It wasn't so very long ago that Jonjo O'Neill Junior was nurturing his talent in pony races at places like Andoversford. Today, he's a fully fledged professional rider, in the top rank, and his endeavour got its just reward when Champ finally found his best metier in the Howden Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot.  This was a first Grade I winner for the young rider charged with the onerous duty of rid...

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Emerging online auction house Thoroughbid has introduced an innovative Point-to-Point bonus, called Point2Rules. The scheme offers horses aged 4, 5 and 6 sold in a ThoroughBid auction the chance to land a £5,000 bonus for their new connections if going on to win their first start under rules. In addition, any graduate of a British Point-to-Point winning on their rules debut wi...

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Sometimes, when Lady Luck is riding with you, things go right when you've no expectation that they should. The law of averages tells us that it'll be our turn soon, but the flip side of that coin is another law - Murphy's - that says that anything that can go wrong, will.  Over the past 18 months, the Keighleys, based in a yard at Condicote, where both Belinda and Martin cut their teeth with...

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There's something about Cheltenham that inspires the most memorable racing time after time, and as 15,000 of the faithful crammed into Prestbury Park for the eclectic event that is Cheltenham Countryside Raceday, there was nothing to disappoint.  For many it was a story of continued dominance by the Irish following the beating they meted out to British trainers in March. Three of the six win...

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