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News last Updated at: 14:58 on 09/02/2010
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Eight oppose Denman in Aon
Denman will face a maximum of eight rivals when Tony McCoy partners the 2008 Gold Cup hero for the first time in the Aon Chase at Newbury on Saturday. The 10-year-old is unbeaten in five races at the Berkshire track, including the Hennessy under top weight last November, and he took this race the month before his finest hour at Cheltenham. Paul Nicholls has also put in Tricky Trickster, while Charlie Mann has entered his stable star Air Force One...read more
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Master dominates Spirit field
Master Minded looks like having only a couple of serious rivals on his return to the racecourse in Saturday's totepool Game Spirit Chase at Newbury. The winner of the Queen Mother Champion Chase for the last two years is one of eight entries for the two-mile-one-furlong event, which was re-opened. He could take on Voy Por Ustedes, whom he beat in the 2008 Game Spirit, and Mahogany Blaze, who was second to Well Chief at Cheltenham in November when...read more
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Pipe primes two for Trophy
David Pipe intends saddling leading fancies Ronaldo Des Mottes and Mamlook for the totesport Trophy at Newbury on Saturday. Ronaldo Des Mottes won a Kempton handicap on his last run over Christmas, while Mamlook took a Grade Two prize at Ascot last month. A decision on a third contender, Mutual Friend, will be made later in the week. "Ronaldo des Mottes and Mamlook are both in good form. They came out of their last races very well and this has al...read more
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Tricky task at weights for Harry
Gary Moore is unsure whether Harry Tricker, one of the leading fancies for Saturday's totesport Trophy at Newbury, can overcome his steep rise in the weights. The six-year-old won a Sandown handicap off 121 in November before running a cracker behind Champion Hurdle fancy Khyber Kim in the Greatwood...read more
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Murphy thrilled with King
Kalahari King, who is as short as 5-1 for the Queen Mother Champion Chase following his smooth success at Doncaster on Saturday, has taken his exertions well according to trainer Ferdy Murphy. The former top novice slammed Oiseau De Nuit by three and a quarter lengths in the Blue Square Handicap Cha...read more
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McCoy hoping for Bino progress
Tony McCoy has reiterated his belief that Binocular has to improve to be a serious contender in next month's Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle. The JP McManus-owned gelding was a close third to Punjabi and Celestial Halo in the Cheltenham showpiece last March, but has yet to run anywhere near that level...read more
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Kelso 'perfect' for Zaynar
Nicky Henderson has described the Victor Chandler Morebattle Hurdle at Kelso on February 18 as the ideal stepping stone to Cheltenham for Zaynar. The grey is unbeaten in five starts in Britain, including last year's Triumph Hurdle, and has won convincingly on two occasions this season. He is disputi...read more
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Taz to be kept busy
Keith Reveley will scour the programme book to see if he can find a suitable opportunity for Tazbar before a possible tilt at the RSA Chase at Cheltenham. The eight-year-old made it three wins from four starts over fences when beating Bedlam Boy by 14 lengths at Doncaster on Saturday over two miles ...read more
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Don't rule out Hernando - Botti
Marco Botti believes Gitano Hernando should not be discounted from the reckoning in the Dubai World Cup. Kieren Fallon has been the making of the Italian-born trainer's colt, winning on him at Wolverhampton and then in the Goodwood Stakes, a Grade One event at Santa Anita last October. "Gitano Herna...read more
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Carlisle to check
Carlisle have been forced to call an 8am precautionary inspection ahead of tomorrow's meeting due to the threat of frost. The temperatures overnight are due to drop to around minus 3C, though daytime temperatures are forecast to be well above freezing. As a precaution the take-offs, landings and cro...read more
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