The Racing Post (London, England) back issues from April 2009:
TODAY'S CARDS.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Catterick 50 Lingfield 26 ...
TODAY'S CARDS ALL SET FOR AINTREE.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Punters out of pocket after hospitality firm goes bust Page 2 Ted Walsh on his bid for a second win ...
TODAY'S CARDS ALL SET FOR AINTREE Parsons as low as 14-1 for National after plunge; Hobbs understands the thinking behind Parsons Legacy gamble.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rodney Masters PARSONS LEGACY was yesterday the subject of a concerted Grand National gamble, with trainer Philip Hobbs fanning the flames by admitting he could see the logic behind it. The 11-year-old's odds for Saturday's John Smith's-sponsored Aintree ...
TODAY'S CARDS ALL SET FOR AINTREE Parsons as low as 14-1 for National after plunge TODAY; TODAY.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... CARDS Catterick 2.20 50 Flat 8 races pounds 32k TURFTV RUK Lingfield 2.30 26 Flat 6 races pounds 22k SIS ATR Exeter 2.10 41 Jumps 6 races pounds 33k SIS ATR Kempton 6.50 34 Flat 6 races pounds 29k TURFTV RUK Gowran Park 4.35 78 Jumps 7 races pounds 73k SIS ATR Tote Jackpot Catterick (c/f ...
TODAY'S CARDS ALL SET FOR AINTREE Parsons as low as 14-1 for National after plunge TODAY Johnson back on Mighty Man for Liverpool Hurdle.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lewis Porteous MIGHTY MAN is set to be reunited with Richard Johnson when he bids for a third win in the John Smith's Liverpool Hurdle tomorrow. Johnson has partnered Mighty Man to all eight of his victories but missed the ride in last month's World Hurdle at ...
TODAY'S CARDS ALL SET FOR AINTREE Parsons as low as 14-1 for National after plunge TODAY Johnson back on Mighty Man for Liverpool Hurdle DENMAN THE STAR OF DAY ONE OF AINTREE.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Pricewise heads the greatest team of tipsters in the world as the mighty Denman's presence ensures an ...
TODAY'S CARDS ALL SET FOR AINTREE Parsons as low as 14-1 for National after plunge TODAY Johnson back on Mighty Man for Liverpool Hurdle DENMAN THE STAR OF DAY ONE OF AINTREE Aintree hospitality buyers in turmoil as firm goes bust.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Graham Green RACING enthusiasts who paid an estimated total of between pounds 250,000 and pounds 500,000 to be at Aintree this week have been left without tickets after a hospitality firm went bust. The racecourse yesterday reported around 100 concerned calls ...
TODAY'S CARDS ALL SET FOR AINTREE Parsons as low as 14-1 for National after plunge TODAY Johnson back on Mighty Man for Liverpool Hurdle DENMAN THE STAR OF DAY ONE OF AINTREE Aintree hospitality buyers in turmoil as firm goes bust Good ground on National course after watering.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... AINTREE clerk of the course Andrew Tulloch last night described the going on the Grand National course as good, good to soft in places, following watering yesterday, writes Lewis Porteous. Tulloch, who reported the going on both the National course and Mildmay circuit as "good, ...
TODAY'S CARDS ALL SET FOR AINTREE Parsons as low as 14-1 for National after plunge TODAY Johnson back on Mighty Man for Liverpool Hurdle DENMAN THE STAR OF DAY ONE OF AINTREE Aintree hospitality buyers in turmoil as firm goes bust Good ground on National course after watering CHATROOM Best of your emails and texts.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Keeping powder dry Afternoon off, thought I'd go racing at Folkestone. Had a look - aiden, maiden, seller, maiden, two six-runner handicaps, then a dead-eight handicap. Decided to give the grass its first cut instead. Roll on Aintree. Mike Bell, Ashford My Will ...
TODAY'S CARDS ALL SET FOR AINTREE Parsons as low as 14-1 for National after plunge TODAY Johnson back on Mighty Man for Liverpool Hurdle DENMAN THE STAR OF DAY ONE OF AINTREE Aintree hospitality buyers in turmoil as firm goes bust Good ground on National course after watering CHATROOM Best of your emails and texts BIRTHDAYS.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Jorge Valdivieso 52 Argentina's greatest jockey; Jeremy Rose 30 rider of Afleet Alex; Merrick Francis 59 owner of Lambourn Racehorse Transport; Neil Crowther 52 rider of Swell Fellow & Mrs McArdy; Gaie Johnson Houghton 68 former champion lady rider; Ben Case 41 Banbury trainer; Norton ...
TODAY'S CARDS ALL SET FOR AINTREE Parsons as low as 14-1 for National after plunge TODAY Johnson back on Mighty Man for Liverpool Hurdle DENMAN THE STAR OF DAY ONE OF AINTREE Aintree hospitality buyers in turmoil as firm goes bust Good ground on National course after watering CHATROOM Best of your emails and texts BIRTHDAYS Gambling Commission gives in-running betting the all-clear.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rodney Masters IN-RUNNING betting has been given a clean bill of health after a public consultation on the issue by the Gambling Commission, which has deemed further regulation unnecessary. A consultation report published by the commission yesterday said ...
TODAY'S CARDS ALL SET FOR AINTREE Parsons as low as 14-1 for National after plunge TODAY Johnson back on Mighty Man for Liverpool Hurdle DENMAN THE STAR OF DAY ONE OF AINTREE Aintree hospitality buyers in turmoil as firm goes bust Good ground on National course after watering CHATROOM Best of your emails and texts BIRTHDAYS Gambling Commission gives in-running betting the all-clear O'Connor still stable in hospital.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... MATT O'CONNOR last night remained in a stable condition at Cork University Hospital after suffering serious head injuries in a fall at Thurles last Thursday. O'Connor was knocked unconscious after his mount Walkin Aisy fell at the fifth-last in the beginners' chase. ...
ALL SET FOR AINTREE.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Punters out of pocket after hospitality firm goes bust Page 2 Ted Walsh on his bid for a second win ...
Parsons as low as 14-1 for National after plunge; Hobbs understands the thinking behind Parsons Legacy gamble.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rodney Masters PARSONS LEGACY was yesterday the subject of a concerted Grand National gamble, with trainer Philip Hobbs fanning the flames by admitting he could see the logic behind it. The 11-year-old's odds for Saturday's John Smith's-sponsored Aintree ...
TODAY.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... CARDS Catterick 2.20 50 Flat 8 races pounds 32k TURFTV RUK Lingfield 2.30 26 Flat 6 races pounds 22k SIS ATR Exeter 2.10 41 Jumps 6 races pounds 33k SIS ATR Kempton 6.50 34 Flat 6 races pounds 29k TURFTV RUK Gowran Park 4.35 78 Jumps 7 races pounds 73k SIS ATR Tote Jackpot Catterick (c/f ...
Johnson back on Mighty Man for Liverpool Hurdle.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lewis Porteous MIGHTY MAN is set to be reunited with Richard Johnson when he bids for a third win in the John Smith's Liverpool Hurdle tomorrow. Johnson has partnered Mighty Man to all eight of his victories but missed the ride in last month's World Hurdle at ...
DENMAN THE STAR OF DAY ONE OF AINTREE.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Pricewise heads the greatest team of tipsters in the world as the mighty Denman's presence ensures an ...
Aintree hospitality buyers in turmoil as firm goes bust.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Graham Green RACING enthusiasts who paid an estimated total of between pounds 250,000 and pounds 500,000 to be at Aintree this week have been left without tickets after a hospitality firm went bust. The racecourse yesterday reported around 100 concerned calls ...
Good ground on National course after watering.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... AINTREE clerk of the course Andrew Tulloch last night described the going on the Grand National course as good, good to soft in places, following watering yesterday, writes Lewis Porteous. Tulloch, who reported the going on both the National course and Mildmay circuit as "good, ...
CHATROOM Best of your emails and texts.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Keeping powder dry Afternoon off, thought I'd go racing at Folkestone. Had a look - aiden, maiden, seller, maiden, two six-runner handicaps, then a dead-eight handicap. Decided to give the grass its first cut instead. Roll on Aintree. Mike Bell, Ashford My Will ...
Gambling Commission gives in-running betting the all-clear.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rodney Masters IN-RUNNING betting has been given a clean bill of health after a public consultation on the issue by the Gambling Commission, which has deemed further regulation unnecessary. A consultation report published by the commission yesterday said ...
O'Connor still stable in hospital.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... MATT O'CONNOR last night remained in a stable condition at Cork University Hospital after suffering serious head injuries in a fall at Thurles last Thursday. O'Connor was knocked unconscious after his mount Walkin Aisy fell at the fifth-last in the beginners' chase. ...
Fahy out of Aintree and the rest of season with knee injury.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Graham Green DONAL FAHY, a rising star of the conditional ranks, will miss Aintree after being ruled out for the rest of the season by a knee injury suffered at Fontwell last Friday. Fahy, who has ridden 35 winners this season and was due to ride for his ...
QUESTION OF THE DAY; Has Ruby Walsh made the right decision in choosing My Will?(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Ruby's made a grave mistake. Although outstandingly handicapped My Will won't stay. Ruby will feel sick when he sees BIG FELLA THANKS pass him - he can't be out of the first four. pnf069 I think he has chosen the right horse. Lots of negatives but Nicholls and Walsh just keep getting ...
George favours Melling option for Nacarat.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lewis Porteous TOM GEORGE is leaning towards a crack at Grade 1 glory at Aintree on Friday with his impressive Racing Post Chase winner Nacarat. The eight-year-old, a winner of his last two races by a combined total of 15 lengths, holds an entry in tomorrow's ...
BHA to quit Shaftesbury Avenue for pastures new in High Holborn.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Graham Green THE BHA is relocating from Shaftesbury Avenue to 75 High Holborn at the end of July, in a move that will provide exclusive use of central London offices, as opposed to sharing a building with other businesses. Personnel employed by the Jockey Club ...
Injured Jukebox Jury likely to miss Derby.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lewis Porteous;Desmond Stoneham JUKEBOX JURY, runner-up in the Racing Post Trophy, is expected to miss a large part of the Flat season after suffering a suspected stress fracture of the tibia while working on trainer Mark Johnston's gallops at the weekend. ...
'Excited' O'Shea is new second jockey to Sheikh Hamdan.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Graham Green TADHG O'SHEA has filled the post vacated by Martin Dwyer as second jockey to Hamdan Al Maktoum and takes his first ride in the new job when partnering the Mark Johnson-trained Al Mugtareb at Catterick today. The appointment, which was made at the ...
In-form Hills closing rapidly on 3,000th winner.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rodney Masters NO-ONE has started the new Flat turf season in better form than Barry Hills, and his rush of winners has left Lambourn's senior trainer just five short of hitting a landmark 3,000th success. The countdown to the milestone has begun at the ...
Teddy the cat can't pounce on Jimmy-Floyd pen; Teddy the cat THE DIKLER The talk of racing.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... . DUBAI is often a favourite place for footballers to visit, and The Dikler's spy on the beach saw plenty of them last week - Jermaine Jenas, Danny Murphy, Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink and, erm, Teddy Grimthorpe. The racing manager for Khalid Abdullah is not an obvious name to place ...
'For obvious reasons I'd have liked to have had Ruby on our side, but we have a really good deputy in Slippers Madden' Tony O'Hehir talks to Ted Walsh about Southern Vic's National chance as the trainer bids to win the race again.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tony O'Hehir, TED WALSH would dearly love the weather forecasters to be wrong. Good ground at Aintree seems the most likely scenario for the John Smith's Grand National, but Walsh will have no objections if the meteorological wizards get it wrong and the skies empty ...
j j From tree surgery to surgery for Evans; Racing people Focus on those at the heart of the action.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... GRAND NATIONAL day will always hold happy memories for David Evans. Not for anything out of the ordinary at Aintree, but simply because the 1989 race coincided with the Welsh trainer saddling his first winner, Peaconpala, in a selling hurdle at Hereford. Close to 1,000 winners ...
j j Raise a toast to an Aintree legend; Racing people Focus on those at the heart of the action.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... THOSE making the trek to Aintree this week are advised to check out the recently opened Red Rum Bar & Grill. Named after the National legend, the premises have been operational for just over a month and are on the Ormskirk Road that overlooks the famous winner's enclosure. ...
j j Tregoning yard on fire for new season; Racing people Focus on those at the heart of the action.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... IMAGINE the reaction of Marcus Tregoning who, while driving home from visiting his mother in Devon on Mother's day, received a phone call from his sister to inform him that his home was on fire. By then, however, the drama at Lambourn's Kingwood House, which is adjacent to the ...
LEAP OF FAITH.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Richard Forristal TRAINER Thomas O'Leary does not hail from a racing family, or a racing hotbed, but the Grand National has been in his consciousness since he was a child - and on Saturday, cheered on by an entire community, he will be out to land jump racing's biggest ...
MY GRAND NATIONAL BETTING.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Chris Broom Best Grand National win, and how did it come about? L'Escargot, in 1975, made a lasting impression on me because I was only a year older than the horse! It was my first experience of the excitement of watching a horse I'd picked win and probably contributed ...
Aintree stalwart best known for Davy Jones's cruel defeat; 100 YEARS ON.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: John Randall, THIS month sees the centenary of the birth of Lord Mildmay, the most prominent and popular amateur rider in racing history. Mildmay was champion amateur rider over jumps six times but was best known for his unlucky defeats in the Grand National, especially ...
Terrific tipping.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Racing Post Ratings (Steve Mason) had a brilliant March, making a profit of pounds 99.29 to a level pounds 1 ...
BEST LONGSHOT.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ed Quigley A forecast outsider who could be primed to outrun its likely odds MINTURNO has decent prospects of repaying each-way support in division two of the 6f maiden at Catterick (4.50), writes The three-year-old missed the break on his debut over 7f at ...
Progressive Mr Willis will be hard to beat; MEL COLLIER on Wednesday.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: MEL COLLIER I KNOW that for many the Grand National is the only game in town this week, but we'll leave that until later and concentrate on some less newsworthy, but still interesting races being run today. The three-year-old handicap at Lingfield (4.30) is a ...
MY WEEK Punting week Severely.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... MY WEEK Punting week Severely curtailed by hard drive crashing, but was up and (partly) running by Saturday when smallish stakes on winners Big City Man and Desert Sea only gave a small profit thanks to bigger stakes on heartache horses Kandidate and Sweet Lightning Thought for the week ...
SICKNOTE.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Horses reappearing after an absence RESPITE returns to action for the first time since finishing second on her debut in mid-July in the maiden fillies' stakes at Kempton (7.20). The Cheveley Park-owned filly picked up an injury at Newmarket when second to Fantasia, who went on ...
ON THE MOVE.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Horses having their first run for a new trainer EVAN WILLIAMS is relieved to get Ferrando back on the course in the selling hurdle (2.10) at Exeter today - his first appearance for 761 days. The seven-year-old finished fifth in his last race, a maiden hurdle at Ayr in March ...
Bolton Hall expected to run well on ideal ground.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Burts Chips Handicap Hurdle 2m3f Live on ATR Card page 41 Key stat Emma Lavelle (Morning Heights) has a 41 per cent strike-rate in handicap hurdles at Exeter 2.40 Exeter What they say Evan Williams, trainer of Mickmacmagoole "He was progressive until a bad fall at Cheltenham and since then ...
Tips box Malcheek ready to regain winning thread off his lowest mark.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Newmarket Tony Elves Happy Forever (8.20 Kempton, nap) Ran as well as could be expected in a Listed race won by Penny's Gift on her final start at Newmarket last October and finds herself on the same mark as when scoring by a neck from Evelyn May in a 5f nursery at Kempton earlier that ...
Return to Polytrack can give Great Knight the edge.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Nap of the day Great Knight 5.00 Lingfield Frustrating maiden - placed first five starts - when with William Haggas last year, but off the mark on second start for Sylvester Kirk over course and distance in February. Appeared to appreciate sitting off a fairly strong pace that ...
THE STATS THAT MATTER.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... 40% Miss Tor Sturgis and Chris Catlin boast this winning percentage as a partnership at Lingfield, much better than their record there as individuals, which stands at 17% for Sturgis and 8% for Catlin. Today they team up again with Sunset Boulevard (3.30) pounds 59.81 That's the profit to ...
Hills and Gosden are no April fools; Watching the trainers Kevin Morley on this month's hot handlers.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... BARRY HILLS and John Gosden have started the season well, and we should expect plenty more success to follow for both in the following month. April is usually a good month for the pair with winners on a regular basis and a decent strike-rate. The good news for punters is that ...
WHAT WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE FOR YOU? FLAT RIDE OF 2008 - VOTE NOW.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Terms & Conditions: Entries close at midnight, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Calls cost 25p. Texts cost 25p. Racing Post rules apply, see www.racingpost.com. By entering this vote, you have automatically opted in to receive emails from the Racing Post and selected third parties.. ...
Middle Park second Sayif set to reappear.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... MIDDLE PARK runner-up Sayif, one of the highest-rated maidens in training, is set to reappear at Leicester tomorrow, writes Andrew Scutts. The Peter Chapple-Hyam-trained colt was second to Bushranger in the Group 1 Middle Park and was also placed in the Group 2 ...
Trainers sweating on Irish budget ruling.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tony O'Hehir JIM KAVANAGH, chief executive of the Irish Racehorse Trainers' Association, admitted yesterday that his members are "holding their breath" in advance of the government's emergency budget on Tuesday. The trainers and other sections of the racing ...
Easy victory for Cyrlight on chasing return.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... TOP French chaser Cyrlight made a winning return to fences yesterday at Auteuil, winning the Prix de Saumur over 2m6 1 / 2 f by eight lengths, and could now be prepared for the Grand Steeple- Chase de Paris in May, writes Desmond Stoneham. Cyrlight had, effectively, a pleasant ...
Turner hoping for good news at weekend.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... HAYLEY TURNER hopes to have a better idea by the weekend about when she can return to action, after yesterday undergoing a concussion test and scan in London, writes Graham Green. Turner, who has been prevented from riding out since being knocked unconscious on the Newmarket ...
US buys set to fall out of favour with pinhookers if exchange rates persist.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... PINHOOKERS have really favoured Kentucky yearling auctions as a source for their Craven sale entries this year. The pound was trading at nearly two to one in July, during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky sale, and it was still worth $1.78 by the end of Keeneland's two-week September sale. ...
Why all's not doom and gloom for the breeze-ups; TAKING STOCK Rachel Pagones previews the British and Irish two-year-old sales season, which begins at Doncaster on Tuesday.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rachel Pagones THE Flat calendar is kicking into full gear, and on the sales front a spate of domestic breeze-up auctions is about to begin. The first on the menu, the Goffs Kempton sale, took place nearly a month ago, but there remain half a dozen to go, beginning with ...
Aintree bumper entry and Johnston draft head sale.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Nancy Sexton DONCASTER Bloodstock Sales plays host to a slimmed-down Lincoln Handicap Sale today, which gets under way at 11am, writes Nancy Sexton. At 95 lots after withdrawals, this year's catalogue is the smallest in the past five years. Last ...
HORSE PLAY.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Easy as 1-2-3 1 In eight rides in the John Smith's Grand National, how many times has Ruby Walsh failed to finish? 2 How many times has Tony McCoy been placed in the National? 3 How many runners did Martin Pipe saddle in the 2001 National - eight, ten or 12? Answers on page 86 Just for the ...
McEntee eyes Royal Ascot for maiden winner Black Baccara; FOLKESTONE.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Graham Dench THE first Royal Ascot-bound two-yearold winner of the turf season seems to have come earlier than ever this year, but Phil McEntee seemed in no doubt about what he had on his hands when stating his case following Black Baccara's maiden success. A ...
Price targets valuable prizes with Cheveton.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... HORSES as good as Cheveton are a rarity at Southwell, but then Cheveton is something of a one-off himself, and he made a perfect start to his season when landing the pounds 18,000 5f handicap, writes Lee Mottershead. It was around this time last year that the strapping son of ...
O'Regan proves his fitness for Aintree as Bow School strikes; WETHERBY.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tom O'Ryan IT'S not only horses who need to be fit and sound for Aintree. So do jockeys. Denis O'Regan, after a week on the sidelines, confirmed here that he was back firing on all cylinders in advance of a busy three days on Merseyside, which will include ...
SOUTHWELL.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Star performance Hunterview is surely bound for better things than Southwell handicaps Bargain hunters happy Alan Vickers, who runs Southwell's magnificent traditional sweet shop, was tempting ...
IN THIS WEEK'S AINTREE.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT We bust the trends and find the best bets for the three-day meeting in our great form and tipping guide Expert Tyrone Molloy opposes his home side's ...
Early trials help stoke up Classic speculation.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... SUNDAY'S Leopardstown card featured two races officially designated as Classic trials. In the circumstances, it was logical that the meeting should have attracted the attention of a cluster of bookmakers' representatives seeking to promote interest in a range of ante-post markets. ...
THREE TO NOTE.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Estephe This Tommy Stack-trained filly by Sadler's Wells out of the stable's 1998 Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Tarascon finished in midfield in the Goffs Fillies Million on her only start at two. She has matured along the right lines over the winter to judge from her third placing behind ...
Press room pal relives past success; SIDEWAYS GLANCE.(Sports)
Apr 01, 2009 ... SUNDAY'S Leopardstown fixture afforded an opportunity to catch up with Tom McCormack, one of the most respected members of the Irish racing press over the course of many decades. When I first started in racing journalism, Tom - along with his Independent Newspapers colleague the late and ...