Stories By Brian Healy
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Racing
Cheltenham Festival 2021 early contenders
With the Cheltenham Showcase Meeting now behind us and really kicking the 2020/21 jumps season into life there were a number of taking performances across both of the days from both winners and losers.
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Racing
5 Newmarket eyecatchers to keep in mind
The latest of the big flat racing Festivals is now in the rear-view mirror as the season begins to wind down, but there was plenty to take out of the two-day Future Champions Festival meeting at Newmarket last weekend where we saw some excellent performances on both days including some potential Classic contenders.
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Racing
A look back on the career of Enable after her retirement
Monday delivered the news which most racing fans were expecting with the announcement that superstar mare Enable was entering retirement following her failed history-making attempt at a third Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe crown.
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Racing
Could Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe be the end for Enable?
Sunday at Longchamp developed into a tale of two girls, although racing fans didn’t get the result many had hoped for with Enable failing in her bid to become the first horse to win the coveted Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe crown for a third time ended in defeat.
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Racing
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winners | 5 of the best
One of the biggest horse races in the world takes place this Sunday and history could be made should superstar mare Enable win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for an unprecedented third time. But there have been many wondrous performances in this top-class French Group One race since its’ inception in 1920 with an enviable roll-call of winners, many of whom were household names.
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Racing
October horse racing schedule packed with quality
Horse racing fans are in for a real treat throughout the month of October, with the October horse racing schedule offering plenty of top-class action to look forward to both at home and internationally.
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Racing
Pat Smullen legacy will continue on and off the track
The horse racing world was rocked on Tuesday evening with the news that multiple Group One-winning jockey Pat Smullen had lost his battle with pancreatic cancer and passed away at just 43 years of age.
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Racing
St Leger Festival 2020 | 5 to watch
The St Leger Festival 2020 at Doncaster, the final Classic of a tough season for horse racing, takes place this week and a top-class four days’ racing action will unfold at Town Moor from Wednesday afternoon.
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Racing
York Ebor Festival 2020 | Five beaten runners to keep in mind
Following on from Glorious Goodwood, we have now seen the York Ebor Festival 2020 disappear into the rear-view mirror after another fantastic four days’ racing on the Knavesmire. As is usual, the festival threw up a lot of things to digest, perhaps notably the imperious performances of Ghaiyyath and Love who both surely booked their respective places in the upcoming Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe to take on the likes of Enable following wins in the Juddmonte International and Yorkshire Oaks respectively.
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Racing
Nunthorpe Stakes – Can anyone beat Battaash?
It is one of the highlights of the week during York’s Ebor Festival meeting and one of the fastest five furlongs races in the UK; the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes takes centre stage on the Knavesmire and returning champion Battaash seeks to retain the crown he won twelve months ago.
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Racing
Hollie Doyle and the rise of female jockeys
The rise of female jockeys began in 1972 when Meriel Tufnell became the first woman to ride a UK horse racing winner under Jockey Club rules, steering Scorched Earth to victory in a race at Kempton. Fast forward to 1977 when Charlotte Brew partnered Barony Fort in that year’s Grand National and then 1982 when Geraldine Rees rode Cheers to a gallant eighth place in the world’s most famous race, to become the first female rider to complete the course.
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