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No Racing on Christmas

But maybe a little on Good Friday. (The Independent)

Posted in International on October 19, 2004

Beaten Favorite Drugged

“The dark cloud of doping returned to threaten racing yesterday, when the Jockey Club confirmed that a post-race sample from Turnaround, who finished last when favourite at York in August, has tested positive for the tranquilliser acetylpromazine.” (Guardian)

Posted in International on October 15, 2004

British Racing Revives

“It’s something to warm the heart at the advent of winter. Bago and Grey Swallow may yet join them. Perhaps the true litmus of racing’s gains is to consider instead what it is about to lose. Refuse To Bend and Sulamani will depart to stud, almost certainly to be joined by Haafhd. Otherwise it will be ‘as you were’ in 2005, with the three-year-old crop thrown in for good measure. Racing has never had it so good. A sport that withered on two decades of inflated bloodstock values has contrived a stunning recovery.” (Times)

Posted in International on October 12, 2004