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Honeysuckle Extends Record At Leopardstown

Honeysuckle has been forced to work harder than she has before to maintain her unbeaten record in the Grade One Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown. She is the 9-2 second favourite for the Champion Hurdle at next month's Cheltenham Festival behind the Nicky Henderson-trained Epatante at 4-1. The Henry de Bromhead-trained Honeysuckle claimed her seventh[...]
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Three-Way Tie For World’s Best Racehorse

In a three-way tie, Enable, Crystal Ocean and Waldgeist have been named as the top-rated horses in the world. The John Gosden-trained Enable just failed in October to become the first horse to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe three times. The horse who denied her a special place in history three months ago[...]
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Top Notch Could Prove To Be Just That Back Over Hurdles

The fourth and final day of the Leopardstown Christmas Festival (Sunday 29th December) featured key trials for the Cheltenham Festival in March. Battleoverdoyen and Sharjah won the Grade 1 races and are now leading contenders for the RSA Chase and Champion Hurdle. Champ runs at Cheltenham on New Year's Day and his performance will have[...]
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Gun Chaser Sizing John Back After 733 Days

Star steeplechaser Sizing John will make his return to the races after an injury-enforced absence of two years when he runs in a hurdle at Punchestown. The 2017 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner takes on Willie Mullins-trained stablemates, Cesarewitch winner Stratum and Irish National winner Burrows Saints, over two miles 3-1/2 furlongs (3900m) on Tuesday (Wednesday[...]
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