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TEENAGE jockey Tom Hutsby was thrilled to notch his first double on Shoal Bay and Drakes Well in front of a big crowd at the Warwickshire Point-to-Point meeting at Mollington, near Banbury, on Bank Holiday Monday. Having taken his tally for the campaign to five on the pair, trained by his father, Fred, at Wellesbourne, near Stratford, the 16-year-old called time on race-riding for this term to re...

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With so many meetings having been cancelled, there is a large entry of 150 for the seven-race card, which commences at 1.00. There is an improving weather forecast during the week, so hopefully the ground will be decent by the Bank Holiday. The opening race over two-and-a-half miles for four- and five-year-olds, has attracted 23 runners, where only nine of them have seen a racecourse. It will be ...

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It's On The Line asserted his credentials to be the best hunter chaser in Britain & Ireland in another narrowly won victory in the Event Power Champion Hunters' Chase at the Punchestown Festival on Friday.  The J P McManus owned gelding is, to all intents and purposes, a professionally trained horse, in the care of Emmet Mullins, and ridden by Derek O'Connor, the leading Irish amateur. H...

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A damp Friday evening did nothing to dispel the thrill of riding round Cheltenham for riders of the 59 runners during the 7 race Hunters' Evening, one of just two hunter chase only cards in the British calendar nowadays.  David Kemp and Dale Peters make a good partnership to follow at this annual fixture, so punters latched on to Law of Gold in the 4 miler for the United Hunts Challenge Cup....

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GINA Andrews will be looking to boost her ladies' championship hopes on home territory at the Warwickshire Point-to-Point meeting at Mollington, near Banbury, on Bank Holiday Monday, May 6 (2pm). Going into the weekend one winner behind Izzie Marshall, the 10-time champion rider, who trains at Marton, near Rugby, under her married name, Gina Ellis, is set to field a strong team at her local track...

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The powerbase of Jump racing does not lie in Gloucestershire. This is the story of the statistics from the most recent Jumps season, dominated by a late surge for the Trainers' Championship by Willie Mullins, following a highly successful Cheltenham Festival and victory in the Grand National.  Despite some 10% of Jump horses in training located within a 20 mile radius of Cheltenham, trainers...

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Spring's Maryland Hunt Cup should be an event on any self-respecting Jumps fan's bucket list. This year's 127th running proved a gripping contest, all the more so for British rider Charlie Marshall.  At four miles over 22 post-and-rail fences — some nearly five-feet tall — the Maryland Hunt Cup – the third and final leg of the Maryland Timber Triple series over a three-week...

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The Laura Richardson-trained Jeux D'Eau added his name to the iconic roll-call for the historic Lady Dudley Cup with a no-nonsense victory in the Classic when providing his Shropshire-based trainer with by far the biggest victory of her fledgling career.   Jeux d'Eau wins the Lady Dudley Cup under Huw Edwards, one leg of an Edwards treble. © Graham Fisher Only six-years-old, the ...

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Enthusiastic owners Clive and Joan Hitchings are based only a few miles from Chaddesley Corbett Rracecourse and have long wanted a horse good enough to land the prestigious Lady Dudley Cup which takes centre stage on the seven race-card at the Worcestershire venue on Saturday. And their wish may have been granted in the shape of Grace A Vous Enki, who bids to extend his unbeaten sequence to six v...

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"Quality will out" is a watchword for racing at Aintree nowadays, where the era of long-priced unfancied horses has largely been put to bed by changes to race conditions and the shape of the fences. And perhaps the racing over the National fences is better for that.  That quality was proven yesterday when 3/1 favourite It's On The Line, trained by Emmet Mullins, and ridden by Derek O'Connor,...

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