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Cheltenham Races,Friday 18th October 2013
Jumping is back! Yes the return of what some and indeed I call “proper” racing returned today at Prestbury Park for the two day Showcase meeting,this is the equivalent of the Craven meeting on the flat...
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Cheltenham Races,Saturday 19th October 2013
Day two of The Showcase meeting at Cheltenham on what began as a lovely bright autumnal afternoon here at Prestbury Park on a card which was another mixture of big field handicaps and some tasty...
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Aintree Races,Old Roan Chase Day,Saturday 26th October 2013
Aintree,so often the place where hopes and dreams can be made and broken in a matter of seconds,home of the most famous of all steeplechases The Grand National but today was one of those rare meetings...
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Carlisle Races,Bookmakers.co.uk Raceday,Wednesday 30th October 2013
Haydock Parks 2013-14 National Hunt season began in earnest today but with a difference,this meeting was relocated up the M6 to Carlisle due to drainage issues at Haydock and in order to make sure the...
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Wetherby Races,Charlie Hall Chase Day,Saturday 2nd November 2013
The crowds flocked in their droves for the traditional curtain raiser at Wetherby,a seven race card of pure quality lay ahead with a real mix of potential stars and established favourites were on show...
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Rugby League World Cup Group C/D,Tuesday 5th November 2013
Tonight it was the Leigh Sports Village for the match between Tonga and Cook Islands,a game which a few reported referred to it as the South Pacific Derby. The Rugby League World Cup may have escaped...
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Carlisle Races,Monday 11th November 2013
The turf flat has now been fully put into its winter hibernation until March so what better way to celebrate that than with an afternoons racing over the sticks at Carlisle. Quite unusual this was a...
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Wetherby Races,Saturday 16th November 2013.
Wetherby for a seven race card,it wasn’t as busy as it was two weeks ago on Charlie Hall day and the quality was a little bit down the scale but still competitive never the less. A mixture of...
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Haydock Park,Betfair Chase Festival Day One,Friday 22nd November 2013
The sun was out for the first day of this highly established two day meeting,with the attention more on quality than quantity today was definitely a “Future Champions Day” albeit not in name. A six...
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Haydock Park,Betfair Chase Festival,Day Two,Saturday 23rd November 2013
The big day of the two day festival here and what a day it was,Seven races with cracking fields from distances of 2m to 3m5f over traditional hurdles,fixed brush hurdles and steeplechases with the big...
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Rugby League World Cup Final, New Zealand v Australia,Saturday 30th November
It was just over ten years ago that English hearts were full of pride,joy and emotion as that famous drop kick from Jonny Wilkinson flew like a dart aiming for the bullseye to give the England RU team...
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Haydock Park,Tommy Whittle Chase Day,Saturday 21st December 2013.
A seven race card on what was a fairly quiet afternoon by Haydock’s standards for a Saturday afternoon,being the last shopping Saturday before Christmas may have something to so with it along with the...
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Lancaster City v Ossett Town,Evo Stik League First Division North,Saturday...
An intriguing battle between the two clubs ranked 6th and 9th respectively coming into today’s game at a slightly cold but thankfully not wet or windy Giant Axe Stadium in the county city of Lancaster....
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Haydock Park Races,Monday 30th December 2013
The last meeting of the year at Haydock,the last meeting in the north of 2013 and the last event to be blogged my myself as the countdown to 2014 slowly makes it’s way towards us. A seven race card...
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G.M.A.A. Annual Cross Country Championship 2014,Leigh Sports Village
A change from the norm today as football took a back step and with racing being under siege from the weather it was a case of draw up the stumps and have a change of sport. Today it was a visit down...
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Warwick Races,Betfred Classic Chase Day,Saturday 11th January 2013.
Two weeks ago it was Lancaster the capital of Lancashire for some non league football and today it was Warwick the capital of Warwickshire for Warwick’s big day in the sporting calendar and for...
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Haydock Park,Peter Marsh Chase Day,Saturday 18th January 2014
Heavy ground awaited the forty one declared horses that took up their deceleration this afternoon at a cold,overcast albeit with the sun making a small cameo appearance for only a short while at...
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Wetherby Races,Towton Day,Saturday 1st February 2014.
Medieval day at Wetherby was met with a very cold wind but thankfully after a week in which most of the country was battered with rains,winds and storms of biblical proportions but thankfully the...
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Sainsburys British Athletics Indoor Championships,Sunday 9th February 2014
Day two of the trials for the World Indoor Championships in Poland next month were held at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. Sheffield always referred to as the Steel City,home of one of my...
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Haydock Park,Betfred Grand National Trial Day,Saturday 15th February 2014
All eyes were on Cheltenham and Aintree this afternoon at a very cold and an even wetter Haydock for a seven race card which featured a real mix of Graded events,competitive handicaps and the annual...
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