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Goodwood – Place 6 preview | 26th August
13.30 – British EBF 40th Anniversary Fillies’ Restricted Novice Stakes – 6f BETTIES BAY opened her account at the third time of asking at Newbury last month and the form has worked out well since, especially by the third placed horse, who won at this meeting earlier in the week.
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Leicester – Place 6 preview | 23rd August
17.30 – Leicester Racecourse Ideal Self-Hire Wedding Venue Nursery – 7f SALSA DANCER has displayed promise in each of his four starts without success and kept on well from the rear of the field to take fifth at Kempton last time.
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Sterling is back to his best under Pochettino
If the 1-1 draw against Liverpool on opening weekend of the new Premier League season was a tentative step forward for Chelsea, Sunday’s 3-1 defeat at the hands of West Ham was certainly a step backwards again.
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Pape Matar Sarr has a bright future
The Ange Postecoglou era has well and truly started at Tottenham Hotspur. While Spurs were far from perfect against Manchester United on Saturday, there was enough in their performance to suggest the Australian’s ideas and methods are starting to take root.
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Newton Abbot Place 6 preview | 22nd August
14.30 – newtonabbotracing.com Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase – 2m VALENTINO DANCER has course-winning form at this course and hit the crossbar on his chase debut at Southwell. The winner is unbeaten over fences, so he lost nothing in defeat, and has strong claims off the same mark.
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Neymar’s PSG transfer could go down as one of the worst ever
It is understandable that Neymar’s transfer from Paris Saint-Germain to Al-Hilal is being viewed as a watershed moment in the Saudi Arabian football project. Signing a player of such calibre, still very much at the height of his game aged 31, would appear ominous for the rest of football, as the Saudi Pro League continues its charge to rival Europe as the best place to watch and play football across the globe.
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Bangor Place 6 preview | 21st August
16.30 – Family Fun Evening Novices’ Hurdle – 2m3f THE GALAHAD KID won both bumper starts last summer and although he was turned over on his hurdles debut when second, he went one better next time.
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Perth Place 6 preview | 19th August
14.15 – Defender Blair Castle Horse Trials Maiden Hurdle – 2m Olivers Travels won both his bumpers impressively and could take some beating here but I’ll pin my hopes on HAREL DU MARAIS hitting the frame and hope the favourite underperforms.
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Maguire would be a much better fit at West Ham
Harry Maguire’s Manchester United career ultimately became a pantomime. This was evident throughout pre-season when the 30-year-old was frequently booed and jeered by his own supporters. Every mistake made by Maguire added to the evidence that doesn’t have the skill set to play for Erik Ten Hag’s team.
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Salisbury Place 6 preview | 16th August
13.45 – Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai Apprentice Handicap – 6f From a pound lower mark in this lower grade, she’s shortlist material. TWILIGHT DANCER is on the same mark as when third at Epsom and could resume winning ways after winning at the same course two starts ago.
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