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Ray Burroughs' Racing Column

Chreachadoir is my shout for big money race at Newbury
9:45am Thursday 15th May 2008
Newbury racecourse will be looking forward to a bumper crowd on Saturday when it stages its biggest meeting of the season, featuring the Group 1 Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes, run over a straight mile on the Berkshire course.

We'll come is well worth asking for
10:32am Thursday 8th May 2008
THIS column's selections in the first two Classics of the season came good with Henrythenavigator 11/1 being the each way selection in the 2,000 Guineas and the French trained Natagora coming out on top in the 1,000guineas.

A great weekend's racing ahead
9:55am Thursday 1st May 2008
There should be a great weekends racing at Newmarket with the first of the season's Classics, the Two Thousand Guineas, to be run on Saturday and the One Thousand on Sunday.

King threatened to sack Huxley for denying him a winner
10:13am Thursday 24th April 2008
Faringdon jockey/trainer Sean Curran is looking for another big pay day this weekend when he runs his Scottish National winner Iris De Blame in the Bet 365 Gold Cup.

Wiltshire entry Forget It could be worth backing on Saturday
10:21am Thursday 17th April 2008
Newbury racecourse hosts it's first flat meeting of the 2008 season with an action packed two day fixture on Friday and Saturday.

Sub Prime could be worth a bet at Wolverhampton
5:24pm Wednesday 9th April 2008
Saturdays Grand National winner Comply Or Die proved to be a big triumph for Somerset trainer David Pipe and winning jockey Timmy Murphy.

Viewers switch on to year's big race
9:30am Thursday 3rd April 2008
Saturday' s Grand National meeting gets underway at Aintree at1.45 with the BBC2 Cameras covering the first two races then switching to BBC1 for the following three races including the Grand National.

Fans turn out for open day
11:01am Thursday 27th March 2008
Once again racing fans turned up in their thousands to defy the elements and visit some of the 30 racing yards that were open to the public at the annual Lambourn Open Day on Good Friday.

Turner's horses might be worth a bet
9:50am Thursday 20th March 2008
Alan King and jockey Richard Thornton continue to churn out the winners from Barbury Castle, the pair landing a 7/2 double via Trigger Light in the novices chase and Prince Du Seuil at Warwick on Tuesday.

King could be worth backing for another winner
5:30pm Wednesday 12th March 2008
In other race on the first day of the Festival the rains came at the wrong time for Broad Hinton trainer Andy Turnell's Blue Bajan, the rain softened ground did him no favours but he ran well to finish just behind the first four in sixth spot Tidal Bay sunk the punters nap of the week Noland, who was relegated to third spot and the Carberry family plundered the last two races with Nina winning on Grade Chapetre and brother Paul partnering Crack Away Jack to victory in the last race on the card.

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