Russian Horses Training at Haydock Park
The three Russian Grand National entrants "Reljef", "Grifel" and "Epigraff II" are now training at Haydock Park in readiness for the big race.
"Grifel" followed by "Epigraf II" and "Reljef" coming out for a spell of training.
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The Lanka Cup
Peter Pan beating Neon Lights, with Little Babu taking third place in the Lanka Cup yesterday.
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Tight Rein on Nicorango
That's Real Value winning from Nicorango on the first day of August. Note the tight rein on Nicorango. Why wasn't this next-time-out winner ridden out? Our racing correspondent felt he could have won, but even if he could not have, there was no re...
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The Madras Cup
Surety II winning the Madras Cup (1 1/2 miles) from Mansur Ruz.
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The Roberts' Cup
Fateen (Burkhardt up) winning the Roberts' Cup from Mas'ud al Khair and Neon Lights at the Colombo races on Saturday.
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The Stewards' Cup
La Mignonne (Foley) winning the Stewards' Cup (7 furs.) in Colombo on Saturday beating Fiery Goddess and Howdy Dowdy. Mullaley was fourth, Star of Hope (on the rails) fifth, and Naseeb, sixth.
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The Beruwala Plate
Adhid al Qassif (Foley) winning the Beruwala Plate (9 furs.) at the Colombo races. Peter Pan on the outside was second with Jamal Karim third and Sa'ad Taimour fourth.
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