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Posts containing the tag Teaforthree
Bet365 Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury |
At Fishers Cross is on target for the Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury’s Hennessy meeting on Saturday 30th November 2013 The ride on Ladbrokes World Hurdle second-favourite At Fishers Cross at Newbury’s Hennessy meeting looks up for grabs after regular rider AP McCoy indicated he would be partnering My Tent Or Yours at Newcastle … Continue reading
Teaforthree and the 2013 John Smiths Grand National |
Our regular readers will know of our respect and affection for the work going on at Fforest Stables, Newport, Pembrokeshire and with Rebecca Curtis. One cannot help but be impressed by her sharp upward curve and she is going to the very top of her profession! In the season 2011/12 she trained 39 winners from 180 … Continue reading
Like everyone else we are excited and looking forward to the Gold Cup and have given our thoughts here. One of our loveliest days in racing was when we spent the day with Rebecca Curtis and the team at her Fforest Farm stables, then down onto Newport Sands to exercise Teaforthree and At Fishers Cross before going to … Continue reading
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… |
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
Countdown to the Coral 2012 Welsh National! |
The Coral Welsh National is the highlight of the racing calendar at Chepstow and one of the most important and prestigious handicaps in the sport and this year takes place on a seven-race card on Thursday 27 December 2012. This competitive field races over three miles and five furlongs and jumps over 22 fences … Continue reading
40th Anniversary of Coral’s association with the race The Coral Welsh Grand National is a Grade 3 National Hunt Handicap Chase open to horses aged 4yo or older and first run at Chepstow in 1949. This year’s running of the Welsh National will mark the 40th anniversary of Coral’s association with the race, making … Continue reading
The Racing Horse attended the preliminary preparations for the Coral Welsh Grand National The Racing Horse was invited to attend the preliminary preparations of the Coral Welsh Grand National to be run at Chepstow on Thursday 27th December 2012 and this took place yesterday at the Rebecca Curtis stable in Newport, Pembrokeshire. Once again we met the current … Continue reading
Yesterday, we had one fabulous day in the company of Rebecca Curtis, Gearoid Costelloe, owners Alan and Geoff, her staff and her horses. The Racing Horse was given total access and honesty to all the day’s activities and no questions were left unanswered. We would like to take this opportunity in thanking them all … Continue reading