There were certainly some upsets on the cards yesterday! None more so than Esentepe (named after a village in Cyprus) in the Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket who won at 28/1 for Richard Hannon...one of only two runners who had seen a racecourse this year. The other was Pimpernel who has been plying her trade for Al Zarooni in Meydan.
Great news about Frankel - I'm sure I'm not the only one who was immune to rumours and hysteria at the weekend, who didn't lose any sleep and who fully expected this outcome.
Ripon holds it's first meeting of the season today. I love this course! I've been a couple of times and it really is beautiful (it's been names Yorkshire's Garden Racecourse) and quintissentially Yorkshire. The results are put up manually like a cricket scoreboard on a pavillion and you can buy tea and cakes, pies with mushy peas and fish 'n' chips - it's fitting then that in the very first race of the season here, there runs a maiden called Run Fat Lass Run (it won!!). It really is a beautiful, friendly track though.....as long as you remember the draw!! (high in small fields,low in big fields - as they split into two groups).
Ripon was also the course where I first saw Silvestre De Sousa win a couple back in 2010 and cottoned on to the fact that he is a top class jockey. He's rides here particularly well and is back today on Able Master (15:20) and Lucky Numbers (16:30).
Cheltenham
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First Choice
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E/W or
Forecast Choice
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1
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15:10
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Silver Gypsy 3rd
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Newmarket
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First Choice
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E/W or Forecast Choice
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1
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15:00
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Mickdaam 2nd
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2
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16:10
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3
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16:45
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Twice Over 2nd
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Tipperary
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First Choice
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E/W or
Forecast Choice
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1
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17:25
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Wellmarked UP
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2
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17:55
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Tobar Na Goise UP
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Wolves
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First Choice
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E/W or Forecast Choice
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1
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18:35
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Available
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2
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20:05
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One For Joules
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3
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20:35
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Aleksander UP
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Great news about Frankel - I'm sure I'm not the only one who was immune to rumours and hysteria at the weekend, who didn't lose any sleep and who fully expected this outcome.
It'll be no surprise to hear that at Tipperary today, the going is soft. This means that a winner over 5f from anything other than a high draw will be as rare as the proverbial rocking horse manure!
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