The Racing Post (London, England) back issues from March 2009:
OH WHAT A FEELING.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Cheltenham is just nine days away - and to get you in the mood we've got 12 pages inside packed with the latest news and the best features Tidal Bay may take on Master Minded in Champion Chase, page 2 The story of Lough Derg (right), jumping's latest cult hero, page ...
Tidal Bay may take on Master Minded; CHELTENHAM COUNTDOWN.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Tom O'Ryan TIDAL BAY, held up by injury, took a step closer to competing at the Cheltenham Festival when a racecourse gallop and a school over two fences at Doncaster yesterday left Howard Johnson more optimistic that his brilliant Arkle Chase winner would be ready ...
Champion pair to work at Leopardstown today; CHELTENHAM COUNTDOWN.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Tony O'Hehir and Brian Fleming HARCHIBALD and Jered, two of Noel Meade's contenders for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, are expected to be among more than 50 Cheltenham-bound horses in action after racing at Leopardstown today. Former champions Sublimity ...
Carberry injury scare after fall; CHELTENHAM COUNTDOWN.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tony O'Hehir PAUL CARBERRY was stretchered off the course at Navan yesterday after suffering a leg injury in a fall from Charlie Yardbird three out in the Athboy Hurdle, writes Tony O'Hehir. Carberry (below), a 16-1 shot to be top jockey at the Cheltenham ...
Heffernan and Smullen possibles for Champion Bumper rides; CHELTENHAM 2009 9 DAYS TO GO.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Jessica Lamb TOP Flat jockeys Seamie Heffernan and Pat Smullen have hinted they could line up with their jumping counterparts in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival. Heffernan landed an Irish Classic treble last year and got his Flat ...
King yet to decide on blinkers for Katchit's bid to defend his crown; FESTIVAL UPDATE CHELTENHAM 2009 DAYS TO GO.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... KATCHIT satisfied Alan King when schooling in blinkers at Barbury Castle on Thursday, but the trainer said he had yet to decide whether he would fit them when last season's Champion Hurdle hero defends his title on Tuesday week. Katchit has yet to recover his best form this ...
No decision on watering before Wednesday with rain forecast; CHELTENHAM 2009 DAYS TO GO.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jessica Lamb AFTER another dry day yesterday Cheltenham clerk of the course Simon Claisse reported the official going unchanged as good to soft, good in places, and said he would wait until after Tuesday to make a decision about watering, writes Jessica Lamb. ...
Psycho in line for Coral if going is on good side; CHELTENHAM 2009 DAYS TO GO.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Brian Fleming PSYCHO is "more likely" to run in the Coral Cup than the County Hurdle if the ground is on the good side, trainer Tony Martin has revealed. Martin, who intends taking the Pierse Hurdle runner-up to Leopardstown tomorrow, said: "The likes of ...
There are just three certainties - and none are horses.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Steve Dennis THERE may be a good time to begin questioning the certainties of life, but five in the morning certainly isn't it. The hum of the milk float in the street outside vies with the rattling of the radiators for the attention of the fragment of brain that is ...
I'm very excited about Walkon' CHELTENHAM 2009 9 DAYS TO GO.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Peter Thomas at Barbury Castle on Thursday to get the lowdown on Alan King's festival team WITH apt solemnity, the downs around Barbury Castle are shrouded with white mist as Alan King approaches a small, perky horse waiting patiently at the foot of the schooling grounds ...
'He's put us on cloud nine for the last six years' CHELTENHAM 2009.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Peter Thomas meets William Frewen, owner of jump racing's latest cult hero Lough Derg INSTEAD of becoming one of the most doughty and large-spirited horses ever to peer through a bridle, Lough Derg could have been forgiven for starting his professional life with a ...
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME? Robert Thornton 1997 Kim Muir Chase FESTIVAL FEVER.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jessica Lamb ON ONLY his second festival ride Robert Thornton landed the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Chase on David Nicholson's King Lucifer and followed up half an hour later on Jonjo O'Neill's Pharanear. "It's all a bit hazy that day," he remembers. "I was only ...
QUESTION OF THE DAY; FESTIVAL FEVER Is Ruby Walsh right to choose Cooldine over What A Friend in the RSA Chase?(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... The best of your responses at racingpost.com I don't think Cooldine is a great jumper. He could make a few mistakes in the hurly-burly of Cheltenham. martin gibson, United Kingdom jjSurely Ruby is a better judge than any of us, so get on. You don't need a good jumper, ...
GOOGLING THE FESTIVAL Garde Champetre; FESTIVAL FEVER Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ross Clarke GARDE CHAMPETRE - meaning rural policeman - is a low-ranking police officer in France assigned to the countryside and under the control of a mayor. His functions are directed towards the safeguarding of the environment and public health. Perhaps ...
Flyingbolt supreme in the professionals' race; The Racing Post's resident historian John Randall with his roll of honour to mark half a century of the Queen Mother Champion Chase.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: John Randall THIS month the Queen Mother Champion Chase is 50 years old, as its inaugural running took place in 1959, when Irish raider Quita Que led all the way. The race, named the NH Two-Mile Champion Chase until 1980, replaced the bizarre and unlamented ...
pounds 4m; That's the sum Scoop6 players next weekend could target.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Jessica Lamb A SINGLE winner of the Scoop6 next Saturday could be looking at a record payout of near pounds 4 million after the bet went begging yesterday with only one favourite obliging and two winners returning at double-figure odds. The writing was on ...
'Boring' Flat should increase emphasis on stayers - Clare.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: By David Carr and Jessica Lamb ORIENTALIST ART has been ruled out of the William Hill Lincoln at Doncaster on March 28 after sustaining a stress fracture while working on the Al Bahathri Polytrack on Friday morning, writes David Milnes. A 16-1 chance with the ...
Bookmakers unite against BBC cuts.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Tony Smurthwaite VICTOR CHANDLER'S clarion call to Britain's bookmakers for a nationwide protest vote against a massive BBC withdrawal from live horseracing has found instant support among his major rivals in the betting jungle. Representatives of William ...
A tall tale of horses, cowboys and Batman; THE QUESTIONNAIRE.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Charlie Longsdon When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? A rugby player. What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? Patience is a virtue. Never try to rush anything. Who would play you in ...
Win pounds 100 bet; PRIZE CROSSWORD.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Charlie Longsdon THERE'S another free pounds 100 bet, courtesy of sponsor Blue Square bookmakers, to be won with today's Sunday crossword. When you have completed the crossword, arrange the five letters on the shaded squares to form the name of an ...
THE THINGS THEY SAID; THE QUESTIONNAIRE.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Charlie Longsdon "I think he's very good. I did actually enter him in the King George this season and everyone started laughing" Tom George, laughing last and longest as Nacarat romps home in the Racing Post Chase at Kempton to bid his handicapping days ...
QUOTE OF THE WEEK; THE QUESTIONNAIRE.(Sports)(Quotation)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Charlie Longsdon "I know one or two of them have backed him, although they didn't get the 16-1 like I did!" Sir Alex ...
Night Cru to make most of handy weight; TOM SEGAL on Sunday.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: TOM SEGAL LISTEN very carefully, I will say this only once. I cannot wait for the Cheltenham Festival to be over. Don't get me wrong, it is the best four days' racing on the planet and once the Supreme Novices' Hurdle gets under way I will be as excited as anyone, but ...
BEST LONGSHOT; A forecast outsider who could be primed to outrun its likely odds.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Adam Bull LINGFIELD has a decent Class 2 handicap at 3.50 and Clive Brittain looks to have a live chance with Bazergan, writes Adam Bull. The other runners have plenty of miles on the clock, and Brittain's Machiavellian colt could step ...
Six-week layoff could be key to Quick Will; TRADING POST.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Pietro Innocenzi Nap of the day Quick Will 3.30 Musselburgh Form has a very hit-and-miss look to it and he is yet to string two good performances together, but I think the key to James Ewart's five-year-old is to catch him fresh. By fresh, I mean ...
THE STATS THAT MATTER; TRADING POST.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Pietro Innocenzi Following favourites in handicap hurdles at Huntingdon over the past four seasons has resulted in a level-stakes profit of pounds 17.10. Today's qualifying races are the 3.40 and 4.10 67% Keith Goldsworthy is operating at a 67 per ...
BANKERS OR BLOWOUTS? TRADING POST.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Pietro Innocenzi Ebaziyan 2.25 Leopardstown SP forecast 8-11 Hugely disappointing at 1-2 on his return in what looked an intended confidencebooster, but possibly didn't quite see out 2m4f in bad ground after a lengthy break and he should be better ...
BETTING REPORT; TRADING POST.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Pietro Innocenzi Scholfield shines on Bric PAUL NICHOLLS admitted in this paper yesterday to tearing his hair out over New Little Bric, who looked in terminal decline despite a breathing operation over the summer. When the eight-year-old was pulled ...
Experience crucial for juvenile hurdlers in March; TRADING POST Jumping By Numbers James Pyman on a record not as unimpressive as it first appears.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Pietro Innocenzi THE news last week that Hurricane Fly will miss the William Hill.com Supreme Novices' Hurdle seems to have persuaded connections of four-year-old Torphichen to lean towards the festival curtain-raiser rather than tackling his own age group in the Triumph ...
Island Life giving right signs at home; TODAY'S ACTION.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... 3.30 Musselburgh Racing UK The UK's Best Racecourses Live Handicap Hurdle 2m Live on RUK Card page 26 Key stat Along The Nile is one win, two seconds and one third from five jumps starts at Musselburgh What they say Peter Monteith, ...
Big day for . . . Essex; TODAY'S ACTION.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tony O'Hehir ESSEX, who recorded a big handicap hurdle double during the 2004-05 season when landing the Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown and the Totesport Trophy at Newbury, returns to action at Leopardstown today after a 556-day absence. The nine-year-old ...
Tips box Quicker ground can see Dave's Dream go close off lower mark; TODAY'S ACTION.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Lambourn RodneyMasters Dave's Dream (4.10 Huntingdon, nap) Caught out by heavy ground at Ascot when being beaten for the first time in his career and sure to be happier back on a quicker surface. Missed a tempting engagement on his local course at Newbury ...
Daughter of trainer Mervyn Torrens dies in farm accident.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tony O'Hehir AN INVESTIGATION is underway after the eight-year-old daughter of trainer Mervyn Torrens died in a horrific farm accident on Thursday evening, writes Tony O'Hehir. Alison Torrens died after being crushed under heavy machinery at the farm in ...
Tragedy overshadows Niconero win.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Andrew O'Toole REPORT: AUSTRALIA Rokk Ebony Futurity Stakes G1 Caulfield 1m WHAT emotions were passing though Craig Newitt's mind when he climbed aboard Light Fantastic for the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield yesterday - or when he was narrowly denied ...
Minister's praise for bookmaker progress.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Howard Wright THE immediate introduction by the government of a statutory levy on betting operators, to cover social responsibility issues concerning gambling, seems less likely after sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe endorsed industry efforts to commit to raising ...
Stephens sets sights on weekend return to saddle.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: David Carr LEE STEPHENS is aiming to be back in action on Saturday after being knocked out when his mount was brought down in a bumper at Ludlow last week, writes David Carr. "I hope to be back on March 7," the jump jockey said. "There is racing at Chepstow ...
Internet auction for equine charity.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tom Boyle A LEADING equine welfare charity is to hold an internet auction in an effort to raise funds to develop a recently acquired farm, writes Tom Boyle. The Irish Horse Welfare Trust (IHWT) bought the farm last October where it cares for more than 50 ...
Receiver controls 20 Mian horses.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: David Milnes TWENTY racehorses belonging to former owner/breeder Israrr Mian, who had a restraining order placed on his bloodstock interests while HM Revenue & Customs conducted an investigation into a possible pounds 2 million VAT fraud, have been handed over to the ...
HORSE PLAY; Just for the fun of it.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Compiled by Andrew Pennington, Nicholas Godfrey and James Hill Googling a runner Richard The Third 2.40 Huntingdon Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death. He was the last king from the House of York, and his defeat at ...
Out The Black shows heart of a lion; YESTERDAY AT DONCASTER.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tom O'Ryan reports WHO says they don't come back after a heart problem? Not owner James Drummond, who had his colours carried to an exhilarating all-out victory in the Coolfun Grimthorpe Chase by Out The Black, whose future was briefly threatened when he was diagnosed ...
Comply for festival after missing his National prep at Doncaster; YESTERDAY AT DONCASTER.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Tony O'Hehir COMPLY OR DIE is likely to head for the Cheltenham Festival after connections decided against letting him line up on the quick ground at Doncaster yesterday in the Coolfun Grimthorpe Chase. The ten-year-old, as short as 14-1 joint second ...
King and Hutchinson complete 45-1 four-timer; YESTERDAY AT DONCASTER.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: David Carr NORMAL service has resumed, Town Moor has finally dried out after an unusually wet winter and nobody is happier than Alan King who followed up Friday's double with a 45-1 four-timer, all ridden by Wayne Hutchinson, writes David Carr. Doncaster is ...
Nicholls left in shock after Bric surprise; NEWBURY.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: by Rodney Masters PUNTERS who latched on to the wholesale gamble that shrank The Package from 5-1 to 11-4 favourite at Newbury yesterday are justified in feeling doubly aggrieved at being denied by a rival who was pulled up the previous weekend. If there is a ...
Success sets Darkness up for Aintree bid.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... DARKNESS, revived by a wind operation, is likely to bypass Cheltenham in favour of the John Smith's Grand National, and he will be well rehearsed for the inevitable dramas at Aintree following his incidentpacked win under top weight in the Veterans' Chase. He is 33-1 with ...
Hughes eyes Irish National for Rare Bob after novice win; NAVAN.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: by Tony O'Hehir FAIRYHOUSE and Punchestown, rather than Cheltenham, was trainer Dessie Hughes's immediate reaction after his Rare Bob had landed the 3m novice chase by five lengths under Paddy Flood. Rare Bob's second win over fences for the DA Syndicate was ...
Cloudy Lane's early departure makes it easy for Money Trix; KELSO.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: by Colin Russell THE best laid plans! Cloudy Lane, who travelled to Scotland for a prep race for the John Smith's Grand National, disgraced himself by falling at the first fence in the 2m6f conditions chase. Donald McCain, who trains Cloudy Lane for Trevor ...
Festival doubts despite Captain Americo victory; KEMPTON.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: by Graham Dench CAPTAIN AMERICO looked a horse with a future when winning a 3m handicap hurdle in which his rivals came home strung out like washing. The seven-year-old had perhaps not received the credit he was due when a narrow winner from hot favourite ...
CHATROOM; The best of your emails and texts.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Package beaten for speed The Package travelled too strongly for his own good at the start of his race. Timmy Murphy did well in his attempt to settle him and it was a shame that he couldn't find the required speed at the finish. But take nothing away from young Nick ...
THE MONTH IN PICTURES; FEBRUARY 2009.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... 1 Nacarat and Tony McCoy clear the final obstacle to win the Racing Post Chase 2 Big Fella Thanks in the parade ring before the Racing Post Chase, upon whom hopes rested for a Scoop6 bonus payout for the British Legion 3 Jim Boyle's string snake their way along Epsom ...
Olympian Holmes to hold Lingfield charity event; BUSINESS MATTERS.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard Wright reports LINGFIELD'S parade of star names on Winter Derby day, Saturday, March 21, will not end when the last horse in the last race crosses the finishing line. Next up will be double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes, hosting the first fundraising ...
Doncaster to host Miss South Yorkshire contest; BUSINESS MATTERS.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard Wright reports DONCASTER is the latest track to join the hunt for Miss England, by staging the Miss South Yorkshire contest to coincide with evening racing on Saturday, April 18, as a regional heat to the main event. Competition judges will include ...
COURSE CIRCULAR; BUSINESS MATTERS.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard Wright reports CHAMPION HURDLE winner Make A Stand, who is enjoying a new lease of life as a hunter, will be at Sandown on Saturday to head a parade of ex-racers who have started a second career. Others include Celibate, winner of the BMW Chase at Punchestown and ...
Ladbrokes join sponsors of Racing UK; BUSINESS MATTERS.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard Wright reports LADBROKES are the latest bookmaker sponsors of Racing UK, alongside Blue Square, SkyBet and Victor Chandler, after signing a six-figure deal to promote Ladbrokes.com. The four will receive advertising and sponsorship exposure across the ...
PEOPLE WATCHING; BUSINESS MATTERS.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard Wright reports HOLLY GLOVER, events and venue hire manager at Chepstow and Hereford racecourses since last summer, has been promoted to senior commercial manager, to replace Caroline Freiha, who has joined Glamorgan CCC. Glover, 25, began her career in ...
Racing people: Milczarek excited about new season.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... KIRSTY MILCZAREK will return to riding action in Britain this week hoping to build on the progress she made a year ago when she was champion all-weather apprentice. Having spent the whole of the winter in California riding track work, she approaches the new campaign with renewed ...
Racing people: Former RCA chief Sir Peter Leng dies.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... SIR PETER LENG, chairman of the Racecourse Association when the initial deal between the tracks and SIS was signed, has died. He was 83. Leng joined the RCA in July 1985, two years after completing a distinguished Army career in which he rose to the rank of general, and stood ...
Racing people: Dwyer looking for new yard.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... TRAINER Chris Dwyer is on the lookout for a new base as his home at Georgia House Stud near Newmarket has been put on the market with Bidwells. The guide price is pounds 1.2 million. Dwyer has been a tenant at the property, which is in Burrough Green, for three years and is ...
Big plan for Ebraam as Tolley doubles up; WOLVERHAMPTON Friday.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: by Will O'Hanlon PAUL HOWLING, who sent out a 20-1 winner here on Thursday night, did even better on this occasion with a 39-1 double from Ebraam and Stand Guard, who took the featured 7f handicap and 1m11/2f handicap. All three winners were ridden by Tolley ...
Donohoe banned ten days over Bull Market ride.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... STEPHEN DONOHOE was suspended for ten days under rule 158 for his riding of Bull Market, who finished a neverdangerous ninth of 11 behind Stand Guard in the 1m11/2f handicap. The stewards found that Donohoe had failed to take all reasonable and permissible efforts to obtain the ...
Al Eile back in style en route to Aintree; DUNDALK Friday.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: by Tony O'Hehir JOHN QUEALLY'S prediction that Al Eile was ready to do himself justice on his return to action was borne out when the versatile nine-year-old, having his first race since winning the Aintree Hurdle for the third time in April, easily landed the 1m4f ...
Lorrys on the right road in a thrilling Golden Jacket.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jim Cremin Golden Jacket report IT was the 35th Ladbrokes Golden Jacket, and yesterday morning's final over Crayford's eight-bend, 714m trip proved one of its most memorable, and it was played out in front of a large enthusiastic crowd. Quite how Harlow Lad ...
Dan the Man in Romford Maiden final.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tony Bullen FAT MAN DAN struck for the local brigade when successful in the Coral Maiden Stayers final over 575m at Romford on Friday, writes Tony Bullen. Peter Payne's charge came into the event performing at the top of his game and, showing the same early ...
Speed machines boss Irish scene.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Michael Fortune IT'S a big weekend in Ireland for the sprinters with two major competitions in progress, writes Michael Fortune. The opening round of the Kudos Supersprint has been run over the past two nights at Curraheen Park, while the second round of the ...
Jamie, Causeway dominate big invitation market.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Peter Meldrum BOOKMAKERS have found it impossible to name a favourite for Tuesday 's eagerly awaited Emily Woods Invitation race being run over Wimbledon's 480- metre course, writes Peter Meldrum. Irish raider College Causeway along with the Charlie ...
Air can prove too wise for Maldini.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jonathan Kay BLACK ON AIR can succeed where Flying Winner failed by lowering the colours of Wise Maldini when the pair meet in an intriguing 9.00 over 680m at Coventry tonight, writes Jonathan Kay. The venue is probably the most significant factor as all Wise ...