Ground conditions take the breath away
Friday's rain had made the ground heavy for our second meeting, which made for some nip-and-tuck finishes to the first three races. In fact, the winning distances across all 6 races were less than...
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A day of processions
It was a day for binoculars - an increasingly rare site on racecourses - but only the gauge the distance from winner to placed horses in a day of long winning distances for the most part, to see out...
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A little recouped, and much to anticipate
New recruit Hermes Allen repaid a little over 1% of his purchase price when winning the Maiden Hurdle at Stratford on Saturday, earning £4,084 toward his splendid £350,000 purchase tag. The...
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Winter kings assemble their troops
Autumn brings a changing of the guard in the Jumps game, where winter horses brought in from their summer holidays in July make their first appearances of the season as October breaks and the leaves...
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Pipe and McCain take advantage of O'Brien absence
Just 35 runners joined the party for what often identifies as Stratford's first autumn fixture at a time where the top yards are beginning to flex their muscles. The long hot and rainless summer has...
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Twiston-Davies smartens up double-time
"Racing for the industry" was the phrase former Stratford Clerk of Course John Ford described mid week racing, but that was long before the era of summer jumping, which transformed the fortunes of...
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Holiday break a tonic for the summer brigade
The 2 week break from Jump racing was perfectly timed to coincide with the latest heatwave in our glorious summer, but it was as if it might never have happened as the leading proponents of Summer...
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Opposition folds in front of Cardboard Gangster
With 48 runners on yesterday's 7 race card, Stratford bucked a trend of small fields by current standards during this dry summer, and the proximity to the River Avon and ability to apply liberal...
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Kielan Woods sets Stratford alight with treble
Ladies Day at Stratford this year took on a matinee feel as the races were pulled forward to cope with the heatwave. And if truth be told, light frocks were still too much in the sweltering heat....
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