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Ask Me has quality to land Eider marathon.


ASK Me Later is expected to exploit his stamina and handy mark in the weights to land the gruelling Eider Eider, river, Germany
Eider (ī`dər), river, 117 mi (188 km) long, rising S of Kiel, N Germany, and flowing N to the Kiel Canal before turning west and meandering to the North Sea at Tönning.
 Chase marathon when he returns to Newcastle on Saturday.

The Bradburne family of Fife, trainer Sue, husband Johnny and rider son Mark, cherish the hopes of lifting the coveted cov·et  
v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets

v.tr.
1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy.

2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire.
 target of all owners north of the border - the Scottish National - with the nine-year-old come April 18.

This ambition was nearly achieved back in 1992 when the Sue-trained long shot Off The Bru was ridden by Johnny into third place.

Now it is Mark who does the riding and the partnership pointed to the duo being well up to the task when obliging o·blig·ing  
adj.
Ready to do favors for others; accommodating.



o·bliging·ly adv.
 in a three-miler at the Gosforth Park venue last Monday.

In gaining his latest success, Ask Me Later was involved right from the start by making most of the running to the 14th and kept on strongly when up under strong pressure by the Mary Reveley-trained Brighter Shade and Gordon Richards' Real Tonic.

Trainer Paul Nicholls' team has been enjoying something of the Midas touch Midas touch
n.
The ability to make, manage, and keep huge amounts of money: "Today's market has convinced dozens of kids barely out of college that they've got the Midas touch" Business Week.
 but keep an eye open for one blip on the picture in Strong Chairman who can seek to rectify the matter in the stayers' novices chase on Warwick's rivalling card.

The Shepton Mallet mallet,
n a hammering instrument.

mallet, hard,
n a small hammer with a leather-, rubber-, fiber-, or metal-faced head; used to supply force or to supplement hand force for the compaction of foil or amalgam and to seat cast
 handler was left ruing his decision to run his charge right handed when he flopped badly at Ascot last Wednesday when he trailed in a distance last of the four finishers for the Reynolds town Chase.

Previously an easy Newbury victor the seven-year-old son of Strong Gale should put his festival hopes back on course when he returns left-handed at the Midland venue.

STAR BETS: Tomorrow: P Nicholls sel (Hereford 3.0), Miss Millbrook (Hereford 4.30); Rock Island Line (Southwell 2.40), Big Bang big bang

Model of the origin of the universe, which holds that it emerged from a state of extremely high temperature and density in an explosive expansion 10 billion–15 billion years ago.
 (Southwell 3.40); Circle of Magic (Plumpton 2.20), The Proms (Plumpton 2.50).

Tuesday: M Pipe's sel (Leics 2.50), Logical Step (Leics 3.20), Bakkar (Leics 4.20); Mac's Back (Lingfield 2.10), Threadneedle (Lingfield 3.40); Fanforan (Sedgefield 2.30), Paperising (Sedgefield 3.30).

Wednesday: Supply and Demand (Lingfield 2.0), Mouse Bird (Lingfield 2.30); My Legal Eagle (Wolv 2.10), Chahaya Timor (Wolv 2.40); Reeds (Musselburgh 2.20) Secret Bay (Musselburgh 4.20);

Saturday: Ask Me Later (Newcastle), Strong Chairman, Edelweis du Moulin moulin (mlăN`): see pothole.  (Warwick); Laredo (Chepstow).
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Publication:Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Date:Feb 15, 1998
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