Princeful and Anzum have Haydock date; Two former Stayers' Hurdle winners may clash on Saturday in Festival warm-up.Byline: MATT CHAPMAN ANZUM and Princeful, former winners of the Bonusprint Stayers' Hurdle HURDLE, Eng. law. A species of sledge, used to draw traitors to execution. at Cheltenham and both entered for this year's race, may clash at Haydock on Saturday. The pair featured yesterday among the 11 possibles for Saturday's Tote Credit Club Premier Hurdle at Haydock and were also among the 56 entries revealed for the Stayers', in which other likely runners include last term's runner-up Limestone limestone, sedimentary rock wholly or in large part composed of calcium carbonate. It is ordinarily white but may be colored by impurities, iron oxide making it brown, yellow, or red and carbon making it blue, black, or gray. The texture varies from coarse to fine. Lad. Anzum is returning from exactly a year off the course, having last been seen in Saturday's race 12 months ago when he finished third behind Behrajan and Merry Masquerade, who could reoppose on Saturday. Richard Phillips Richard Phillips may refer to
"He's fit enough to run, although he normally needs his first outing of the season and he hasn't been doing any fancy gallops. He seems in good form." Anzum scored a shock 40-1 victory in the 1999 Stayers' Hurdle when trained by David Nicholson David Nicholson may refer to:
Princeful is now in the care of Ron Hodges Martin Pipe confirmed yesterday that Deano's Beeno-runner-up to exciting novice Baracouda in the Long Walk Hurdle-is also on course to run at Haydock. Baracouda, meanwhile, has the option of either the Stayers' Hurdle or the Royal & SunAlliance Novices' Hurdle at the Festival, although he is favourite in ante-post lists for the former. nFAR CRY, quoted at 10-1 for the Stayers' Hurdle by Coral, has not been entered for the race after being injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in the Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major annual thoroughbred horse race. Billed as The race that stops a nation, it is for three-year-olds and over, and covers a distance of 3,200 metres. It is generally regarded as the most prestigious "two-mile" handicap in the world. . Martin Pipe, reporting Far Cry's progress on his website, said yesterday: "Far Cry is not very good, having come back with a little problem from Australia. He will not be running over hurdles this season, but we have every hope he will race again." CAPTION(S): Anzum, aiming to repeat Cheltenham success of 1999 |
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