares his pick of the month’s eyecatchers with More to come
Publish, Oxagon and Saratoga Gold are all nicely poised to challenge for top prizes in coming weeks as we pick over...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoMorris looks major player: Ben Morgan shares his top 10 horses to follow in coming weeks’ racing
MORRIS DANCER - This 2yo is really growing on me. A positive debut run over an inadequate 6f was followed by...
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Talking Two-Year-Olds
/ 1 month agoTrue Love in a power cut: Ian Heitman sees Murray and Egan rise from Ballydoyle’s Phoenix misery
The intended clash between two of Aidan O’Brien’s Royal Ascot winners - Gstaad, winner of the Coventry Stakes, and True Love,...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoGallops back into the fray: Richard Eagle keeps eyes and ears pricked in the vales and over the downs
In the second half of the 19th century the small Hampshire settlement of Danebury, boasted racing yards and a racecourse that...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoNew life out of fast lane: Dunstall Park boss Chris Black tells of joys of homing retired greyhounds
Britain's first new dog racing stadium in a decade is due to launch this month with a flurry of track action...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 months agoDOODLING COMES INTO THE PICTURE…
...But Andy Ayres reckons Headmaster can go top of his class for Haggas NEWBURY June 24 (good to firm) 6f two-year-old...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 months agoSCALES WEIGHTED AGAINST THE FUN
Rolf Johnson lashes politicos and officials for misuse of regulatory whip THINGS are getting serious – time for a little levity:...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 months agoW1NDSOR KNOT: Richard Eagle gets knocked back, but he’s up again and so is Olivia Jane
You can never get all you seek in life. Another attempt to gain the seemingly impossible ended in failure at a...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 months agoAPPLE BLOSSOMS IN HQ’S JULY SUN: Ian Heitman sees Crimson Rose lead charge for Charlie’s young stars
Royal Ascot was a disappointing meeting for leading trainer Charlie Appleby whose only winner from 12 runners came courtesy of his...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoBen Morgan: Ten horses to follow this Summer as Lurking Boy is set to pounce
Ben Morgan picks out ten to follow through the coming weeks Eve’s Boy What seems to be a typical ‘Paul Mulrennan’...
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Picks from the Paddock
/ 3 months agoFRENCH LESSON: Andy Ayres sees more to come after Gosdens’ Royal meeting Master class
GOODWOOD May 24 (good) 1m6f handicap (Class 2) Messy race DANCING IN PARIS (Ian Williams) looked in the pink and travelled...
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Racing Ahead
/ 3 months agoSkipped me back: Robert and Nina Bailey looking Glamorous
Robert and Nina Bailey, two of Chris Mason’s primary owners have also enjoyed some home-bred success with eight-time winner GLAMOROUS BREEZE,...
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Racing Festivals
/ 4 months agoWesley Ward absent from Royal Ascot for first time in over ten years
For the first time in well over a decade, Wesley Ward will not saddle a runner at Royal Ascot, with his...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 months agoCharlie’s Speech should be noted
Andy Ayres scans the paddocks for hot prospects poised to hit top form Haatem ridden by jockey Sean Levey winning at...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 months agoSTEADFAST ON DOWNS
Richard Eagle with galloping tales from Epsom and Lambourn yards Operatic Society (l), with Lester Piggott When walking around the Downs...
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoBeach weather cools the cash: Simon Nott’s tales from the Bookies’ side of the counter
Simon Nott shares more of his tales from the other side of the counter As always it was a joy to...
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Racing Ahead
/ 5 months ago‘DO NOT GEt ME STARTED!’
Rolf Johnson leaps into the jumps riddle of the false starts that seem never-ending Confusion at the start of the 2007...
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Grand National
/ 6 months agoGrand National 2025: Caldwell Potter jumps for fun on way to Mildmay victory
For exclusive stories and all the detailed Racing news you need, subscribe to the Racing Ahead website, digital edition, or magazine from as...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 6 months agoTelly puts bins in bin: Rolf Johnson sees Festival skip to Eurovision – other things don’t change
Cheltenham runners invariably knock your eye out – as the Festival mutates from Olympics to Eurovision. Cheltenham’s all singing and dancing...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 7 months agoA Morning Well Spent At The Paul Nicholls Yard ahead of Cheltenham Festival
By Sean Trivass Even an hour of more sat in the car park better known as the M25 this morning didn’t...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 7 months agoDan Skelton’s Cheltenham Festival Fancies
By Sean Trivass In what has become part two of my stable tours before the Cheltenham Festival, I got up at...
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Racing Ahead News
/ 7 months agoStar Sports to name race after Barry Dennis on sponsored Fontwell card
Star Sports will name one of the races on their sponsored card at Fontwell on Sunday after Barry Dennis, honouring the legendary...
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Tips
/ 7 months agoBen Morgan’s Racing Tips for Kempton and Newcastle – Power to the Punters
Kempton stage is set for Derham masterplan The opening handicap hurdle at Kempton on Saturday is a fine way to kick...
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News
/ 7 months agoCheltenham Festival Day Three Tips: Fact to File to fly in Ryanair Chase
Ben Morgan picks out his Day 3 forecasts Mares Novice Hurdle A race for the bookies in recent seasons and I...
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Featured
/ 7 months agoAndy Ayres’ Paddock Picks: Paddy’s got a future
Andy Ayres offers his pick from the paddocks, coiled and ready to spring in the near future, including Derryhassen Paddy for...
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Racing Ahead
/ 7 months agoJack Jones ready to think big with Chestnut Tree Stables
Xander Brett meets Jack Jones, new owner of Chestnut Tree Stables Jack Jones, 29, is a young trainer with bold ambitions....