Forum member Maxilon 5 recounts his recent first experience of Ascot

Rather than spend a total of seventeen pounds for admission to see “Up-3d!” at the local Cineworld, I persuaded my son to come with me to Ascot. His name is Matt. He'...

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Last weekend’s action, which included an exciting finish to the Cambridgeshire at Newmarket on the Saturday and a fantastic day at Longchamp when we saw a true racing giant in Sea The Stars, will take some following but Ascot and York stage some competitive, quality flat racing...

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Any lingering doubts that Sea The Stars might not last a truly run mile and a half were well and truly dispelled on Sunday as he sealed his place in the gallery of greats with a wonderful win in the Prix de L’Arc De Triomphe.

The win, emphatic in the end, wasn’t e...

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The Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe is recognised as Europe’s premier all-aged middle distance championship event, not much doubt about that. 

Its place in the calendar, approaching the end of the season, means that the pecking order is already relatively well esta...

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IF HORSE racing is the sport of kings then flapping must certainly be the sport of the people. In the Borders anyway.

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SINCE last week’s Derby, debate  has been fierce on the subject of whether the Triple Crown is now an anachronism which no longer has any significance in the British racing calendar.

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Following on from last weekend’s  article when I looked at the first five of Lester Piggott's nine Derb

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Preakness Day 

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Last week I had a delve into Derbys past by having a look at the Derby winners of Vincent O’Brien. I thought this week, continuing my self-styled build up to the big race, I’d resurrect some of the memories of O’Brien’...

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This week Aidan O’Brien tightened his grip on the market for the Derby by sending out the 1-2 in the important Derby trial at York, the Dante Stakes. Read the rest of this entry »