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Think Coolmore will not have a better chance of winning the classic than this year, if Aidan can freshen the horses up for one last run. They have the surface, no Big Brown and the distance to help them.

New Zealand in at 6/4. Levey has had 4 winners in 3 days. Washington Irivine to complete the treble today or should we look at Optimo Maximo (full brother to Virginia Waters)?

Think today could be the Ballydoyle stable lads outing, when they have a high priced winner...Malibu Bay just went in at 7/1 under Levy. Wonder what else might be off this afternoon.

From Sporting Life.....French stewards must be very understanding. Duke Of Marmalade's bid for Arc glory could be scuppered by soft ground at Longchamp. The five-times Group One winner will be declared for Sunday's showpiece along with stablemate Soldier Of Fortune. But if the ground comes...

Rain seems to get heavier coming into Saturday. Interesting the amount of wind around which would dry things a little bit. http://www.accuweather.com/world-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&locCode=EUR|FR|FR012|PARIS&metric=1

Bucketing down again for the last couple of hours. More likely to be off than on, when the inspection is held tomorrow morning, IMHO.

From the RP OFFICIALS at Leopardstown will hold a 7am inspection to assess the prospects for their high-profile Saturday meeting. The bumper eight-race card is due to feature two Group 1 contests in the Tattersalls Millions Champion Stakes and the Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes but...

Ground to be reviewed at 12:00 according to RP.

It is absolutely wicked at the moment in the centre of town. The rain is bucketing down and is forecast to continue for the day. You wouldn't put a dog out in it! Even the "micro climate" of Leopardstown is not going to avoid this. Minimum the ground will be tomorrow is soft...possibly the...

If O'Brien brings a half-decent lawyer with him, as he is entitled to, there could be a bit of fun.:p

From the Daily Telegraph Site tonight....Duke runs. Duke of Marmalade set for Leopardstown Aidan O’Brien intends to run Duke of Marmalade in the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown. By Marcus Armytage Last Updated: 8:38PM BST 03 Sep 2008 This despite bookmakers...

Leopardstown Saturday Just read this on the met.ie website....Leopardstown could be like a bog come Saturday.... ===================== Apart from perhaps a few showers, Thursday night will start off dry. However heavy or thundery rain will spread from the south across Munster and Leinster...

Will they re-open the declarations? :confused:

International heads to newmarket From the Sporting Life.... INTERNATIONAL HEADS TO NEWMARKET By Martin Kelly, PA Sport Newmarket will play host to the International Stakes on Saturday after the British Horseracing Authority worked frantically to re-schedule nine of the races...

Snap...:)

York group races to be divided between Newmarket, Newbury and Goodwood? From Sportinglife.com BHA ASSESS OPTIONS Ruth Quinn, the BHA's director of racing, says races from York that could be saved are likely to be split between Newmarket and Newbury on Friday and Newmarket and Goodwood on...

From drf.com.... 8th Race Secretariat S. (G1) Off: 3:13 | 1 1/4 Miles (Turf) | 3 Year Olds | Stakes | Purse: $400,000 #Horse Jockey Weight Win Place Show 2 Winchester...

Halla San in the GPT Actually was thinking that Halla San being by Halling might appreciate the firmish ground around Ballybrit this evening, given his close second to Arc Blue in the Northumberland Plate. Anyone know anything about Ben Hamilton who claims 7? Unusally, in the RP previews, DK...

Staunton would be a Galway name (O'Standun would be its Irish equivalent)....possible some connection to Staunton Sportswear, one of the larger sports shops in Galway?

From tomorrows London Times, browsing on the site, came across this...the MJ rumour is interesting. Shortage of rides left McEvoy with simplest of decisions Chance to remain employed by Sheikh Mohammed within his Australian operation was a no-brainer Alan Lee Only the lazy stay in a job...