YOU BET: King's Grumeti aiming to pass Cheltenham trial

11:50am Thursday 26th January 2012

WITH the Cheltenham Festival meeting on the horizon, jumping fans will have notebooks at the ready for the trials meeting at Cheltenham this weekend.

YOU BET: Nicholls eyes Ascot triumph

12:10pm Thursday 19th January 2012

JUMPING fans are well catered for this weekend with meetings scheduled for Ascot, Haydock and Wincanton.

YOU BET: King hails Sandown success

5:00pm Thursday 12th January 2012

BARBURY Castle trainer Alan King has his string in good form, chalking up another high profile victory at Sandown on Saturday, Hold On Julio beating a field of established handicappers with ease.

YOU BET: King's Kumbeshar eyes Cheltenham jackpot

12:30pm Thursday 5th January 2012

BARBURY Castle trainer Alan King got the new year off to a flying start at Plumpton on Monday, winning the first two races on the card.

YOU BET: Shining Star is a real great

2:20pm Thursday 29th December 2011

THE main grandstand roof at Kempton racecourse looked in danger on Boxing Day as this column’s selection Kauto Star forged clear to land the King George VI Chase for a history-making fifth time.

YOU BET: Bad break for Barbury yard

2:00pm Thursday 15th December 2011

BARBURY Castle trainer Alan King will be without number one jockey Robert Thornton for several weeks after his fall from Western Whisky at Hereford last Sunday.

YOU BET: Long day in prospect at Haydock

12:00pm Thursday 17th November 2011

CHELTENHAM Gold Cup winner Long Run is scheduled to make his makes his seasonal appearance at Haydock this weekend in the Grade One Betfair Chase.

YOU BET: Hanagan in the box seat for jockey’s title as flat season closes

11:40am Thursday 3rd November 2011

THE final day of the flat turf season gets underway at Doncaster on Saturday with the feature race the totesport.com November Handicap, over one mile four furlongs.

YOU BET: Armed Forces Day at Newbury

12:00pm Thursday 20th October 2011

NEWBURY stages its final flat meeting of the season on Saturday with the Armed Forces Race Day, where there will be displays from the armed forces during the afternoon and several static displays.

YOU BET: Wiltshire chance Dick Turpin may play second fiddle at Ascot

11:10am Thursday 13th October 2011

A HUGE crowd is expected for Champions’ Day at Ascot on Saturday.

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I refer to the article on Chippenham RFC seeking permission from the Rugby Football Union to allow their second team to be promoted to Southern Counties (level seven of the RFU league structure) should they finish top of Dorset & Wilts 1 North (level eight), (Gazette & Herald, February 28). The most interesting aspect of the article was actually what was not said by the club’s representative or was not mentioned.  − Colin Brockhurst, Corsham

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A newsletter hit my doormat on March 2 from ‘Nick Watts and the Lib Dem team’ headlined: Freeze Wilts council tax say Lib Dems. This document goes on to tell us that: “hard-working families cannot afford unnecessary council tax hikes in these difficult times” and so “Nick Watts and the Liberal Democrats have promised not to support any attempt by Wiltshire Conservatives to hit families by increasing council tax this year”.  − Peter Kemp, Chippenham

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