NSW form analyst Shayne O’Cass presents his best bets, race-by-race tips, analysis and quaddie picks for Royal Randwick on Boxing Day, as well as his top selections for the Beaumont meeting at Newcastle. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully …
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Zara Tindall is on top fashion form – and it’s down to her Aussie secret weapon. Leaving the late-Queen’s hat colour a distant memory, Zara “won Ascot”, this week, when the Olympian horsewoman appeared in a series of fabulous fashions on the field. On Thursday, she sported a beautiful baby …
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London CNN Business — Britain is bracing for further disruption from strikes heading into the Christmas period, as ambulance drivers and nurses join rail operators and postal workers in the worst wave of walkouts the country has endured for at least a decade. More than 20,000 ambulance workers, including paramedics …
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London CNN Business — Britain’s cost-of-living crisis is already taking the shine off Black Friday. Now, the annual shopping bonanza faces an additional threat from strikes that could disrupt deliveries, subdue online sales and deliver another blow to the slumping economy. Some 235,000 workers have gone on strike across the …
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London CNN — British Prime Minister Liz Truss admitted mistakes had been made with her government’s controversial “mini-budget” announced last week – which sent the pound to historic lows and sparked market chaos – but stood by her policies. Speaking to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday morning Truss said: …
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Top three-year-old Home Affairs continued his build up to a Royal Ascot assault with a quiet trial at Rosehill on Friday. Star colt Home Affairs wasn’t out to break records when cruising around in a Rosehill barrier trial on Friday. The Royal Ascot bound three-year-old was never out of second …
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Trainer Chris Waller is plotting a path to Royal Ascot for Home Affairs and Nature Strip. Coolmore’s crack colt Home Affairs is likely to continue his Royal Ascot preparation with a crucial barrier trial at Rosehill on Friday. Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller had dual Group 1 winner Home …
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Three-year-old colt Artorius has firmed for the Group 1 Platinum Jubilee at Royal Ascot following the booking of Jamie Spencer. Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained colt Artorius has firmed from $26 into $15 with TAB for the Group 1 Platinum Jubilee at Royal Ascot following the booking of Jamie Spencer. Team …
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After 48 hours of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex dominating headlines, William and Kate face a tough new reality. Of all the iconic photo backdrops in the royal pantheon – the Buckingham Palace balcony, Kensington Palace’s Sunken Garden, St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham estate – none has …
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Newgate Farm has endorsed Royal Ascot ambitions for Artorius but the decision rests with trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman. Newgate Farm managing director Henry Field has endorsed Royal Ascot aspirations for boom colt Artorius. Trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman are open to travelling 2021 Blue Diamond winner Artorius to England …
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