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67 Winner Mark

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Winner 67 of the season - Quinte Du Chatelet

Notus De La Tour returned home from Ireland in the early hours of the morning and I am pleased to report he seems fine and was in good form when I fed him his breakfast!  He ran another fine race in the Irish Arkle at Leopardstown yesterday and Robbie Power gave him another great ride but we (an the rest of the field) were no match for the very impressive winner, Flemenstar.  It is reported the winner will not be heading to Cheltenham in March but wherever he does turn out it will take a very good horse to beat him.  The ultra consistent Notus De La Tour will now head straight to the Festival but is exact target has yet to be decided it maybe either the Jewson novice’s chase or the Byrne Group chase.  I would once again like to express our sincere thanks to Leopardstown racecourse for looking after our owners and staff so well once again as everyone enjoyed a brilliant day.  We picked up a nice little bit of prize money for finishing third and I am sure we will be travelling back across the Irish sea again very soon.  Read more...

 

 

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Quiet Sunday

Sunday, 05 February 2012 00:00 Written by Chester Barnes

Unfortunately there is a total wipeout of racing across the country today, though at least there is some decent action at Punchestown. Fontwell was called of yesaterday while Musselburgh abandoned this morning due to a frozen track.  The all-weather meeting at Kempton that was only put on because of the anticipated weather problems has also actually been abandoned!  6cm of snow has forced officals to call it off.  David had no intended runners today but the hard work still goes on at home in preparation for when racing action does resume.  Thankfully Pond House escaped any snow which does make it easier to get things done around the yard.  It did snow for quite a bit of the morning yesterday but then the rain came as temperatures began to warm up.  Unfortunately things did not happen quickly enough for our local point to point to take place and racing there was abandoned after an inspection yesterday afternoon.  It was due to take place at Blackforest Lodge near Exeter and our stable amateurs Mikey Ennis and Kieron Edgar were due to be in action.  I have heard they are thinking of rescheduling the fixture for next Saturday 11th February so keep an eye out for more details of that if you are a pointing fan.

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