Continental Mile Stakes 2011 [04:15]
Finale (Scat Daddy - Twinkle, by Lively One) wins the 1 mile race by over 10 lengths in 1:35.24. 2nd - Channel Quest; 3rd - No Play
Tags: Continental Mile 2011, Finale horse, horse racing, horseracing
The Boys from Bangladesh: a Great Day out at the Point to Point [01:19]
A group of friends from Newport/Bangladesh have a day out with us at the point to point. Older brother Sanu and Sammi have been before to Chepstow races and enjoy the day out; but this was the first time out for the younger brothers Ranu and Jemal and their mate Navid racing. Ranu used to have a horse when he was younger in Bangladesh and many have suggested he should have been a jockey. The family run the Shoboraj restaurant in Newport which is the local Racing and Point to Point watering/eating establishment for trainers owners jockeys and racing fans. When one hears the media talking of racism in the countryside take it with a pinch of salt !! They will say anything to create moral panic! Racing is a true multi ethnic community anyway from the Maktoums as owners to the gaps in skilled stable staff being filled by Czechs, Poles and many from the Indian subcontinent, Mauritius etc. and owners from all over the world. The boys decided that though they can't gamble for religious reasons what they felt it was good to respect tradition so what they could do is pool a pound each and choose a horse from the paddock they liked the look of and get a friend place the bet for them. If they won they would donate it to charity - and they did! One thing popular at the point to point is to bet a horse without the favourite. They did this three times and won each time at 7/2; 5/2 and 3/1 !! It isn't the gambling that Racing is necessarily about. It is the intellectual challenge of ...
Tags: Newport, restaurant, shoboraj, eliza, model, point, to, horse, racing, lovetheraces, multi, cultural, ethnic, countryside, rural, affairs, Monmouthshire, Chepstow, blog, Howick, jumps, horses, foxhunting, hunting, tradition, values
Criterium Continental 2010 -Sévérino [03:00]
Vincennes-France, €240.000 - 26/12/2010 - 2.140mt 1. Sévérino, Christian Bigeon 1:12,1 (Gobernador - Katia de Tillard) 2. Save The Quick, Franck Nivard 1:12,2 3. Zorro Photo, Jos Verbeeck 1:12,3 4. Sawasde de Houelle, Yves Dreux 1:12,4 5. Scoop d´Yvel, Mathieu Fribault 1:12,5 6. Main Wise As, Pierre Levesque 1:12,5 7. Sanymède Tivoli, Jean-Michel Bazire 1:12,6 8. Mack Grace SM, Tommaso di Lorenzo 1:12,7 9. Sereno, Patrice Lebouteiller 1:12,8 10. Sancho Turgot, Franck Anne 1:12,9 11. Son Alezan, Eric Raffin 1:13,2 12. You Bet Hornline, Robert Bergh dist. 13. Sancho du Glay, Bernard Piton rp 14. Sam Bourbon, Julien Dubois rp 15. Red Hot Dynamite, Michel Lenoir rp 16. Juggle Face, Dominik Locqueneux rp 17. Sierra Léone, Jean-William Hallais rp 18. Sinko du Vivier, Christophe Martens rp
Tags: attele, trot, harness, racing, trav, trotto, cheval, cavalli, horse, corse, ippica, trab, criterium, continental, vincennes, france, severino
Premio Continentale 2010 -Zorro Photo [02:45]
Bologna-Italy, €242.000 - 26/09/2010 - 2.060mt 1. Zorro Photo, Joseph Verbeeck 1:13,7 (SJ's Photo - Zarrazitha) 2. You Bet Hornline, Robert Bergh 1:13,9 3. Moses Rob, Guiseppe Luongo 1:14,0 4. Marlon by Pass, Santo Mollo 1:14,3 5. Maestrale Spin, Mario Minopoli jr. 1:14,3 6. Mambo Font SM, Natale Cintura 1:14,3 7. Mistral Bi, Gaetano Di Nardo 1:14,5 8. Mondiale OK, Giampaolo Minnucci 1:14,5 9. Mustang Grif, Antonio Greppi 1:14,6 10. Million Flying, Paolo Romanelli 1:14,7 11. Merckx OK, Pietro Gubellini 1:14,8 12. Mimulus di Casei, Roberto Vecchione 1:15,1 13. Mirtillo Rosso, Enrico Bellei rp
Tags: attele, trot, harness, racing, trav, trotto, cheval, cavalli, horse, corse, ippica, trab, premio, continentale, bologna, italy, zorro, photo
2005 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf [04:03]
Intercontinental goes wire-to-wire to take the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Belmont Park.