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• Racing Bulletin for 02/10/2024

  02-10-2024 08:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Latest News and Features Tix Picks, Wednesday 02/10/24 Mutasarref charts winning path in Navigation Stakes Japanese support growing ahead of Al Riffa’s Arc date O’Brien expects Los Angeles to shine in Arc test Economics and Charyn headline Champions Day fields James Doyle in line to partner Cadran contender Trueshan Champagne scorer Bay City Roller set […]
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• Racing Bulletin for 05/10/2024

  05-10-2024 08:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Latest News and Features Subsequent events delight Balding at Ascot Look De Vega aiming to strike Arc gold for Al Shaqab Menuisier Keane on Tamfana Chariot chance Anmaat in rude health as he bids for Prix Dollar repeat Yahagi convinced he has the horse to fulfil Arc dreams for Japan All systems go for City […]
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• Subsequent events delight Balding at Ascot

  04-10-2024 17:59 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Subsequent notched his fourth victory of the season when striking with ease in the BetMGM Noel Murless Stakes at Ascot. It may have taken Andrew Balding’s progressive three-year-old three starts to get off the mark, but since breaking his duck he has not looked back. Having scaled the handicap ratings and gone so close in […]
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• Look De Vega aiming to strike Arc gold for Al Shaqab

  04-10-2024 17:09 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Look De Vega will fly the flag for Al Shaqab Racing, as the owners seek to end their 10-year wait to reclaim the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe trophy. It was back in 2014 that Treve landed France’s most prestigious race for a second time in the colours of Sheikh Joaan’s racing empire. Since […]
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• Menuisier Keane on Tamfana Chariot chance

  04-10-2024 16:29 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  David Menuisier’s Tamfana will be ridden by a new jockey when she bids to edge out the Gosden-trained duo of Inspiral and Nashwa in Saturday’s Virgin Bet Sun Chariot Stakes. The three-year-old has held her own all season for owners Quantum Leap Racing, finishing fourth when beaten only a length in the 1000 Guineas and […]
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• Anmaat in rude health as he bids for Prix Dollar repeat

  04-10-2024 16:06 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Anmaat will attempt to continue his ParisLongchamp love affair when he tries to regain the Qatar Prix Dollar crown on Saturday. Owen Burrows’ six-year-old is unbeaten in two starts in the French capital and having won this prize two years ago, he also scooped Group One honours in the the Prix d’Ispahan in 2023. However, […]
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• Yahagi convinced he has the horse to fulfil Arc dreams for Japan

  04-10-2024 15:35 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Japanese challenger Shin Emperor will fulfil a long-term plan as he bids to emulate his brother Sottsass by winning Sunday’s Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at ParisLongchamp. Sottsass was victorious for Jean-Claude Rouget in 2020, and the following August trainer Yoshito Yahagi convinced owner Susumu Fujita to part with €2.1million to recruit his full-brother […]
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• All systems go for City Of Troy following Southwell

  04-10-2024 15:05 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Aidan O’Brien has been delighted with City Of Troy since his racecourse gallop at Southwell. The Derby, Eclipse and Juddmonte International winner enjoyed a well received away-day in Nottinghamshire, as O’Brien emulated the route he took ahead of Giant’s Causeway’s bid for immortality in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. The ‘Iron Horse’ came up just short […]
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• Sat TV Trends: 5th Oct 2024

  04-10-2024 15:00 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Here at Geegeez, we take you through the eight LIVE ITV3 races this Saturday at Ascot, Redcar and Newmarket from a trends angle. At Redcar, we've got the Two-Year-Old Trophy as their feature contest, while at Newmarket the Group One Royal Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes takes centre stage - as Inspiral looks to follow up […]
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• Al Aasy called on for another big effort

  04-10-2024 14:38 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The resurgent Al Aasy will head to Ascot on Saturday in search of his third victory of the season in the BetMGM Cumberland Lodge Stakes. A Group One competitor in his pomp, William Haggas’ seven-year-old was a beaten favourite in this Group Three event 12 months ago as Al Qareem took home the spoils. However, […]
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• Mickael Barzalona appointed number one rider for the Aga Khan

  04-10-2024 13:48 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Mickael Barzalona has been appointed as the retained jockey for the Aga Khan Studs in 2025. Barzalona, champion jockey in France in 2021, sprang to prominence when winning the Derby at Epsom in 2011 on Pour Moi for Andre Fabre. His partnership with Fabre in the intervening years has proved fruitful for both, with the […]
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• Lauren Keen-Hawkins moved to hospital in Gloucester

  02-10-2024 18:08 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Amateur jockey Lauren Keen-Hawkins has been moved to Gloucester Royal Hospital as her recovery continues. The 22-year-old sustained a serious head injury in a fall at Worcester early last month after partnering Kim Bailey’s Faerie Cutlass, who came down three flights from the finish in the concluding handicap hurdle. She was taken to the Queen […]
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• The Waco Kid could enter Lagardere equation

  02-10-2024 17:46 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Hugo Palmer is “weighing up” a quick return to action for The Waco Kid and supplementing for Sunday’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere following his recent Tattersalls Stakes victory at Newmarket. A consistent performer since stepping into stakes company, the tough son of Mehmas got his reward for some fine efforts in defeat when scooping Group Three […]
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• Big weekend beckons for David Menuisier

  02-10-2024 16:41 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  David Menuisier will unleash stable stars Sunway, Tamfana and Caius Chorister over the course of a big weekend on both sides of the Channel, as he attempts to finally get his hands on one of the season’s major prizes. The Sussex-based Frenchman has been a regular participant in some of the year’s biggest events, but […]
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• Vega team confident French Derby winner will be much improved in Arc

  02-10-2024 14:49 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Connections believe there is more to come from Look De Vega ahead of his bid for Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe glory at ParisLongchamp on Sunday. The colt, who is trained by Carlos and Yann Lerner, now runs in the silks of Al Shaqab Racing and is still lightly raced having only taken to […]
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• Rashabar heading to Paris firing on all cylinders

  02-10-2024 14:33 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Rashabar will bid to sign off for the year on a high when he goes for Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere glory at ParisLongchamp on Sunday. Brian Meehan’s Coventry Stakes hero found only Aidan O’Brien’s Whistlejacket too good when second in the Prix Morny earlier in the summer and with connections resisting temptation to go for the […]
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• Dettori teaming up with Kikkuli at Keeneland on Saturday

  02-10-2024 13:12 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Frankie Dettori will don the Juddmonte silks aboard Kikkuli on Saturday when the colt takes aim at the Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes at Keeneland. Trained by Harry Charlton, the son of Kingman – who is a half-brother to the all-conquering Frankel – has acquitted himself well this season, rattling the crossbar at Royal Ascot when […]
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• Eydon camp trying not to get carried away following positive comeback

  02-10-2024 12:44 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Connections of Eydon are keeping an open mind as to whether they take up their BetMGM Cumberland Lodge Stakes entry on Saturday, with Newbury’s St Simon Stakes later this month another possible option. Fourth in the 2000 Guineas in 2022, he has suffered his fair share of setbacks during his career and having been nursed back […]
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• Top filly Bluestocking added to Arc field

  02-10-2024 12:01 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Ralph Beckett’s Bluestocking has been supplemented for Sunday’s Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. It has cost her owners Juddmonte €120,000 to add the four-year-old to the field but after two Group One wins already this season, they felt it was a chance worth taking. Bluestocking was a course and distance winner last time out […]
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• Andre Fabre reflects on his record eight Arc triumphs

  02-10-2024 11:35 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Any conversation regarding the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe has to start, and perhaps end, with Andre Fabre. The former jump jockey has won Europe’s showpiece race a record eight times since he had his first runner in the contest way back in 1983. He did not have to wait long for his first winner […]
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• Dearth of Arc runners raises questions over health of British Flat racing

  30-09-2024 18:30
  
  Weakness of this year’s challenge at Longchamp could be a blip but as jump racing can attest, that can turn into a trendThere were always going to be some notable absentees from the field for the 103rd Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday. Goliath, Calandagan and Rebel’s Romance, three of the top four middle-distance turf horses in the world on ratings, are all geldings and therefore ineligible, while City Of Troy, the Derby winner and top-rated turf horse, is being
  
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• Group Ones await Wimbledon Hawkeye after Royal Lodge triumph

  30-09-2024 17:17 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Owner-breeder Tim Gredley is keeping his fingers crossed that he might have a potential Classic contender with Newmarket scorer Wimbledon Hawkeye. The Kameko colt hit the front two furlongs out in the Group Two Royal Lodge Stakes and stayed on to see off Royal Playwright by one and a half lengths as he stepped up […]
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• Swift Lagardere return not ruled out for Luther

  30-09-2024 16:26 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  After failing to run up to expectations in the Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket, Luther is under consideration for a quick return to action in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at ParisLongchamp on Sunday. Visually impressive when claiming a second win from his first three starts in the Listed Ascendant Stakes at Haydock, the Charlie Fellowes-trained […]
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• Prescott reflects on Alpinista’s landmark Arc moment

  30-09-2024 16:10 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Few people in racing are as revered as Sir Mark Prescott, so when he enjoyed the crowning moment of his long career when Alpinista won the 2022 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, it was a very popular victory. The grey mare, owned and bred by Kirsten Rausing, progressed through the ranks steadily before going on […]
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• Daysofourlives could target Balmoral if conditions suit

  30-09-2024 15:33 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Marco Botti believes Daysofourlives would have leading claims in the Balmoral Handicap on Champions Day at Ascot as long as the ground is not too testing. The four-year-old beat subsequent Cambridgeshire winner Liberty Lane last time out at Doncaster and has only been raised 4lb by the handicapper as a result. Having finished fourth in […]
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• Cunha favouring QEII test for Newmarket victor Prague

  30-09-2024 15:12 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Prague appears increasingly likely to be supplemented for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes following his Group Two victory at Newmarket on Friday. Bought out of Aidan O’Brien’s yard for 10,000 guineas as an unraced three-year-old last October, the son of Galileo has made huge strides this season, progressing from a 40-1 debut victory at Sandown […]
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• Tamfana among Sun Chariot field as Inspiral and Nashwa set to clash

  30-09-2024 14:31 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Tamfana will continue her search for a Group One win on Saturday with David Menuisier’s star filly featuring amongst the 11 confirmations for the Virgin Bet Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket. Many will be relishing a possible first-ever clash between the John and Thady Gosden-trained pair of Inspiral and Nashwa in the Rowley Mile contest, […]
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• Grand National could be ultimate aim for Flooring Porter

  30-09-2024 14:03 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  The Cleeve Hurdle and the Grand National are among the options under consideration for Flooring Porter following his brilliant display in the Kerry National. Gavin Cromwell’s dual Stayers’ Hurdle hero secured his biggest victory over fences to date in last week’s Listowel feature, galloping his rivals into submission from the front. With a tilt at […]
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• More on Price Movement from Opening Show

  30-09-2024 13:14 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  A few weeks back I wrote an article, which you can read here, that featured an introduction to patterns of price movement from Opening Show odds (OS) to SP odds, writes Dave Renham. In this piece I want to revisit the topic and expand my research. I have taken data from 2021 to 2024 (up […]
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• Sevenna’s Knight given the Arc go-ahead

  30-09-2024 11:12 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Andre Fabre is likely to have at least three runners in Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with Sevenna’s Knight given the green light to join the favourite Sosie and multiple Group One winner Mqse De Sevigne. While the four-year-old is likely to be among the outsiders, the prospect of soft ground at ParisLongchamp has […]
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