Tag: Horse Racing
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Harry Skelton blog: Knight in Dubai has a lot of ability and won’t mind the ground
Looking back on last weekend, it’s too early to give up on Shan Blue who finished third in the Leamington Novices’ Hurdle at Warwick behind Decor Irlandais and Mossy Fen. He ran well but if I could ride the race again I would do things a little differently. We felt we should have won that […]
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Harry Skelton: We think Shan Blue has a great chance and expect him to go very close
We were delighted to win our appeal at High Holborn on Thursday. We were given a very fair hearing and I’d like to thank Rory Mac Neice who was acting for us. We feel that justice was done. Like I’ve said before, on the day I thought we’d keep the race but that was the […]
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Harry Skelton: Heading to the BHA next week to appeal Protektorat reversal
It was a bit of an up and down day at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day, but that’s racing. We had three runners and they all ran really well which was great to see.
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Harry Skelton: Normal horses don’t do what Allmankind does
It was brilliant for everyone involved with Allmankind to win the Grade One Finale Hurdle at Chepstow on Welsh National day. He was very impressive and just keeps going. For a three-year-old to go along at that gallop and to pick up out of that ground, he has to be a bit of a freak. […]