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News last Updated at: 12:55 on 25/05/2013
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Banoffee added to Oaks field
Hughie Morrison's Banoffee has been formally supplemented for next Friday's Investec Oaks at Epsom. Her owners had been widely expected to come up with the £30,000 required to add the daughter of Hurricane Run to the field, having won both her starts so far. She started off in a maiden at Newbury in mid-April and successfully stepped up in class when coming with a late finish in the Cheshire Oaks. A general 8-1 chance, she is one of 12 confirmed ...read more
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Maarek thwarted by stone bruise
Maarek could head straight to Royal Ascot after he was taken out of the Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday. The Group Two-winning sprinter has been sidelined by a stone bruise. David Nagle's inmate will now come under consideration for the Prix du Gros-Chene at Chantilly next Sunday, but is more likely to be preserved for the Royal meeting, where he has entries in the King's Stand Stakes and the Diamond Jubilee Stakes...read more
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Bittar hopes for Dettori resolution
British Horseracing Authority chief executive Paul Bittar is hopeful jockey Frankie Dettori can be given the go-ahead to return to action before next weekend's Investec Derby meeting at Epsom. French racing authority France Galop banned Dettori, 42, for six months after he tested positive for cocaine at Longchamp last September, with his suspension reciprocated by the BHA. The Italian had this week been due to make his comeback, but Dettori remai...read more
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Hills: Curragh just ideal for Judge
Trainer Charlie Hills believes Just The Judge will be suited by the track at the Curragh as the filly has her second chance at Classic glory in the Etihad Airways Irish 1,000 Guineas on Sunday. The Qatar Racing-owned three-year-old went within just half a length of giving the Lambourn handler his fi...read more
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Viz firing ahead of Guineas test
Eddie Lynam reports Viztoria to be ready for her Classic appointment in the Etihad Airways Irish 1,000 Guineas on Sunday. The daughter of Oratorio defeated Snow Queen by seven and a half lengths at the Curragh in September before finishing second in a Group Two at Maisons-Laffitte, and has already s...read more
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Camelot raring to go in Cup clash
Joseph O'Brien does not anticipate the small field posing any problems for Camelot in Sunday's Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh. The Aidan O'Brien-trained Camelot wrote his own name into Turf history last year by winning the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, the Derby and the Irish Derby and was only na...read more
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Oxx issues bright Cloud forecast
Trainer John Oxx expects the fast ground at the Curragh to suit Little White Cloud in the Airlie Stud Gallinule Stakes on Sunday. The Dalakhani colt outran his odds in the Derrinstown Derby Trial when a close third behind Battle Of Marengo and Loch Garman. "He ran well in the Derrinstown Derby Trial...read more
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Caponata out of Curragh heat
Caponata has been declared a non-runner for this afternoon's Abu Dhabi Stakes at the Curragh. The Dermot Weld-trained mare was prominent in the betting for the Group Three over a mile, but has been taken out of the race because she is in season. Caponata made a superb return to the track at Gowran i...read more
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O'Brien hoping for Guineas magic
Joseph O'Brien feels Magician heads into Saturday's Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh as a relatively unexposed horse - despite him lining up for what will be his sixth race in the Classic. Having only won one of his four starts at two, Magician turned up at Chester for the Dee Stakes r...read more
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Cox relishing reckless return
Clive Cox believes exciting young sprinter Reckless Abandon has a "real edge on him" as he prepares to strut his stuff in the Betfred Temple Stakes at Haydock on Saturday. The Lambourn trainer believes this Group Two dash over five furlongs is tailor-made for his speedster's seasonal debut ahead of ...read more
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