Tag: Prestbury Park
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Selections for Cheltenham 2023 – Day 4
1.30: LOSSIEMOUTH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.10: PIED PIPER – EW – (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.50: FAVORI DU CHAMPDOU – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.30: GALLOPIN DES CHAMPS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: CHRISS DREAM – EW – (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: IMPERVIOUS (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 5.30: NO ORDINARY JOE – EW – (LUCA…
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Selections for Cheltenham 2023 – Day 3
1.30: MIGHTY POTTER (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.10: GOOD TIME JONNY – EW – (LIAM MCKENNA (5)/TONY MARTIN) 2.50: JANIDIL – EW – (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.30: BLAZING KHAL (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 4.10: HAUT EN COULEURS – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.50: FOXY GIRL – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.30: DUNBOYNE…
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The foreseen, the unexpected and the downright emotional
Less than 24 hours before the commencement of this year’s Cheltenham Festival, this corner had no problem admitting that, in some ways, not a sh** was given about the action at Prestbury Park. Mitigating such misgivings, though, was the hope that the sound of the Cheltenham roar at the start of the first race would…
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Selections for Cheltenham 2023 – Day 2
1.30: GOOD LAND (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (3)/BARRY CONNELL) 2.10: THE REAL WHACKER – EW – (SAM TWISTON-DAVIES/PADDY NEVILLE) 2.50: HMS SEAHORSE – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 3.30: ENERGUMENE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: GALVIN (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.50: EPSON DU HOUX – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.30: BETTER DAYS AHEAD – EW – (JAMIE…
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Selections for Cheltenham Day 1 2023
1.30: MARINE NATIONALE (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/BARRY CONNELL) 2.10: EL FABIOLO (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.50: THE BIG BREAKAWAY – EW – (BRENDAN POWELL/JOE TIZZARD) 3.30: VAUBAN – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: BRANDY LOVE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.50: BAD – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/BEN PAULING) 5.30: MISTER COFFEY – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/NICKY HENDERSON)
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Kennedy a major Festival doubt
Jack Kennedy has emerged as a serious doubt for this year’s Cheltenham Festival having sustained a significant leg injury following a fall from Top Bandit in a novice chase at Naas on Sunday. Gordon Elliott trains Top Bandit and he said the jockey faces being sidelined for the “Foreseeable future” owing to what is by…
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Over the last couple of years I have written and published two books – “Heroics And Heartache” and ” Rolling Down Memory Lane”. Details about both and how you can purchase them are contained within.
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Too much of a good thing devalues it
There are people, and you can count yours truly firmly among them, who, from the moment the Martin Pipe Hurdle is concluded, begin the countdown to the following season’s incarnation of the Cheltenham Festival. That will probably and hopefully eternally be the case. Forget about the trainers and jockeys and even the owners for a…
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CHELTENHAM 2022 – THE FINAL FLING
JCB TRIUMPH HURDLE FIL DOR* First to stake his claim in this division, rattling off a hat-trick between October and Christmas. Trainer has a notable record in the race Ground versatile But has 3 lengths to make up on likely Fav. PIED PIPER* Finished half a length up on Vauban on first start for both …
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CHELTENHAM 2022 – Day 2
Firstly ladies and gentlemen, my profuse apologies, due to technology being a complete pain in the backside, I am unable to bring you a video preview but I hope the below will suffice. Hopefully, also, some of ye made a few bob today on BRAZIL, 10/1, BLUE LORD (3RD, 13/2 when advised) and the incomparable…