Horse Racing
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Okilaibo, Odedjalo prevail in Premier heats
Okilaibo and Odedjalo won yesterday’s two main events, the Prix de Vincennes heats for French trotters from the Premier category, on a short distance of 2,140m. These heats formed part of the 21st meeting of the season which was comprised 10...
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Oxbow wins, Orb trails in fourth
Oxbow, a 15-1 long-shot ridden masterfully by 50-year-old Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, cruised to an easy, wire-to-wire victory in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, denying a Triple Crown bid for Kentucky Derby champion Orb. The D. Wayne...
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TX Zoogood records first win
Yesterday’s meeting at the Marsa Racetrack marked the start of three championships for French trotters with eight heats on a short distance of 2,140m. These championships are held every year thanks to the financial support of the French association...
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Orb tops Kentucky Derby
Orb, ridden by Joel Rosario and prepared by homebred trainer Shug McGaughey, won the 139th Kentucky Derby at a wet and muddy Churchill Downs on Saturday. After settling near the rear of the field in the sloppy conditions, Orb steadily worked his way...
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Ohime Mag, Mars win top races at Marsa
Ohime Mag and Mars took the honours in the two class Premier races held during yesterday’s 18th meeting of the season at the Marsa racetrack. Twelve horses lined up in the first class Premier race. It was Normand d’Oger (Clifferty Calleja) the...
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Simb Mark dashes to victory
The 17th meeting of the season yesterday was made up of eight races with the Premier Class event, staged on a short distance of 2,140m, being the highlight of the afternoon as Rodney Gatt finished the best driver with three wins. Twelve horses lined...
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Third Premier success for Argus Hanover
American seven-year-old trotter, Argus Hanover, won yesterday’s main event, the Premier Class race, during the 16th meeting of the season at the Marsa Racetrack. French Oviedo Vici (Darren Mizzi) was the fastest horse in the early stages of the...
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Fire makes it three wins on the trot
Fire and Kimberley Downs won the two major races at the Marsa racetrack, yesterday. The main events on the card were a Premier Class race for trotters on a long distance of 3,140m and a flat event on 2,250m. Both races formed part of the 15th...
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Nabab du Chatelet steals limelight
The highlight of yesterday’s programme at the Marsa Race Track was the Tazza l-Kbira championship final on a long distance of 2,640m. This race, reserved for our best trotters, was won by Nabab du Chatelet under the guidance of Charles...
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Horse racing washed out
The unfavourable weather yesterday forced the Malta Racing Club to call off the horse racing programme, due to have been staged at the Marsa Racetrack. The meeting, which comprised the much-awaited final for the prestigious Tazza l-Kbira, has been...
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Shock national encore for Smith
Sue Smith became only the third female in history to train the winner of the John Smith’s Grand National as 66-1 outsider Auroras Encore claimed the Aintree spectacular yesterday. Beaten just a head in the Scottish National at Ayr a year ago, the...
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Favourite Octobre en Fete wins silver final
The second meeting this spring at the Marsa racetrack, made up of eight races, was held yesterday. The card included four major events – the Chukkas Cup final for flat horses, on 1,750m, and three Condition Race finals for Gold and Silver trotters...
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Animal magic now set for Ascot
Animal Kingdom is set to weave his magic at Royal Ascot in the summer after seeing off the gallant challenge of Red Cadeaux to lift the Dubai World Cup on Saturday. The 2011 Kentucky Derby hero was ridden by Joel Rosario as Animal Kingdom showed a...
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Animal Kingdom rules the world
Red Cadeaux ran a huge race in second as Animal Kingdom (picture) stamped his class on the Dubai World Cup to give America victory in the world’s richest race at Meydan yesterday. The 2011 Kentucky Derby hero was given a no-nonsense ride by Joel...
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Semi-final wins for Nabab du Chatelet and Kakisis
The 10th meeting of the season at Marsa yesterday had two major events included in the card – the Tazza l-Kbira semi-finals on a rather long distance of 2,640m. These races were won by Kakisis and Nabab du Chatelet. In all, 12 horses qualified for...
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Bonus Kall and Timolin steal the show at Marsa
Bonus Kall and Timolin won the major races for Premier trotters and flat horses respectively, yes-terday. These two races formed part of the ninth meeting of the season which included eight races. The Premier race was contested by 16 trotters. Bonus...
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Ohime Mag wins top race
Ohime Mag took the honours in the top race during yesterday’s eighth meeting of the season at the Marsa racetrack. Seven of the eight races organised yesterday were open for trotters and held on a short distance of 2,140m while the other was a flat...
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24 horses through to semi-finals
The seventh meeting of the season, held on Friday evening at the Marsa Racetrack, heralded the start of the Dragonara Casino Brasserie it-Tazza l-Kbira Championship with six heats on a long distance of 2,640 metres. The programme consisted of 10...
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Diamante Grande tops flat race
The sixth meeting of the season was held yesterday afternoon at the Marsa Race Track. Ten of the 11 races were open for trotters and were run on the mile distance while the other race was the P&M Farrugia Flat race on a long distance of 1,750m. This...
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Argus Hanover has final say
The highlight of yesterday’s programme at the Marsa Racetrack was the Assikura Open A Championship final for horses that were not bred in France or Sweden, on a short distance of 2,140m. This final, part of the fifth meeting of the season, was won...
