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Cheltenham Festival

Redrum — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:14:44 +0000

We mainly concentrate on the Grand National horse race but the Cheltenham Festival always grabs our interest. This year is set to be an epic meet with the Gold Cup battle between Denman and Kauto star looking like classic in the making.

The festival is four days and features many horse that will run in the 2010 Grand National. The festival is too big to cover here in detail, so I will point you in the direction of our sister website Cheltenham Race Festival, give it a visit for all the latest odds, runners and tips.

A Star Is Born

Redrum — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:34:22 +0000

Race horse ‘Sea The Stars’ has been crowned as one of the greatest ever, after his fantastic run in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The three year old has landed six Group One wins this season include the unique treble of the 2,000 Guineas, the Derby and now the Arc. Ex champion Jockey Willie Carson said: “He’s got so much ability. We’ve seen one of the best horses ever.”

Sea The Stars was given a TimeForm rating of 140 after a stunning win in the Irish Champion Stakes, the rating could even improve after a stunning performance in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The rating puts him up there with legends like Shergar, Dancing Brave and Dubai Millennium.

Bangor-On-Dee

Redrum — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:00:14 +0000

I’m heading off to the stunning Bangor-On-Dee (National Hunt Course) today in the hope of grabbing a few quality photos of AP McCoy and last years Grand National winning jockey Liam Treadwell. Both will be in action over the hurdles, interestingly AP is also riding in a ‘Bumper’.

Any good photos will make it onto my flickr photo profile it’s a mash up of all my photos, including many horse racing ones. The photo in the post was taken during my last visit to Bangor, it’s a great course for photographers to get racing shots on, it’s always fairly quiet and the jumps are well placed to easily accessible parts of the course to the general public.

1992 Grand National Winner Dies

Redrum — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:38:48 +0000

Sad news in racing as the 1992 Grand National winner ‘Party Politics’ is put to sleep due to old age. Party Politics has a great chaser and had an enviable record in the National. Winning in 1992 with Carl Llewellyn on board and going well in the famous void race 12 months later before finishing second to Royal Athlete in 1995. He had 8 career wins and won over £250,000 for his owners.

Carl Llewellyn said of Party Politics: “He was a fantastic jumper of the National fences, and gave me one of the best days of my life.
“It was a real shame that he never got the chance to win back-to-back Grand Nationals, as he was going significantly better at The Chair in the 1993 void National than when he won it in 1992.”

Fantastic Four! Yeats Wins Ascot Gold Cup and Makes History

Redrum — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:58:52 +0000

The Aidan O’Brien-trained Yeats created history by winning his fourth Gold Cup at Royal Ascot today. Yeats went off as the 6-4 favorite with reports of multiple bets in excess of £25000 being lumped onto this superb stayer.

Yeats didn’t disappoint his backers or the Ascot crowd with another classy performance in the race. He slipped past the field and looked very comfortable on the run home. The win by Yeats will be a massive blow to bookmakers who are expect to lose millions in payouts to the heavily backed horse.