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Baby Strange back on track

THERE has been more than a hint recently that Baby Strange is rediscovering the sort of form that saw him win three times as a juvenile, including in Listed company. Read

Use of whip is not abuse, insists trainer

OUTSPOKEN as anyone can be as one of the leading trainers in Europe, Mark Johnston would stand out like a sore thumb in the diplomatic service. Read

Point to point: Briscoe keeps up his run of success

BRISCOE Place followed a recent Easingwold success by outclassing his rivals in the Cumberland Ladies Open at Aspatria on Saturday. Read

Inside track: A lot on my plate

YOU know that the Northumberland Plate Festival is only just around the corner when the framing of races for the industry ‘Racing calendar’ goes to print in less than two weeks. Read

Greenall cheer as Oliver lands treble

OLIVER Greenall’s record-breaking season continued in yesterday’s Zetland fixture at Witton Castle with a treble on North Island, George The Grey and Von Origny. Read

Robinson in line to land first win of year

ALL roads lead to Witton Castle today for the Zetland fixture which has 165 entries on a seven-race card starting at 2pm. Read

Inside track: Wet spell is causing problems for course

JANUARY and February were unseasonably dry this year and it was inevitable the rains would arrive in spring when we really do not need it. Read

Birtley nip in front to take title on last day

A WINNER on the final day of the competition clinched the title for Birtley St Joseph’s in the Journal Clubman’s Nap Award competition for the 2007-08 National Hunt season. Read

Outsider rides his luck for victory

IT often pays to back the outsider in a three-horse race and that was the case in Saturday’s Fife Members Race at Balcormo Mains near Leven as Darnley came up trumps at rewarding odds of 9-2. Read

Point to point

THE Balcormo Mains course near Leven hosts today’s Fife meeting with 118 entries on a seven-race card starting at 2pm. Read

Inside track: Stick is going in the right direction

THE Turftrax Going Stick, a prototype measuring device that scientifically records a combination of penetration and shear, and also logs data electronically for analysis, may see the days of the trusted walking stick as a devise to measure ‘going’ as a thing of the past. Read

Zaahid can make up for Lincoln failure

BACKERS of Zaahid at Doncaster last month had their fingers well and truly burned and will be looking to recover losses in the Bloor Homes Spring Cup at Newbury today. Read

Williams set for a pay-day

NOT everybody gets what they deserve in life. Racehorses are the same. Take Mon Mome, for example. He has done enough on the racetrack to merit winning a substantial prize, but so far it hasn’t happened. Read

Point to point

THE Mounsey-Heysham family from Rockcliffe, near Carlisle, epitomise the true amateur spirit of hunt racing and it was great to see their evergreen 17-year-old stable star Spring Double provide daughter Anna, 16, with her first winner. Read

Skilful win silences Jackson’s detractors

EVERYBODY is entitled to an opinion, and criticism of the sport or individuals within it can be healthy, provided it is constructive. Read

Don’t Panic is on the way up

ON the evidence of an emphatic victory in the William Hill Spring Mile, Don’t Panic would have gone close to winning the Lincoln on the same afternoon had he made the cut. Read

Point to point

HUNT racing enthusiasts have a feast of action in prospect in today’s Morpeth fixture at Tranwell which has attracted a record-breaking 199 entries on an eight-race card starting at 1pm. There will also be a couple of pony races after the concluding Restricted race. Read

Inside track

THE Grand National is run over 4.5 miles and takes around nine minutes and 15 seconds, which makes this race without doubt the most gruelling race in the world. Read

O’Regan banks on a loose cannon firing true

IT’S ironic Denis O’Regan finds himself on a horse at Aintree today that didn’t do him any favours when he was riding another in last year’s Grand National, writes DOUG MOSCROP. Read

Point to point

ON an afternoon dominated by short-priced favourites, the mud-loving ex-hurdler, Harry Hooly brought some welcome relief for the bookmakers with his first win since November 2004 in the NPPA Club Members Race for novice riders in Saturday’s Berwickshire fixture at Kelso. Read

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