Posted by Cliff at Mar 30th, 2010 in Racing News
With his alleged bout of violent conduct against former champion jockey Kieren Fallon, it appears that owner David Reynolds has to pay a fine of 10,000 pounds and a disqualification from racing of three months.
Reynolds had allegedly assaulted Fallon after the Sportingbet Support Heros ‘Super 7’ Handicap at Lingfield on March 20th. The row took […]
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Posted by Cliff at Mar 18th, 2010 in Cheltenham, Racing News
Keeping our fingers crossed really worked wonders for Nicky Henderson’s Binocular, who not only passed his crucial test on Friday last, but also took part and won the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle!
Thanks to his holiday in Ireland, and the work of vet John Halley, back specialist Mary Bromiley and others, Binocular managed to recover from […]
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Posted by Cliff at Mar 12th, 2010 in Cheltenham, Racing News
Sam Thomas, who was to ride Tricky Trickster and Tell Massini at next week’s Cheltenham Festival, suffered a fall on the gallops at Paul Nicholls’ yard on Thursday morning.
With the fall, he suffers from a cracked vertebra and will not be able to run at the festival. Though his injuries will heal tith time, he […]
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Posted by Cliff at Mar 5th, 2010 in Cheltenham, Racing News
Kalahari King seems to be working hard for the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase. In fact, to add some variety in his normal regime, trainer Ferdy Murphy twice took the gelding to the beach where he paddled in the water, rolled on the beach and looked around, similar to what Red Rum used to […]
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