27 Sunday May 2012
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Kelso Racegoers Have No Easy Task Finding Sunday’s Hunter Chase Winner
Sunday 27th May
5.00 Kelso
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Challenge Cup
Good
3m 1f
14 runners will face the starter in the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Challenge Cup at Kelso on Sunday afternoon, and a couple of horses who missed their intended engagements here a few weeks ago due to a waterlogged track, finally get the chance to perform.
23 Wednesday May 2012
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The Wife’s Sister (Ben Poste) (Photo: racehorsephotos.co.uk)
Hargreave Hale Stockbrokers Hunters’ Chase
Worcester, 2m 7f, Class 6, £790.32
1st THE WIFE’S SISTER (Ben Poste) 100/1
2nd BADDAM 7/2
3rd ALLFORCOLVER 66/1
12 ran. Distances: nk, 15l, 17l. Time: 5m 51.60s
Winning Trainer: Paul Senter
The Wife’s Sister, whose only success in 19 starts between the flags came by virtue of a walkover, was a shock 100/1 winner of the Hargreave Hale Stockbrokers Hunters’ Chase at Worcester on Wednesday.
22 Tuesday May 2012
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Baddam – Six Runs Between The Flags This Season (Photo: racehorsephotos.co.uk)
Wednesday 23rd May
5.50 Worcester
Hargreave Hale Stockbrokers Hunters’ Chase
Good (Watered)
2m 7f
Baddam, twice a winner on the flat at Royal Ascot in 2006, makes his Hunter Chase debut at Worcester on Wednesday.
21 Monday May 2012
Louis Pasteur (Robbie Henderson) – Surprise Winner
Ronnie Cook Memorial Handicap Hunters’ Chase
Newton Abbot, 2m 5½f, Class 4, £3,431.45
1st LOUIS PASTEUR (Robbie Henderson) 14/1
2nd KING CYRUS 7/2
3rd WHIZZAAR 9/2
5 ran. Distances: 22l, 12l, 1l. Time: 5m 16.90s
Winning Trainer: Dan Drake
Non-Runners: Dunshane & What Of It
Despite being 9lbs wrong at the weights, Louis Pasteur made it two from two at Newton Abbot after galloping his four rivals into the ground in the Handicap Hunters’ Chase.
20 Sunday May 2012
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Gwanako – A Real Class Act (Photo: racehorsephotos.co.uk)
Monday 21st May
5.20 Newton Abbot
Ronnie Cook Memorial Handicap Hunters’ Chase
Good To Firm
2m 5½f
Handicap Hunters’ Chases are not something which you see everyday, but they do provide a completely alternative angle to a normal Hunters’ Chase, particularly punting-wise, and some generous prize money has been put up for this one as well.
20 Sunday May 2012
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Market Rasen’s Only Hunter Chase Of The Season Was Won By Kealshore Boy
Darren Swales Hunters’ Chase
Market Rasen, 2m 6½f, Class 6, £873.46
1st KEALSHORE BOY (John Dawson) 7/1
2nd SIZING AMERICA 11/8F
3rd MISS VIVIAN 4/1
11 ran. Distances: 8l, 6l, ½l. Time: 5m 46.9s
Winning Trainer: Chris Dawson
Non-Runner: Iznt Getting Court
Market Rasen only stage one Hunter Chase this season and it fell to a debutant in the sphere, Kealshore Boy, who was always up with the pace and ran on strongly for pressure to record an emphatic success.
20 Sunday May 2012
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Market Rasen Racecourse
Sunday 20th May
4.30 Market Rasen
Darren Swales Hunters’ Chase
Good
2m 6½f
Non-Runner: Iznt Getting Court
A field of eleven contest the Darren Swales Hunters’ Chase at Market Rasen on Sunday, the only race of its type held at the Lincolnshire venue this season.
