Bateson doubles up in Irish Derby trials.Byline: By John Forbes John Forbes can refer to more than one person:
JULIE BATESON was weighing up the possibility of a dual raid on the paddypower.com Irish Derby following Plough Lane's victory in a trial stakes at Belle Vue Belle Vue may refer to:
The dog, bought out of Seamus Graham's kennel following the Derby at Wimbledon, clocked a 27.39sec for the 470m in Manchester to land his first success and a prize that included free entry to the Shelbourne Classic for his new connections, and Bateson was delighted. She says: "I was in the middle of the track when the race was being run and I didn't see a lot of the action, but everyone that I spoke to afterwards said that he had won on merit. We have only had him about four weeks and it has taken that time for him to settle in, but I think that he is starting to come on now. "The immediate aim is to go for the Northern Flat, which starts at Belle Vue a week on Thursday, and after that plans are fluid, although I would like to go to Ireland with him. He was a good dog over there and he made the final of this year's Easter Cup at Shelbourne." The kennel also have designs on a second Irish Derby trial The Derby Trial is a race for Thoroughbred horses run at Churchill Downs at the end of April, one week before the Kentucky Derby. An ungraded stakes with a purse of $100,000, it's open to three year olds willing to race one mile on the dirt. stakes at Shawfield next Saturday with Kylegrove Top, who clocked the fastest time in the heats at the Glasgow track. "He loves Shawfield having got to two Scottish Derby The Scottish Derby was a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It was run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) at Ayr Racecourse in July. Prior to 2003 it had been a Group 3 race known as the Scottish Classic. finals there, and if he wins the final next weekend, then we would have to think seriously about sending both of them. Where I am situated in Lancashire, it is almost as easy for me to get to Shelbourne as it is to Wimbledon." Meanwhile, at Wimbledon, William Hill The name William Hill may refer to the following: People
Easy-to-back, Seamus Cahill's 5-4 favourite moved swiftly through the gears down the far side to join issue with leader Carlsberg Flash and exerted his superiority up the home-straight to to score by two lengths in 28.96sec. "It's great to pick up the free entry for the Irish Derby as we've long been tempted to go for the race with this fellow," said Cahill. Cahill's unraced April 2007 youngster Droopys Quinta A division of Seagate that was originally an acquisition and then absorbed into the company by 1999. Quinta was the developer of Optically Assisted Winchester (OAW) technology. See OAW. , who was only able to undergo official trials at the start of this month, produced an exceptional workout before racing when winning a three-runner affair in 27.64sec. A bitch by Droopys Vieri out of Macy Gray, she led on the run-up and went away to win by five lengths from kennelmate Raving rav·ing adj. 1. Talking or behaving irrationally; wild: a raving maniac. 2. Exciting admiration: a raving beauty. n. Black in 27.64sec (normal). The pounds 6,000 Stan James Puppy Derby over 460m at Wimbledon starts on Saturday, July 26, with semis on Friday, August 1 and the Sky Sports-televised final on Tuesday, August 5. CAPTION(S): Kilkenny Lonjack: wins at Wimbledon STEVE NASH Steven John Nash, OBC (born February 7, 1974),[1] is a Canadian professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nash was brought up in a family of sportsmen and he excelled in a variety of sports. |
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