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• Racing Bulletin for 19/04/2025

  19-04-2025 08:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Latest News and Features Egan shines on Salamanca in Easter Classic Qatar Racing and Andrew Balding go separate ways Heavenly Heather springs 200-1 shock at Newcastle Berkshire Whisper sparks Royal Ascot dreams Sat TV Trends & Tips: 19th April 2025 Mullins sets sights on Champion Hurdle honours at Plumpton Glittering Legend floors Bowmark in Burradon […]
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• Horse racing: 2,000 Guineas day at Newmarket and more – live

  03-05-2025 14:47
  
  Live updates from Newmarket on 2,000 Guineas dayPunchestown report/Saturday preview | And mail GregOff and running in the Newmarket 1.45:Lethal Levi broke well and leads, More Thunder is well off the pace and coming under a ride …. Now Aramram leads but here comes More Thunder from clouds … three cross the line together but maybe More Thunder just got there Continue reading...
  
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• State Man romps home at Punchestown as Constitution Hill flops again

  02-05-2025 21:38
  
  State Man secured his third straight victory in Champion Hurdle while Nicky Henderson said it was ‘a tough place to be’ after another poor showing by Constitution HillState Man, who was denied a repeat success in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in March when he fell at the final flight, gained a measure of compensation on Friday evening as he recorded a third successive win in Punchestown’s equivalent of the two-mile championship event. His task, though, was certainly made ea
  
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• Henderson left to ‘unravel the mystery’ with Constitution Hill

  02-05-2025 20:42 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Nicky Henderson vowed to “unravel the mystery” following Constitution Hill’s lacklustre display in the Boodles Champion Hurdle at Punchestown. The former undisputed king of the two-mile hurdling division arrived for his first run in Ireland since his point-to-point days with something to prove, having fallen when trying to regain his Champion Hurdle crown at Cheltenham […]
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• State Man rules supreme in Champion Hurdle showdown

  02-05-2025 19:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  State Man produced a dominant front-running display to win his third Boodles Champion Hurdle at Punchestown, where Constitution Hill proved a huge disappointment in finishing a well-beaten fifth. The Grade One contest staged a mouthwatering rematch between the Willie Mullins and Nicky Henderson-trained superstars, who both fell in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in March, […]
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• Mullins wowed by Final Demand at Punchestown

  02-05-2025 19:35 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Willie Mullins’ Final Demand stamped his class on the Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown with an all-the-way success. A winner at the Dublin Racing Festival, he was sent off favourite for the Turners Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham but could only finish third behind The New Lion and The Yellow Clay. He faced Gordon […]
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• Bellum Justum seals Royal Ascot ticket

  02-05-2025 18:01 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Bellum Justum appears to have earned himself a place on Andrew Balding’s Royal Ascot squad after wearing down odds-on favourite Silver Knott in the Betfred Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket. The globetrotting Silver Knott was a well-supported 10-11 shot for his first start in Britain since finishing down the field in the 2000 Guineas two […]
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• Saeed Bin Suroor mounting double Classic challenge

  02-05-2025 17:25 via geegeez.co.uk
  
  Saeed bin Suroor used to be a regular competitor in the Classics and while these days his runners in big races are much less frequent, he is represented in both the Betfred 1000 and 2000 Guineas this weekend. Tornado Alert will line up in the colts’ Classic on Saturday, a race the trainer has won […]
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• Green aiming to make Classic Impact for Harrington

  02-05-2025 16:58 via geegeez.co.uk
  Jessica Harrington is targeting a British Classic breakthrough with Green Impact in the Betfred 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday. The Moone-based trainer has enjoyed major success under both codes during her long and illustrious career, from Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase and Gold Cup triumphs at Cheltenham to Royal Ascot success and victories in the […]
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• Gosden wary of ‘surprise package’ in 2000 Guineas field

  02-05-2025 16:22 via geegeez.co.uk
  John Gosden is keen to respect the opposition as his Craven Stakes hero Field Of Gold attempts to end his Betfred 2000 Guineas hoodoo at Newmarket. The Clarehaven handler has yet to win the first Classic of the summer, but has an outstanding chance of claiming that elusive piece of silverware when the son of […]
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• Alpine Trail proving a pleasant surprise for Charlie Appleby

  02-05-2025 16:13 via geegeez.co.uk
  Alpine Trail entered Charlie Appleby’s Derby calculations in maintaining his unbeaten record at Newmarket. The Dubawi colt was sent off the 10-11 favourite in the hands of William Buick for the Nyetimber Newmarket Stakes and showed he is on the up by coming home strongly in the Listed event to deny and John and Thady […]
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• Cosmic Year stays unbeaten with comfortable Newmarket success

  02-05-2025 15:43 via geegeez.co.uk
  Cosmic Year maintained his unbeaten record in the TrustATrader King Charles II Stakes at Newmarket for Harry Charlton. Back on turf having impressed on the all-weather at Kempton, the Juddmonte-owned Kingman colt reaffirmed he has a very bright future. He had been left in the 2000 Guineas until the final declaration stage, but with his […]
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• Poniros and Lulamba primed for Punchestown rematch

  02-05-2025 15:35 via geegeez.co.uk
  Poniros and Lulamba are set for a rematch in the Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle at Punchestown. The latter, trained by Nicky Henderson, was the second-favourite when the two horses met previously in the JCB Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, with Willie Mullins’ Poniros sent off a 100-1 shot on his hurdling bow. […]
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• Horses helped shape the world as we know it. Now we run them to death | Elizabeth Banicki

  02-05-2025 10:30
  For centuries the horse was our most noble ally – in war, migration and myth. Today we repay that bond not with reverence, but with suffering at the racetrackHumanity owes the horse an immeasurable debt. For centuries the horse has been our partner, has shaped our history and sacrificed itself for our defense, our causes, and our conquests. The Native American Comanches, master horsemen, created an empire on the power they conjured from their deep and unique connection with the horse. The
  
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• Marine Nationale completes Champion Chase double

  29-04-2025 19:19 via geegeez.co.uk
  Marine Nationale backed up his Cheltenham win with an impressive victory in the William Hill Champion Chase at Punchestown. Fresh from a wide-margin success in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at last month’s Festival, Barry Connell’s stable star was the 2-1 second-favourite to come out on top in a fascinating clash with the brilliant Ryanair […]
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• Mullins sets sights on next season with Lossiemouth

  29-04-2025 18:51 via geegeez.co.uk
  Willie Mullins is looking forward to next season with Lossiemouth after ruling his star mare out of the Punchestown Festival. Winner of 11 of her 14 starts, the grey successfully defended her crown in the Mares’ Hurdle at Cheltenham last month before following up in the Aintree Hurdle in early April. With connections having decided […]
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• Champ Kiely tops Ballyburn for Grade One gold

  29-04-2025 18:37 via geegeez.co.uk
  Champ Kiely upset his better fancied stablemate Ballyburn to claim top honours in a dramatic renewal of the Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase at Punchestown. Willie Mullins saddled five of the eight runners that went to post for the Grade One contest, but first his Cheltenham Festival hero Lecky Watson fell at the fifth […]
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• Kopek Des Bordes suffers shock Punchestown defeat

  29-04-2025 17:48 via geegeez.co.uk
  Kopek Des Bordes’ surrendered his unbeaten record as stablemate Irancy led home a one-two-three-four for Willie Mullins in the KPMG Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown. Kopek Des Bordes looked a star in the making after following up successive victories Leopardstown with an odds-on success in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham last month and he […]
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• Ascending Lark swoops for Punchestown prize

  29-04-2025 17:32 via geegeez.co.uk
  British raider Ascending Lark finished with a flourish to extend her unbeaten record over obstacles to six in the Killashee Hotel Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown. Placed in two of her three bumper starts in Ireland before switching stables, the seven-year-old made a winning debut for Harry Derham at Haydock in March of last year and […]
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• Appleby eager to assess Big Mojo’s Commonwealth Cup prospects

  29-04-2025 17:07 via geegeez.co.uk
  Mick Appleby is eager to see if Big Mojo can become his next sprinting superstar when he puts the Commonwealth Cup hopeful’s credentials to the test on Royal Ascot Trials Day. The Rutland handler enjoyed success at the summer showpiece with Big Evs back in 2023 and it is now the turn of Big Mojo, […]
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• Divine Comedy could scupper Sagaro hat-trick for Coltrane

  29-04-2025 16:30 via geegeez.co.uk
  Divine Comedy has been tasked with ending the Longines Sagaro Stakes domination of Coltrane at Ascot on Wednesday. Andrew Balding’s eight-year-old is a standing dish in the staying division and has won this Group Three event for the past two years, but he has to concede match fitness to Harry Eustace’s challenger Divine Comedy, who […]
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• Spillane’s Tower out to enhance impressive Punchestown record

  29-04-2025 15:35 via geegeez.co.uk
  If course form stands for anything, Jimmy Mangan and connections of Spillane’s Tower have every right to be hopeful of a big run in the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup on Wednesday. From five visits to the Kildare track, the JP McManus-owned gelding has three victories and two second places, taking a Grade One on this […]
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• Henderson open-minded on Constitution Hill Royal Ascot run

  29-04-2025 14:08 via geegeez.co.uk
  Nicky Henderson has left the door open for a tantalising Gold Cup tilt with Constitution Hill after the hurdling star was entered for the Royal Ascot showpiece. The 2023 Champion Hurdle hero is set to strut his stuff at Punchestown on Friday in a bid to get back to winning ways following falls at both […]
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• Twain doubtful for 2000 Guineas following unsatisfactory scope

  29-04-2025 12:03 via geegeez.co.uk
  Aidan O’Brien’s Betfred 2000 Guineas hope Twain has been declared a major doubt for Saturday’s opening Classic of the season at Newmarket. The son of Wootton Bassett was heading to the Rowley Mile as the Ballydoyle handler’s main contender for an 11th 2000 Guineas success after his remarkable efforts last autumn when winning a Group […]
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• Optimistic Nicholls has slight change of tactics in store

  29-04-2025 10:29 via geegeez.co.uk
  For many trainers, ending the season with 99 winners and over £2.5million in prize-money would be a job well done – but Paul Nicholls is gunning to come back stronger. Nicholls has been champion trainer 14 times, so watching Willie Mullins and Dan Skelton fight it out for the title for the last two seasons […]
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• Constitution Hill ready to burst through last-chance saloon doors at Punchestown

  29-04-2025 09:00
  No jumps fan will want to miss this appearance by the horse who still has the glow of otherworldly talent about himThe British jumps season drew to a dramatic close on Saturday, the first Classics of 2025 will be run this weekend and yet there will still be time to squeeze in a final moment of drama over jumps on Friday evening when Constitution Hill is due to burst through the doors of the last-chance saloon in the Champion Hurdle at Punchestown’s festival meeting.He will do so with two F
  
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• Racing Bulletin for 29/04/2025

  29-04-2025 08:57 via geegeez.co.uk
  Latest News and Features 2025 Punchestown Festival Trends 2025 Punchestown Gold Cup Trends Duty First team excited to take Guineas plunge on Sunday When Horses Change Stable: Part 1 Buick yet to decide on his 2000 Guineas mount Marine Nationale and Fact To File all set for Punchestown showdown Kinross camp considering mile move with […]
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• 2025 Punchestown Festival Trends

  28-04-2025 19:31 via geegeez.co.uk
  A huge week of Irish racing ahead with the 5-day Punchestown Festival (29th April-3rd May 2025). Like all big race meetings, we've got all the main trends and stats for the key races through the week – hopefully, these to help narrow down the fields and point you in the direction of a few winners………………. […]
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• 2025 Punchestown Gold Cup Trends

  28-04-2025 17:34 via geegeez.co.uk
  Staged at the five-day Punchestown Festival in April/May 2024 the Punchestown Gold Cup is a Grade One contest run over 3m1f. The race version we see today was first run back in 1999 and since then has been won by some leading names, including Cheltenham Gold Cup winners Imperial Call, Kicking King, War Of Attrition […]
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• Duty First team excited to take Guineas plunge on Sunday

  28-04-2025 17:33 via geegeez.co.uk
  Duty First is all set for the Betfred 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday after connections supplemented her at a cost of £30,000 following her victory at Newbury earlier this month. Sent off at 33-1 for the Fred Darling in the hands of Hollie Doyle, she defied those odds in style with a performance that […]
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