The Thrills Of The York Ebor Meeting

The Ebor is probably one of if not the best known race run at York in their whole season. Traditionally the race has been run on the Wednesday of the Ebor Meeting but with the changes that are taking place with the scheduling of that fixture, the race will now take place on a Saturday to bring the Ebor meeting to a climax and give punters and racegoers alike a tricky puzzle to solve and those looking at the York races betting should remember this.

First run in 1843, the handicap sponsored by Totesport is the richest of its type in Europe with last year’s winner

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Wolverhampton to hold inspection for Monday's meeting

Wolverhampton will inspect on Monday due to big freeze

  PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)  Wolverhampton to hold inspection for Monday By Paul Eacott 12:15PM 19 DEC 2010 

OFFICIALS at Wolverhampton will inspect the track at 6.30am to see if Monday's meeting is able to take place.

The Polytrack was described as unraceable on Sunday afternoon and temperatures are forecast to remain below freezing overnight.

Clerk of the course Fergus Cameron said: "We have got an inspection at 6.30am. The track is currently unraceable. When I left the track it was -6C and the forecast is for it to drop overnight.

"There is also the possibility of freezing fog so with thelook of that forecast we have called an inspection."

Just under four inches of snow fell at Wolverhampton on Saturday with the temperature registering a chilly -13.5C at one stage.

Deteriorating conditions at the track prompted the abandonment of Friday's twilight meeting before the last race as the jockeys, who had expressed safety concerns due to the freezing conditions, felt the situation had deteriorated to an unsatisfactory degree.

Wolverhampton is the sole surviving meeting on Monday, with the jumps fixtures at Ffos Las, Taunton and Punchestown already abandoned.

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Cheltenham December Meeting Review: Festival Pointers

Posted by Matt Bisogno on December 13, 2010 · 3 Comments 

Racing at Cheltenham is rarely anything other than top class, dear reader, and the weekend just passed was like a ‘mini Festival’ with so many trainers keen to get a run into so many horses when they’d normally try to avoid meeting each other prior to the March meeting.

So what did the action tell us, aside from the fact – pointed out to me numerous times – that Faasel is not quite as reliable a stick as I’d envisaged. Trying to explain to people who simply want winners the concepts of value and the long term benefits of using trends can sometimes be pointless. So, to those who just want winners, sorry but you’ll not find any guarantees of that here on any given day.

But for the vast majority of you who understand that if you generally take 14/1 about  horses that start at 11/1 (as Faasel did), you’ll come out in front.

Onwards. What did we learn at the Cheltenham December meeting? We learnt the following:

1. Spirit River is a hurdler. He hates fences, and has now fallen on both attempts in novice chase company. Anyone who takes the 20/1 with Betfred (or even the 33/1 best price with William Hill) wants their head examining. As it stands, he must be half those odds to even line up in this race, given his high class form over the smaller obstacles. And running in a 2m5f race is a curious preparation for a two mile championship contest, in any event.

Additional All Weather Meeting for Kempton on Saturday

Posted by Leigh on November 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

With the BHA attempting to redeem a race meeting schedule devastated by cancellations due to the current cold weather across the UK, Kempton Racecourse will host an additional all weather meeting Saturday.

Leicester to inspect Saturday for Sunday meeting

. It got down to -7c last night and the forecast isn't too good as it's supposed to be similar tonight and on Saturday.

"The frost needs to come out of the ground by lunchtime on Saturday. It's still -3c and it depends on what happens tonight."

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