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Review of the 2014 Welsh Grand National

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The Racing Horse takes this opportunity to thank the team at Chepstow Racecourse for their hospitality and welcome for our visit to the 2014 Coral Welsh Grand National! We had the most fabulous (and profitable) day and the weather was perfect. The inherent ground conditions over course and distance ultimately provided a result that … Continue reading

2013 Welsh Grand National Produces Cracking Finish!

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For the second successive year The Racing Horse enjoyed promoting the Coral 2013 Welsh Grand National with Mountainous providing trainer Richard Lee with a second success in the race and an honorary home winner. The 20/1 chance, ridden beautifully and intelligently by Paul Moloney, beat the Paul Nicholls’ duo Hawkes Point at 14/1 and … Continue reading

Teaforthree to win the Coral 2012 Welsh National

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The Racing Horse has been looking forward to the 2012 Coral Welsh National and we hope the weather relents enough so that the rescheduled race will go ahead on Saturday 5 January 2013. Chepstow had only spots of rain on Thursday amounting to half a millimetre, and clerk of the course Keith Ottesen told … Continue reading

2012 Coral Welsh National update…

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A horse trained in Pembrokeshire is tipped to become the first Welsh-trained winner of the Welsh National since 1965. Teaforthree will be ridden by champion jockey AP McCoy at Chepstow next Thursday but, as Cemlyn Davies explains, there has been some concern the race may have to be postponed because of the weather: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20817699 … Continue reading