Results for tag: Sandwon
Posted by:
TimeformBlog
on Sep 9, 2011 at 12:17:57 PM
William Muir's [b]Cruiser[/b] has kept some good company in this year and has generally performed with credit, including when sixth in the Britannia at Royal Ascot. Perhaps his most eye-catching piece of form is a close second to Directorship in another handicap at Ascot in July. Cruiser was arguably a bit unlucky that day in that he was forced to wait for a gap, but even if he was beaten on merit it's a strong piece of form (the winner went in in a big field at Newbury next time) which gives him excellent claims off the same mark at Sandown (15:55). Cruiser has run just respectably on his last two starts, but has excuses in that the trip wasn't suitable on either occasion and, returned to what looks his optimum distance this afternoon, he should go close.
One of the more interesting...
Posted by:
TimeformBlog
on Dec 8, 2010 at 11:45:35 AM
[b]Officials at Cheltenham are confident of beating the deep freeze for their valuable two-day meeting later this week, with a bumper eight-race card planned for Saturday due to the Tingle Creek Chase being rerouted from Sandown's abandoned meeting last weekend.[/b]
The main betting race on Saturday, however, comes some thirty-five minutes later in the form of the December Gold Cup, Cheltenham's long-standing pre-Christmas handicap chase over twenty-one furlongs, which has undergone several name changes since its original sponsor Massey-Ferguson bowed out back in 1982. This year's renewal carries the "Vote A.P." tag as it becomes the latest vehicle in the sport's orchestrated campaign for Tony McCoy to be voted winner of the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, for which the record-breaking...