2025 Flat Issue 16 - Nothing doing

Weekend Entries

Friday 

Thirsk

6.35 Copper Knight

Saturday  

Newbury

1.50 Alsakib

3.00 Back In Black

3.35 Noteable Speech, Shadow of Light, 

5.20 Organ

Curragh

3.20 White Birch

4.37 Crystal Black, Uxmal

Sunday 

Pontefract

3.42 Overture

4.12 Brummell

Deauville

2.50 Rosallion, Noteable Speech, Dancing Gemini, The Lion in Winter

The John Torpey Memorial Trophy

           August   Total

Cod       35.26            702.64

Bob     00                   525.27

Martin  98.56            468.76

Steve    00                 357.81

Peej      00                  316.42

Neil      00            315.76

Cliff    00               225.14

Stats Per String

         Runs     Wins

Martin     35  11

Steve       40   4

Bob        34     12

Cliff       32      5

Neil      35        7

Peej      45   9

Cod       42  14

The Weeks Losers

Crystal Black, Detain, Haatem, Ides of March, Copper Knight

News

The City of York Stakes could be next for Shadow Of Light after he was a last-minute withdrawal from the Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest, with a return trip to Paris already being planned for October.

Charlie Appleby was reluctant to run the three-year-old on quick ground at Deauville on Sunday and is targeting a third Group 1 for Shadow Of Light, following victories in the Middle Park and Dewhurst as a juvenile. He has yet to score at the highest level this season but has run with credit, including when third in the 2,000 Guineas

The Ombudsman team are taking no chances with the pace angle in next week’s Juddmonte International at York and are shipping in a pacemaker from France to set the fractions for their leading candidate. The new arrival is to be supplemented for the Group 1 contest on Thursday at a cost of £85,000.

A quiet spell for the Richard Hannon yard has not dented the trainer's huge confidence in Rosallion ahead of Sunday's Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville, where the three-time Group 1 winner bids for a change of luck after two near misse

Grand Slam 

Leg 1 Neil  

Leg 2 Tony

Leg 3 Tony

Leg 4  Cliff

Leg 5 Neil

Leg 6 Peej 

Leg 7 Tony

Leg 8 Steve 

Leg 9 Steve

Leg 10 Steve

Leg 11  Steve

Leg 12  Cliff

Leg 13  Neil

Leg 14 Cliff

Leg   15 Bob

Leg 16 Bob

Leg 17 Peej

Leg 18 Bob

Leg 19 Neil

Leg 20 Peej

Leg 21 Cliff

Leg 22  Peej

Leg 23 Bob

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