RACING POST THURSDAY DECEMBER 1st 2011
TODAY'S CARDS Wincanton, Market Rasen, Leicester and Wolverhampton .
WELSH NATIONAL PRICEWISE Tom Segal THE PUNTERS CHAMPION
"ANTE-POST PRICEWISE.
CORAL WELSH NATIONAL HANDICAP CHASE CHEPSTOW DECEMBER 27th 2011 "With a pair of crackers for Chepstow's festival highlight." What do you think?
J MARGARET CLARKE TURFCALL
LEE MOTTERSHEAD "LYNCH CONFIDENT OF SIZING SUCCESS
"ANDREW LYNCH is convinced the trip, track and ground will all be conducive to SIZING EUROPE producing a peak-form performance at Sandown on Saturday - and that, the rider believes, should be good enough to ensure the sport's top two-miler posts another major victory in the Sportingbet Tingle Creek Chase.
"The rampant five-length winner of last season's Sportingbet Queen Elizabeth Champion Chase has raced over longer distances in his two starts this winter, most recently displaying impressive versatility with an excellent second to QUITO DE LA ROQUE over Down Royal's gruelling 3m track. That effort came on soft ground, far removed from the good going on which QUITO DE LA ROQUE excelled at Cheltenham in March. If rain forecasts for Sandown are accurate, he could face conditions somewhere in between when seeking to justify clear favouritism on Saturday.
"The Sandown chase course was last night officially described as good. It's an exciting race to be involved in, said LYNCH, "He's dropping back to two miles, the distance he is proven over, and you would have to think if he shows best form he should win. As he is so good and honest he can be competitive over any trip, but a good strong gallop over two miles is ideal for him and Sandown is a stiff two miles, like Cheltenham , and that will really suit him.
"Also happy going to Sandown is Paul Nicholls, who will be seeking a seventh consecutive Tingle Creek triumph with TATANIANO."
"THE TINGLE CREEK is the latest highlight for Channel 4, which yesterday reported their last two Saturday features, the Betfair Chase and Hennessy Gold Cup, achieved peak viewing figures of 997,000 and 923,000. A Channel 4 spokesperson said "We are delighted with the strong figures, which prove there is a real audience for top-quality jump racing."
SPECIAL REPORT
RICHARD BIRCH THE GOLDEN GENERATION FOCUS ON NOVICE CHASERS?
RICHARD BIRCH THE GOLDEN GENERATION FOCUS ON NOVICE CHASERS?
"On this season's impressive crop of novice chasers. (One for your file.)
COULD WE BE IN FOR A GOLDEN AGE FOR NOVICE CHASERS?
Racing Post Handicapper STEVE MASON assesses the talent among
the new chasing crop.
SIX CANDIDATES WHO MIGHT BE DESTINED FOR GREATNESS . ....
EARLY INDICATIONS SUGGEST IT WILL BE A VINTAGE SEASON
RICHARD BIRCH "IT MIGHT be a tad premature to hail a new 'golden generation', but there can be no doubt the current crop of novice chasers will continue to leave hearts racing over the next few months.
"One of the most interesting features of any jumps season is how well the top hurdlers from previous years transfer their prowess to fences, and the big Cheltenham Festival talking points among punters at present are the destination of the trophies for the Irish Independent Arkle Chase and RSA Chase - the premier novice events over two miles and three miles - next March.
"SIX CANDIDATES WHO MIGHT BE DESTINED FOR GREATNESS."
CHECK THESE SIX HORSES STEVE MASON PICKS OUT
WHICH Licensed Trainer have each of these horses been placed by the owner -owners in training?
WHO are the owners of these six horses?
ARE the owners bloodhorse literate? Or bloodhorse illiterate?
ARE the owners bloodhorse literate? Or bloodhorse illiterate?
WHAT is the breeding and the age of these six horses?
WHAT is each of these six horses form throughout 2011
CHART each horse's performance when and where was the debut run? Over what trip?
WHO is the handler rider put on by the trainer to ride out and care for each of these six horses every day?
WHAT sort of preperation do you think each of these six horses have received?
WHAT sort of preperation do you think each of these six horses have received?
WHAT sort of jumping preperation do you think each of these six horses have received?
HAVE any of these six horses raced on the Flat?
HAVE any of these six horses raced over hurdles?
HAVE any of these six horses raced over hurdles?
WHO has partnered each of these six horses in races?
WHO has partnered each of these six horses in the prep at home within the trainers team?
ON THE FLAT?
JUMPING?
HELPFUL WEBSITES
ON THE FLAT?
JUMPING?
HELPFUL WEBSITES
There is a yearly Horses in Training book that is published in the spring of each year
HOWARD WRIGHT GREAT LEIGHS SOLD "Fresh hope for defunct track.
"NEW HOPE as Great Leighs finds owner. Initial approach for BHA license likely in January but major obstacles remain.
"The possible revival of Great Leighs racecourse , which is approaching the third anniversary of it's closure, has taken a step forward after the exchange of contracts with a new purchaser.
"West Register, the distressed property subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland , revealed yesterday it had concluded negotiations with MC Racetracks Ltd, which took occupancy of the Essex site at the start of the week. ...... All of the buildings are structurally sound but they have suffered a bit of wear and tear over the past few years. The major project will be the construction of a hospitality complex next year and then a state-of-the-art grandstand in 2014."
"The emergence of a new owner suggests that previous barriers to a sale, notably involving land, access and rights belonging to Great Leighs founder and inaugural chairman John Holmes and his family and associates, have been cleared."
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