Hints and tips:
...“Sprinting isn’t anything we’d ever really geared our programme for before.”...
...He’d lift me up so I could see over the counter at the betting window, and I’d hand over the notes he’d given me. “Two dollars to win on the No 4, please,” I’d whisper. Whatever I won, I could keep....
...But we know that last year they had a bigger turnout of business people than they’d had any time since they were turfed out by the electorate in 2010....
...“I’d say Air France-KLM is a survivor in part because there is obviously quasi-government backing.”...
...On the wall beside the double window that opens from Michael D Higgins’ study on to the front lawn of Aras an Uachtarain in Dublin there is a framed photograph that offers a reminder of the president of...
...If you’d wanted to grab Rio by its balls, this might be your only chance. *as imagined by Lombard Natalie nets a corker Handbags and manbags at dawn....
...It will test their mettle with such questions as: “Would you lend $750m to a bloke you’d just bumped into in a Jakarta bar?”...
...He added: “If I’d known being nicer to customers was going to work so well I would have started many years ago.”...
...The US plan to increase its borrowing cap and to slash its deficits by $3,700bn over a 10-year period seems to be within reach giving investors some relief in what is quite an uncertain time,” said Simon Furlong...
...The most important part is the finish, and specifically which horses are going to be factors in the final furlong....
...He lost an eye and an arm – but still sailed the extra furlong!!...
...But the colt was just beaten over two furlongs further than tomorrow’s race by Conduit, winner of England’s St Leger. The 2,000m will suit Eagle Mountain perfectly....
...Next came the 5-1 chestnut filly Crimson Fern, who finished second in a stirring neck-and-neck battle with Hoh Hoh Hoh in the final furlong. And so it went....
...The big handicap on Ascot’s card, the Totesport.com Challenge Cup, is a trappy seven- furlong affair. This is another race where youngsters tend to do better than more exposed types....
...The US is well ahead in the final furlong and China and India are creeping up on the rails....
...Certainly, if you tried that on the average racecourse on a mid-season Saturday, you’d be lucky if he allowed you £100 each way....
...It's Variety Club day at Sandown so if soap stars, game show hosts and other D-listers float your boat be sure to head down to Esher....
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