Seven Days

Seven Days: Starspangledbanner Yet Waves

Golden boy of the week has to be Starspangledbanner (though Wayne Lordan and Karl Burke both deserve consideration for that...

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Where to begin? Perhaps to say that, though this sport faces myriad challenges, the mere thrill of actually going racing...

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Whether the Classic picture is any clearer this week than last is debatable but what the last seven days have...

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In this corner of the bloodstock world we like to keep our glass half-full, if not topped up to the...

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There was much to absorb over the last weekend and, significantly for the tier of horseracing which prompts so much...

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As always, Ireland and France have been quicker off the mark when it comes to the Flat turf season, and...

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Turbulente was a prophetic winner at Chantilly on Friday considering the events that would transpire less than 24 hours later...

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Plenty - maybe too much - has been said already on the subject of Constitution Hill and whether or not...

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This column is not really supposed to start until the Flat turf season gets underway but we saw the sunshine...

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Qipco British Champions Day should be one of those occasions when some of the stallions of next year go out...

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There was much consternation when only three new Flat stallions retired to stand in Britain for the 2025 season. It...

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Francis Graffard has had his horses on song from early spring, and anyone who felt that the trainer surely could...

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