Archive for the ‘Novices’ Hurdle’

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    Charlie Longsdon hopes for Vulcanite in Supreme Novices Hurdle
    Charlie Longsdon will hope a fantastic season will be capped off by Vulcanite winning the Grade One William Hill Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham. The trainer has already beaten his previous best total of winners for a season and has confirmed that promising novice Vulcanite will run in the first race of the Festival. “Vulcanite is a likely runner in the Supreme...
    by Paul Berry at February 4th, 2012 at 08:02 am
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    Ballyrock to put his Cheltenham Festival credentials to the test
    Trainer Tim Vaughan has revealed that Ballyrock will put his Cheltenham Festival credentials to the test in the next week or so. Ballyrock finished second during a hurdle event on New Year’s Eve at Newbury and next in line in terms of competitive action could be the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle. This will see the horse run over an extended length of...
    by Paul Berry at January 23rd, 2012 at 09:01 am
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    Backspin odds lengthen in Neptune Novices after disappointing run
    Cheltenham Trials Day was all supposed to be about Backspin, but after a disappointing performance, it’s all change in the Neptune Novices’ Hurdle betting. Backspin entered the novice hurdle unbeaten in his three starts over fences, but a laboured performance under champion jockey AP McCoy has seen the Jonjo O’Neill-trained six-year-old drift out in the Cheltenham...
    by NiallHogan at February 1st, 2011 at 01:02 pm
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    Neptune Investment Novices Hurdle
    None of the market leaders strutted their stuff over the last week but an interesting contender here could be Fionnegas who chased home Dunguib on Sunday and would have run out an impressive 11 lengths’ winner without the season’s star novice in the race so he is a serious contender for whichever novice event they head for between this contest and the Albert...
    by Paul Berry at March 17th, 2010 at 10:03 am
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    Neptune Investment Novices Hurdle
    The Neptune Investment Management Novice Hurdle is run over two miles and five furlongs on the Wednesday of the Cheltenham festival. It’s a race for grade one staying novices and has churned out some decent winners in the years gone by, Hardy Eustace probably being the best of them. Historically it’s a race in which the Irish do well in and again seem to hold a strong...
    by Paul Berry at March 2nd, 2010 at 10:03 am
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    Novices Hurdle Latest Betting
    The decision to probably run Rite Of Passage here rather than take on Dunguib in the Supreme must be even more tempting now following the defeat of the then ante-post second favourite Quantitativeeasing at Kempton to a horse not even entered for the Festival. In fairness, the winner got the run of the race in what was a crawl that would not have suited Nicky Henderson’s...
    by NiallHogan at February 18th, 2010 at 11:02 am
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    Neptune Investment Novices’ Hurdle
    The Grade One contest staged over two miles and five furlongs has attracted 112 entries, with 37 of those trained in Ireland. The Dermot Weld-trained Rite Of Passage was third in last season’s Grade One Weatherbys Champion Bumper and won a maiden hurdle at Leopardstown in January. Willie Mullins saddled Mikael D’Haguenet (2009) and Fiveforthree (2008) to win the last...
    by KieronJohnson at February 5th, 2010 at 02:02 pm