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Alex Hammond: Love for the Lincoln

Sky Sports Racing’s Alex Hammond reflects on the Cheltenham Festival she watched from afar before previewing the Lincoln at Doncaster where she’ll be working this weekend. The Cheltenham Festival delivered everything, and perhaps even more than we’d hoped, despite the fact we had to watch from afar. We were dazzled by the brilliance of Rachael Blackmore and left shivering in […]

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Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum dies, aged 75

Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum has died, at the age of 75. Sheikh Hamdan, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, was a hugely prominent owner of a string of Classic and Royal Ascot winners for more than 30 years. His blue-and-white colours, under the livery of his Shadwell Racing banner, are among the most famous throughout the racing world. On Wednesday morning Sheikh […]

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Honeysuckle set to bid for Punchestown glory

Henry de Bromhead is “leaning towards” giving Honeysuckle her final outing of the season in the Paddy Power Champion Hurdle at Punchestown. The mare maintained her unbeaten record in scintillating style at Cheltenham last week, with her rider Rachael Blackmore becoming the first female jockey to win the Champion Hurdle. Paddy Power are the new sponsors of the Punchestown race, […]

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Ferny Hollow looks finished for season

Ferny Hollow, who in his short career to date has already beaten the subsequent winners of the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle, is unlikely to make it back in time for the Punchestown Festival. Trained by Willie Mullins and owned by Cheveley Park Stud, Ferny Hollow accounted for Appreciate It in last season’s Weatherbys Champion Bumper and Bob […]

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