The Racing Post (London, England) back issues from July 2009:
pounds 1 OFF your brilliant [...].(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... pounds 1 OFF your brilliant new-look ...
Fortune on a high after landing Rip Eclipse ride; Fortune delighted to be picked for Rip.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lee Mottershead JIMMY FORTUNE, who has finished no better than fourth in eight rides for Aidan O'Brien, has been entrusted with the formidable task of defeating dual Classic winner Sea The Stars in the CoralEclipse Stakes at Sandown on Saturday. The jockey is ...
MURRAY MANIA.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... RPSPORT special with all the best bets for men's quarter-finals day at Wimbledon, featuring ...
GOT TO BE THERE Tony [...].(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... GOT TO BE THERE Tony Morris on why you ...
12 ways to improve the [...].(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... 12 ways to improve the racegoing experience Lee Mottershead on how ...
IRISH INVASION; Local trainers say they can't compete as 26 of Perth's 58 declared runners are from Ireland.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Graham Green YOU would have thought Ireland already had enough racecourses, but it appears to have adopted a new one - in Scotland. Of the 58 declared runners at this afternoon's six-race card at Perth, no fewer than 26 have travelled from Ireland, including ...
Henderson to have personal BHA hearing.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Graham Green NICKY HENDERSON has requested a personal hearing with the BHA over the Moonlit Path case, with the threat of suspension hanging over him. The hearing has been scheduled for 4pm tomorrow. Last week Henderson was found guilty of administering the ...
TODAY.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... CARDS Perth 2.20 54 Jumps 6 races pounds 53k SIS ATR Catterick 2.30 20 Flat 6 races pounds 34k TURFTV RUK Worcester 2.10 26 Jumps 7 races pounds 35k SIS ATR Chepstow 6.40 44 Flat 6 races pounds 24k SIS ATR Kempton 6.20 37 Flat 7 races pounds 40k ...
Three punters share monster Super7 payout.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... THE Tote's under-fire Super7 bet was won for only the third time in its history yesterday when three punters shared a pool that was creeping up to pounds 1 million courtesy of Orpen's Art's victory at Brighton, writes Jessica Lamb. On a day when the first eight races at Brighton ...
SUMMER LOVIN'.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Kauto Star and Denman (top) enjoy the final days of their holiday in trainer Paul Nicholls' paddocks before they return to ...
South American aces join Cecil.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: David Milnes HENRY CECIL has taken delivery of former South American Group performers Rossel and Rugell, with a view to campaigning them in Britain this summer. The arrival of the three-year-olds, both Argentinian-bred, is a first for the Newmarket trainer, ...
Gibson back home; IN BRIEF.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... WENDY GIBSON, the season's leading female amateur rider, has been discharged from hospital following her fall at Leicester on Thursday night. Gibson, 32, who sustained two broken ribs, a fractured vertebra and torn liver after being stood on by her mount, had expected to be ...
Davies close to return; IN BRIEF.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... JAMES DAVIES, who had his fractured lower left arm pinned and plated after a fall at Towcester on May 29, is hoping to start riding out in two to three weeks. Davies, 24, the son of former jockey Hywel Davies, said: "I have been seeing Michael Foy at ...
Buccellati put away; IN BRIEF.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... ANDREW BALDING hopes Buccellati will be fit for an autumn campaign after being ruled out of his summer engagements through injury incurred when he was hampered by Frozen Fire in the Coronation Cup at Epsom. The five-year-old will miss next week's ...
Sea The Stars would have edge on terms that suited; Sea The Stars v Fame And Glory - our experts have their say.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Paul Kealy Betting editor With Sea The Stars set to avoid softish ground, you'd imagine the dual Classic winner would be meeting Fame And Glory on his terms and, over 1m2f, I could see only one winner - Sea The Stars. Fame And Glory would have a better shot in a strongly run ...
Cumani drops Greek import Ialysos in class at Sandown.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Andrew Scutts TRAINER Luca Cumani is dropping the horse he calls the 'Greek Freak' down in class at Sandown on Saturday, following a poor performance at Royal Ascot. Ialysos, after proving too good for the opposition in his homeland, made a winning start in ...
Rematch options.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Irish Champion Stakes 1m2f, Leopardstown, September 5 Outside of the Arc, no European all-aged race in recent years has matched the lustre of the Irish Champion, and if the rematch is to take place, the home soil of Leopardstown must be favourite. The connections of both Sea The Stars and ...
Fame set for summer off before big double bid.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... FAME AND GLORY is to have a well-deserved break and is likely to be targeted at a spectacular late-season double bid, taking in the Irish Champion Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, writes Tony O'Hehir. The Aidan O'Brien-trained colt landed the Dubai Duty Free Irish ...
Venue the key factor when big two meet; James Willoughby says superiority between Derby heroes may rest on which race they contest.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: James Willoughby IT IS a match made in heaven, but its nature is elemental. It would be thunder against lightning, earth versus wind, iron against mercury. However you want to describe the second time that Fame And Glory meets Sea The Stars, it is perfect ...
What would make racing better? Lee Mottershead with a 12-point plan to improve the racegoing experience.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lee Mottershead IN YESTERDAY'S edition, we set out what is wrong with the racegoing experience. Salisbury's attempt to stop a 75-year-old enjoying an ice cream and the failure of Folkestone and Tipperary to pass on key watering announcements proved to be a catalyst for ...
CHATROOM; The best of your emails and texts.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... It's not for me Re Doncaster on Saturday. pounds 25 entry, no family enclosure - who dreamt that up? Sod the regular racegoer, let's have a concert. I had a 70-mile wasted round trip, as I won't be taken for granted. I thought they had learned from the outcry over parking charges ....
QUESTION OF THE DAY What specific examples of good customer service have you experienced at the races?(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Some of the smaller tracks are worthy of praise. Bath, Salisbury, Southwell and Stratford are worth mentioning. I think there is more of a personal touch at the smaller venues. adrianhu The customer experience at Deauville is excellent - good racing, good facilities, EUR3 to get in - an ...
Dixon group sets to work on attracting younger audience.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lee Mottershead A GROUP aiming to encourage more young people to experience racing and potentially ownership is to meet for the first time on Friday as part of the sport's wider rebranding exercise being carried out by consultants Harrison Fraser. The group, ...
What Harrison Fraser said.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Fresh and original Rejuvenated Being the latest thing Modern and fashionable Novel Carpe diem Mischievous Playful ...
HOW TO MAKE RACING EVEN BETTER.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... What the customer said Racing has low interest and saliency for occasional customers Racing is a peripheral activity in a highly competitive leisure sector Many occasional racegoers are not organisers of their ...
Mountain Coral continues rapid climb as smaller stables make mark at the Curragh.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... HAVING highlighted the achievements of Mountain Coral in last week's column, I was delighted to see the five-year-old continue his phenomenal rate of progress by winning the Dubai Duty Free-sponsored Scurry Handicap at the Curragh on Sunday. This was a fourth victory in ...
Happy ending despite blinkered approach; SIDEWAYS GLANCE.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... IGNORANCE is bliss. Last Thursday, I advised Spotlight readers to support the Joanna Morgan-trained filly Morrigan in a sprint handicap at Tipperary, offering the view that first-time blinkers might help to do the trick for her. At the time of writing on Wednesday afternoon, I was unaware, ...
Watering debate possesses a high Rumsfeld factor.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... PERHAPS because I was feeling a touch delirious following a severe bout of food poisoning that prevented me from attending the Irish Derby for the first time in many years, I tangled myself in linguistic knots on Sunday evening, trying to make some notes in preparation for this column ....
MY WEEK.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... MY WEEKPunting high Jumped on the Brian Ellison bandwagon by backing Rosko and went with the pace angle with Tamagin at Windsor. Laying Sea The Stars in the Irish Derby at the Curragh Punting low Over-betting ...
Easy to make a case for Simple Rhythm; on Wednesday.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: MEL COLLIER Today's bets Border Owl 3.30 Catterick 1pt win Simple Rhythm 6.20 Kempton 1pt win Blue Nymph 7.20 Kempton 1pt win TRACK management and watering policy, which was already high on the agenda after the Saturday of Royal Ascot, ...
BEST LONGSHOT.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... A forecast outsider who could be primed to outrun its likely odds CROZAN has been a perennial underachiever but he looks like he is competing at an appropriate level in the Class 3 handicap chase at Perth (4.20), writes Ed Quigley. Rated 151 in his prime, the former ...
Top tipping Racing Post Ratings [...].(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Top tipping Racing Post Ratings (Simon Turner) tipped four winners at Hamilton yesterday, including ...
Stand by for another Johnston hot streak in July; Watching the trainers Kevin Morley says the Charlton, Knight and Cole stables are worth following.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... MARK JOHNSTON has been in terrific form over the past few weeks and it's possible his yard may find an even higher gear over the next month. July is often his busiest month for winners as well as runners and it's one in which he has been profitable to follow for three of the past five ...
Jolly japes pay [...]; BETTING REPORT.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jolly japes pay 3,388-1 LAYERS took a hammering yesterday as the first four favourites at both Brighton and Hamilton all went in, no doubt leaving many betting shop punters with early multiples rubbing their eyes in ...
Beware Brighton bias [...]; BETTING REPORT.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Beware Brighton bias IT WAS clear at Royal Ascot two weeks ago how important track bias can be, and there was another example yesterday at Brighton, where the whole field went up the far side in the opener, only for the well-backed favourite Itsher to saunter home up the near side. ...
BANKERS OR BLOWOUTS?(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Top Mark 3.20 Perth SP forecast 4-6 Inconsistent but he has plenty of ability. He made an encouraging start to his chasing career when making most of the running to score in a beginners' chase at Ballinrobe last time. Gordon Elliott's gelding impressed with his fluent jumping and could ...
Beautiful Breeze can take advantage of ratings drop.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Nap of the day Beautiful Breeze 8.40 Chepstow Mark Johnston's gelding isn't the most consistent, but he has a fair strike-rate with two wins from nine starts - his last victory at Warwick in May off a mark of 72. He was a decisive winner that day, and the handicapper reacted with a 6lb ...
THE STATS THAT MATTER.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Richard Hannon has an impressive 26 per cent strike-rate with his 2yos in non-handicaps at Chepstow, where he has had ten winners from 39 runners for a pounds 1 level-stakes profit of pounds 64.49. Carnaby Street and Red Badge go for him at 6.40 100% There are two seasonal 100 ...
Tips box Improving Shannon Springs can make long trek worthwhile.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... North Colin Russell Beautiful Breeze (8.40 Chepstow, nap) Warwick winner in May and has run creditably in two competitive handicaps since. Back down in grade and, with the Mark Johnston yard continuing in great form, he is fancied to get back to winning ways. Summer Dancer (3.30 ...
Horse in focus ... Heart Shaped.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... THE 1,000 Guineas and the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot were the last two assignments for the Aidan O'Brien-trained Heart Shaped and, having acquitted herself well in that exalted company, the filly should appreciate the drop in grade and trip for today's 7f Irish Stallion Farms EBF ...
'I think Miss Gorica will run a big race'.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... 4.20 Perth Timothy Hardie Jewellers Handicap Chase 3m ATR Card page 57 Key stat Chris Grant, who saddles Ngong Hills, has had four winners from 13 runners in handicap chases at Perth over the past four seasons What they say Ferdy Murphy, trainer of Water Taxi "He's not very big, ...
HORSE PLAY.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Googling a runner Ngong Hills 4.20 Perth The name given to a ridge overlooking the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, to the west of Nairobi. Ngong is a Masai word meaning 'knuckles', and in legend the hills are formed from the knuckles of a giant. The grassy slopes offer good walking and game ...
We are setting the pace, just come and see for yourself; Tony Morris speaks up for a town whose successes and charms are taken for granted.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tony Morris THIS year's Royal Ascot was surely the best in a decade or more, with top-quality sport throughout the five-day fixture and plenty of outstanding performances that will live long in the memory. But trust the media to focus on the wrong angles, with ...
Bletherings rant sees Australians attack Johnston; THE DIKLER The talk of racing.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: DIKLER THE AUSTRALIAN newspaper has jumped at the chance to have a pop at Mark Johnston, following the trainer's bewilderment - relayed on the "bletherings" section of his website [www.markjohnstonracing. com] - at how Scenic Blast, as a son of Scenic, could be ...
Argentine continues rich vein of form; HAMILTON.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Colin Russell THE Argentine story continues. The fiveyear-old, the first horse to be owned by Denis Moriarty, and a bargain buy at just pounds 2,200 in May, made it four wins for the season, three on the course, when he landed the 5f handicap in the hands of Paul ...
Carson takes solo route to victory on Itsher; BRIGHTON.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Bruce Jackson IT'S in the genes. William Carson took matters into his own hands, much like his grandfather and champion jockey Willie Carson did most famously when landing the 1995 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Bahri. Willie took the tree-lined outside route ...
Gala Coral axe 200 jobs in wake of restructure.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard Wright GALA CORAL, the betting-tobingo group that sponsor this week's Eclipse at Sandown, are shedding 200 jobs as a result of a management restructure, and have put a further 100 at risk by closing five bingo clubs. The moves, announced yesterday by ...
Haslam has fingers crossed as rider Goode undergoes surgery; INTERNATIONAL.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Graham Green PAUL GOODE, who suffered multiple spinal fractures in a fall at Queanbeyan in New South Wales on Monday, underwent surgery yesterday as former colleagues at Patrick Haslam's Middleham stable struggled to come to terms with the extent of his injury. ...
McEvoy rides 1,000th winner; INTERNATIONAL.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... KERRIN McEVOY registered his 1,000th winner when partnering Bright Mind to victory at Randwick yesterday, writes Andrew Scutts. McEvoy, who enjoyed a successful spell with Godolphin as second jockey to Frankie Dettori, is now retained by Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud to ride its ...
MAYHEM ON MOTORWAY; Semple's Trade Price causes havoc by climbing into horsebox driver's cab.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Graham Green FIREMEN had to cut Trade Price free from Ian Semple's horsebox on Monday night after he somehow got over the internal partition and into the driver's cab, writes Graham Green. The drama was played out on the M8 motorway as the three-year-old ...
'Put your money in, and your horses, and next year we can shape the scheme even better' Howard Wright reports from the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association business seminar at Tattersalls in Newmarket.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard Wright A SHOW of hands among 180 guests at a Thoroughbred Breeders' Association seminar in Newmarket yesterday, querying support for the Racing Post Yearling Bonus scheme, produced a sole dissenting vote - from agent Larry Stratton - after one of the promoters, ...
Figures show extent of bloodstock downturn.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Howard Wright THE strongest statistical evidence yet to emerge that the recession is biting into the bloodstock business in Britain and Ireland was unveiled yesterday, demonstrating that while British breeders have been significantly affected, their Irish counterparts ...
Domination by Coolmore colossus taken to new level; TAKING STOCK Rachel Pagones on the ubiquitous Sadler's Wells and his line's dominance of the Irish Derby.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rachel Pagones WHENEVER we talk about the potential of artificial breeding technologies, such as artificial insemination and cloning, the first question raised is this: What would racing look like if all the pedigrees were similar, or the same? What would our Classic ...
A TORY WHO KNOWS THE DRILL; Former jockey Anthony Tory loves the freedom of his new career as an equine dentist. He tells John Cobb why a long weekend at Glastonbury beats worrying about doing 10st on a wet Monday fixture at Plumpton.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: John Cobb DENTISTS, even equine dentists, know all about painful moments. For Anthony Tory, what makes it worse is that the agony was self-inflicted. Still nagging away at his brain is the day in March 1992 when he chose the wrong horse: giving up one who might have won ...
RACEFORM INTERACTIVE Version 4 [...].(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... RACEFORM INTERACTIVE Version 4 Racing Post database ...
Headgear.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... RACING POST cards, form & results indicate the following headgear: b=blinkers: head garment with holes for eyes and ears, one or both eyeholes being fitted with cowls cutting out all vision to the rear but permitting full forward vision; v=visor: one or both cowls have ...
Racecard abbreviations.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... AW-all-weather; B-brought down; b-blinkers; BF-beaten favourite last run; C-carried out; C-course winner; CD-course/distance winner; Cls- class; D-distance winner; d-disqualified; e/c-eycover; e/s-eyeshield; ex-pounds ...
Pointing the way to punting profit.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... SIGNPOSTS includes trainers, jockeys & horses engaged today in GB. Unless otherwise stated, data reads: Current plus previous FOUR seasons Form in ...
Topspeed ratings.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... TOPSPEED (Dave Edwards) gives up to two ratings for each horse, all adjusted for today's weight and (Flat only) weight-for-age. (1) The horse's latest performance (within last 6 months). (2) The ...
Winner pounds 2,000; Runner-up pounds 500.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Monthly winner (based on straight pounds 1 bet) pounds 100 COMPETITORS are ranked by return from pounds 1 bet at SP on all tips, expressed as a percentage of turnover. e.g. tips 500; total stake pounds 500; return pounds 480; (480/500) x 100=96%. Selections count in races for which the ...
Handicap marks for nurseries.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Handicap marks for nurseries The season's first nursery (2yo handicap) is at Redcar tomorrow. Official 2yo ratings have not ...
Spiders Star gives West first Flat success; THIRSK.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: David Carr WHEN you train your first winner on the Flat you are entitled to show off and tell everyone how clever you are, but modesty prevailed after Spiders Star's dramatic victory in the 2m handicap. It was Simon West's first Flat success since taking over ...
King Keano lands massive Irish gamble; STRATFORD.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lewis Porteous A SUBSTANTIAL gamble was landed in the first race at Stratford yesterday evening, as the once-raced King Keano just got the better of Alesandro Mantegna in a dramatic photo-finish. Available at 20-1 on the high street in the morning and double ...
Going descriptions TURF Hard, Firm, [...].(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Going descriptions TURF Hard, Firm, Good to Firm, Good, Good to Soft (Ireland-Yielding), Soft, Heavy. GoingStick scale: 1=hvy; 7-8.9=good; 15=hard ALL-WEATHER Fast, Standard, Slow. FRANCE Going in France is assessed by the penetrometer, a calibrated stick which gives ...
Virginia a happy reminder for Prescott; WINDSOR.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Bruce Jackson SIR MARK PRESCOTT has plenty to thank Odette for, as a possible resurgence in his ailing fortunes was provided by one of her daughters Virginia Hall, who spreadeagled her rivals in the median auction maiden. Odette had herself won a couple of ...