Archive for the ‘Novices' Hurdle’

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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 KautoKid 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 KautoKid 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