racing review
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Dad would have spent that evening worrying about the well-being of his horse, his judgement in running him and the overall health of his stable, as well as consoling his young son for whom the earth opened and swallowed whole. But for some, while we were watching and participating in the small universe that is “the Cheltenham Festival”, the earth literally did open up and ruin and devastate lives. Having isolated ourselves from newsreels
Dad will have spent that evening worrying about the well-being of his horse and his judgement in running him
and information about anything bar equine fortunes, to hear on our return to reality that 15,000 people were reported dead or missing in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami, and that the country was on the brink of nuclear evaporation, was sobering to say the least. While we were enjoying the peak of sporting endeavour at one of the best Cheltenham Festivals ever, others were enduring hell on earth.
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Leading NH Sires 2010-11 season
Runners
KING’S THEATRE PRESENTING OSCAR BENEFICIAL FLEMENSFIRTH MONTJEU BOB BACK CADOUDAL (FR) ANSHAN ACCORDION OLD VIC DEFINITE ARTICLE MIDNIGHT LEGEND ALFLORA WINGED LOVE PISTOLET BLEU DOM ALCO (FR) DR MASSINI SADLER’S WELLS SUPREME LEADER ALDERBROOK KAYF TARA SADDLERS’ HALL TURTLE ISLAND BARATHEA LUSO KAHYASI MILAN SIR HARRY LEWIS OVERBURY BOB’S RETURN PIVOTAL GALILEO ROBIN DES CHAMPS MANSONNIEN WITNESS BOX MOSCOW SOCIETY
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186 309 314 298 248 92 168 23 179 126 216 131 69 174 65 45 15 86 86 109 115 147 162 93 49 136 43 149 69 115 96 29 49 27 21 79 94
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courtesy of Weatherbys (up to March 21)
Winners
73 71 78 74 61 28 43 12 51 35 54 32 27 35 19 12 9 26 31 26 26 32 30 27 13 19 15 35 12 27 20 11 16 10 7 18 20
Races Won
Places
Money Won (£)
111 112 97 107 77 41 69 22 81 48 86 46 45 50 29 16 16 45 39 34 44 35 37 34 17 30 18 42 16 35 26 19 27 14 13 27 28
237 295 281 294 252 121 162 21 164 139 200 120 81 144 77 56 16 104 108 97 114 176 179 73 49 105 64 121 66 93 87 28 71 27 25 102 93
1,359,185 1,262,399 1,231,015 1,032,686 932,929 808,251 776,192 767,118 765,771 752,607 675,792 423,769 415,216 397,324 386,408 386,181 376,280 375,666 373,021 368,798 362,253 357,959 346,594 283,011 276,013 264,315 261,792 255,289 254,247 251,953 245,471 237,556 234,794 228,469 223,626 223,543 212,773
Wnrs to Rnrs (%)
39.24 22.97 24.84 24.83 24.59 30.43 25.59 52.17 28.49 27.77 25 24.42 39.13 20.11 29.23 26.66 60 30.23 36.04 23.85 22.6 21.76 18.51 29.03 26.53 13.97 34.88 23.48 17.39 23.47 20.83 37.93 32.65 37.03 33.33 22.78 21.27
Average Earnings
7,307 4,085 3,920 3,465 3,762 8,785 4,620 33,353 4,278 5,973 3,129 3,235 6,018 2,283 5,945 8,582 25,085 4,368 4,337 3,383 3,150 2,435 2,139 3,043 5,633 1,943 6,088 1,713 3,685 2,191 2,557 8,192 4,792 8,462 10,649 2,830 2,264