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Derby Festival 2023: Seventh Oaks winner for Frankie Dettori as Soul Sister romps home

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Derby Festival 2023: Frankie Dettori rode a seventh Betfred Oaks winner on Soul Sister – the Frankel filly scored by a length and three-quarters from 5/6 Favourite Savethelastdance. Dettori’s previous Oaks winners were Balanchine (1994), Moonshell (1995), Kazzia (2002), Enable (2017), Anapurna (2019) and Snowfall (2021). He has now ridden 23 English Classic winners. John Gosden, […]

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Derby Festival 2023: Auguste Rodin hands O’Brien NINTH Derby success

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Derby Festival 2023: Auguste Rodin handed a record-extending ninth Betfred Derby success to trainer Aidan O’Brien in the premier British Classic on 3rd June. It was a third success for jockey Ryan Moore and a record-extending 10th for a Coolmore syndicate as owners. A major disappointment in the opening Classic of the season, the QIPCO

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Derby Festival 2023: Seventh Oaks Victory for Frankie Dettori as Soul Sister Romps Home

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Frankie Dettori rode a seventh Betfred Oaks winner on Soul Sister (11/4) at Epsom Downs Racecourse, 2023. The Frankel filly scored by a length and three-quarters from 5/6 Favourite Savethelastdance. Dettori’s previous Oaks winners were Balanchine (1994), Moonshell (1995), Kazzia (2002), Enable (2017), Anapurna (2019) and Snowfall (2021). He has now ridden 23 English Classic winners.

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Guineas Festival 2023: Balding hopes Chaldean can give Dettori the 2,000 Guineas ‘send-off he deserves’

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Andrew Balding admits it would be a “big deal” if Chaldean could follow in the hoof prints of his mighty sire Frankel to give legendary jockey Frankie Dettori “the send-off he deserves” on his last ever QIPCO 2,000 Guineas ride at Newmarket on Saturday 6th May. The Juddmonte-owned colt will bid to double his tally

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Guineas Festival 2023: Mammas Girl looking ‘a million dollars’ ahead of 1,000 Guineas assignment

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Richard Hannon insists it would be a ‘life goal’ for football super-agent Kia Joorabchian should he taste glory in the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas with Mammas Girl, who is reported to be looking a ‘million dollars’ ahead of her Classic assignment at Newmarket next Sunday (7th May). In what has already been a whirlwind start to

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Grand National 2023: American bids to Emulate Ancestor’s Win 100 Years On

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An American racehorse owner is bidding to emulate his ancestor’s win in the Grand National of 1923 by triumphing in the race exactly 100 years on. Pierre Manigault and his family will travel more than 4,000 miles from South Carolina in the United States to Aintree racecourse to watch Cape Gentleman – who was bought last

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Grand National Festival 2023: Alder Hey Aintree Bowl could be the “race of the year”

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By Nick Seddon Nicky Henderson believes the Alder Hey Aintree Bowl at the Randox Grand National Festival could prove to be the “race of the year” as he prepares to step Shishkin up to three miles for the first time in the feature race of Opening Day, Thursday 13th April 2023. The nine year old

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Guineas Festival 2023: Garden Party Picnic Enclosure to Celebrate Coronation Weekend

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Newmarket Racecourse will host a one-off spectacular celebration on the first weekend in May, when the three-day QIPCO Guineas Festival will coincide with the Coronation of King Charles III. The celebrations are focused on being affordable in a year when many families’ finances are under pressure, and will include initiatives relating to the environment as

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Grand National Festival 2023: Red Rum’s Trophies to be on Show for 50th Anniversary of his First GN Win

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The trophies awarded to the owner of Red Rum, who landed the Grand National a record three times in the 1970s, have been returned to Aintree Racecourse and will be on display during the Randox Grand National Festival (Thursday 13th April – Saturday 15th April inclusive). March 31st 2023 was the 50th anniversary of Red

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Grand National Festival 2023: “Everything is possible” for Constitution Hill as he prepares for Aintree Hurdle

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Nicky Henderson has admitted Constitution Hill’s first visit to the Randox Grand National Festival on Opening Day, Thursday 13th April for the £250,000 Grade One William Hill Aintree Hurdle “could be his last run over hurdles”. Jump racing’s superstar heads to Merseyside fresh from landing the Unibet Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in breathtaking fashion on 14th

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