Friday, 9 December 2011

C4 THE MORNING LINE SATURDAY DECEMBER 10th 7.55am to 8.55am EVERY SATURDAY DON'T MISS IT - TODAY JOIN UP WITH THE RACING POST - CHELTENHAM AND DONCASTER 2011


LIVE ON C4 HEARTS WILL BE RACING TODAY AT
CHELTENHAM (Jumps Turf) and DONCASTER (Jumps Turf)

HWPA ROLL OF HONOUR AWARD
WINNING BROADCASTER NICK LUCK


CONGRATULATIONS NICK

  C4 MORNING LINE BRING US A WINDOW ON THE WORLD OF HORSERACING EVERY SATURDAY MORNING FROM 7.55am - 8.55am 


TODAY'S FEATURE RACES:
2.30 CHELTENHAM Atlantic 4 Gold Cup Handicap Chase 2m4f
3.05  CHELTENHAM International Hurdle  2m1f
Famous Horses
MR FRISK


THROUGH THE KEYHOLE THE CLUES ARE THERE, AN INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING PROGRAM GUIDE WITH PREVIEWS, REVIEWS, KEY CURRENT NEWS, UPDATES, ALL RELEVENT TO THIS AFTERNOONS C4 LIVE ACTION FROM THESE TWO TRACKS .

RACING POST JOIN UP LINK NEWS 
http://turfcall2-racingpost.blogspot.com/2011/12/racing-post-saturday-december-10th-2011.html


C4 LIVE CHELTENHAM
1.55. Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle (Registered As The Bristol Novices' Hurdle Race) (Grade 2) (Class 1) for 4yo's+ over 3m winner £12,244.25
RESULT Win DEIREADH RE (IRE) 5 11-4 partner RUBY WALSH  handler presenter? trainer Paul Nicholls for Ian J Fogg 2-1f  from REV IT UP

FEATURE RACE
2.30. Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup (Handicap Chase) (Grade 3) (Class 1) for 4yo+ over 2m5f winner £56,950
RESULT Win QUANTITATIVEEASING (IRE) 6 10-7 partner BARRY GERAGHTY handler presenter? trainer Nicky Henderson for John P McManus 6-1 from MEDERMIT
 
FEATURE RACE
 3.05 StanJames.com International Hurdle (Grade 2) (Class 1) for 4yo's+ over 2m1f winner £74,035
RESULT Win GRANDOUET (FR) 4 11-4 partner BARRY GERAGHTY handler presenter RAJESH PARDAESHE trainer Nicky Henderson for Simon Munir 5-2jf from OVERTURN
 7-2 distance 4l.
3.35 Unicoln Homes Relkeel Hurdle (Grade 2) (Class 1) for 4yo's+ over 2m4f+ winner £17,085
RESULT Win  OSCAR WHISKY (IRE) 6 11-6 partner BARRY GERAGHTY handler presenter HOLLY CONTE trainer Nicky Henderson for Dai Walters
4-9f from GET ME OUT OF HERE 8-1  

C4 LIVE DONCASTER
2.45 VictorChandler.com Summit Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (Class 1) for 3y0's over 2m+ winner £14,432.50 
RESULT Win ROYAL BONSAI  3 11-2 partner DOUGIE COSTELLO handler presenter? trainer John Quinn for R Kent 16-1 from EAGLE ROCK 13-2

3.20 Bet Mobile At Victor Chandler Handicap Chase (Class 2) for 4yo's up over 3m winner £12,996
RESULT Win QIANSHAN LEADER (IRE) 7 10-2 partner JACK DOYLE handler presentertrainer Emma Lavelle for The Pick 'N' Mix Partnership 13-2 from BENNY GOOD nk.

TOTESCOOP6 RACES THIS AFTERNOON ARE:
HELFULL TOTE RACECARDS
SCOOP6 BONUS - Last week's four winners will attempt to win the £1 million bonus TODAY
Leg 1. 1.55 Cheltenham DEIREADH RE
Leg 2. 2.15 Doncaster QUICUYO
Leg 3. 2.30 Cheltenham QUANTITATIVEEASING
Leg 4. 2.45 Doncaste ROYAL BONSAI
Leg 5. 3.05 Cheltenham GRANDOUET
Leg 6. 3.20 Doncaster QIANSHAN LEADER


C4 THE MORNING LINE TEAM TODAY


NICK (Lord Snooty ) LUCK. HOST BROADCASTER
Nick the power packed presenter who brings everything together.
http://twitter.om/nickluc

NICK LUCK INTERVIEWS PAUL ROY BRITISH HORSERACING AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN (BHA) AT ASCOT ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 15th 2011  ON THE VERY FIRST BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY 
http://steeplechasing.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/a-recording-of-paul-roys-interview-with-nick-luck-on-british-champions-day/

J MARGARET CLARKE TURFCALL 'BLOODHORSE LITERACY' How much longer are the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) going to take to put their own house in order at 75 High Holborn in London ? To recognise what bloodhorse literacy really means ... Their licencing department , their disclipinary department, their regulation department ... all are geared up wrong at present. Lyn Williams needs to be the first one to move out and all the rest like him.
When is Paul Roy going to take his first step on his journey into understanding what bloodhorse literacy really means? To start to take on board, to recognise that there is indeed such a key issue as is 'Bloodhorse Literacy' Or will his first step be to pack his bags and get out?

GUEST STAR PAUL STEWART has a runner this afternoon in the 2.30 Handicap Chase at Cheltenham trained by Paul Nicholls  GHIZAO  7 11-2 partner RUBY WALSH an interesting runner ….. He will have the chance today to gain some more racing experience over the big fences …. how will he get on?
PAUL had broken his back after being caught in a freak avalanche while snowboarding in the Alps, and as his father researched the possible treatments available in this country and elsewhere, he became convinced that Britain is lagging behind.
GHIZAO
LETS TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT PAUL'S GHIZAO  7 11-2
HOW DID THE 2.30 HANDICAP CHASE AT CHELTENHAM ACTUALLY PAN OUT TO BE?




JOHN (Greatest Jockey) FRANCOME(Bloodhorse Literate)
"A lifetimes experience to date, shared with the greatest professional horsemen and the greatest racehorses.” A shining light on the bloodhorse literacy front that so desperately needs to be recognised properly by the powers that be world wide.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Francome/e/B001H6GYLU/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=john+francome+autobiography&tag=googhydr-21&index=stripbooks&hvadid=4795221559&ref=pd_sl_90p7j5pdbw_b

TANYA STEVENSON The Punters Champion   Tanya out on the track at
Cheltenham  bringing us her Betting Bulletin's, latest stats, market movers, introducing us to Clerk of the Course Simon Claisse  getting the latest news on the state of the going.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_James
Warm welcome for RP Greyhound TV (09.12.2011)
JIM CREMIN “ THE launch this evening of the Racing Post Greyhound TV on Channel 231 on Sky ‘s digital platform (402 Freesat) yesterday (Thursday) received a widespread welcome from influential figures in greyhound circles. Tonight kicks off with an all-open card featuring the semi-finals of the Essex Vase at Romford, plus a 13- race card at Sunderland, while tomorrow is the turn of Crayford-which will feature the heats of the new Kent National Hurdle – and Newcastle.
“Lord Lipsey, the former chairman of the former BGRB and a keen supporter of greyhounds, and greyhound welfare, said “This is a great breakthrough . I understand some tracks will be concerned that it hits attendancies, but it will boost the yield of the voluntary  levy the bookmakers pay on greyhound racing . TV pundit and betting expert John McCririck , a long-time fan of greyhound racing and a regular at Derby finals over the years, said “This is terrific , especially with people like Errol (Blyth) and Darrell  (Williams) involved. Punters will lap this up, given Channel 231 comes free. I think it will be a great success, develop over the months ahead and re-energise enthusiasm to come racing .”
“Tanya Stevenson  of C4 Racing and an enthusiastic greyhound owner:”Other than the superb Sky greyhound service, armchair greyhound racing fans are starved of action, but I hear dogs barking, and the hare’s running  for Racing Post Greyhound TV.


JOHN (Mac) McCRIRICK the Punters Champion.  Calling for another book Mac to follow on from your last book ...
In 1991 Stanley Paul and Co. Ltd  published Mac’s book JOHN McCRIRICK’S WORLD OF BETTING  ‘Double Carpet and All That.
Inside the back cover can be found further interesting book listings as follows
CALLING THE HORSES  A Racing Autobiography Peter O’Sullivan
DESERT ORCHID  Jonathan Powell
ONE OF THE LADS Racing on the Inside Susan Gallier
BARRY HILLS BIOGRAPHY FRANKINCENSE-AND-MORE
THE RACING POST HAVE SOME GREAT BOOKS GO TO :
RACING POST.come/shop
THE RACING POST - BE IN THE KNOW
TODAY’S BIG TALKING POINT DAVID CARR on a day of rich promise that looks sure to provide Champion Hurdle clues.
“OVERTURN shows the attributes to partly fill DENMAN void. With the admirable DENMAN retired, a sudden vacancy has arisen at the top of the game .....
PRICEWISE the Punters Champion has this to say about the 2.30 Handicap Chase from Cheltenham  
THESE big – field handicaps around Cheltenham are as much about luck and rhythm as weights and ability and anything can happen in the Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup (2.30) Three of the last five winners have started at 16-1 or bigger and the fact the bookies are betting 7-1 the field tells us how open it is. ……

PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
BLOODHORSE LITERATE THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SHARON MURGATROYD
GLORIOUS GOODWOOD 2011: Diary - Richard Fox always had a tale to tell. The recent passing of Richard Fox, the former lightweight jockey, has robbed racing of one of its great story tellers. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/8661037/Glorious-Goodwood-2011-Diary-Richard-Fox-always-had-a-tale-to-tell.html








Thursday, 8 December 2011

C4 LIVE FROM CHELTENHAM DAY ONE 1.10. 1.45. 2.20. 2.55 THESE FOUR RACES


C4 LIVE DAY ONE FROM CHELTENHAM THIS AFTERNOON
 BRINGING US THESE FOUR RACES

C4 LIVE CHELTENHAM
1.10. CF Roberts Electrical + Mechanical Services Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase
(Class 3) for 4yo+ over 2m 5f win £
WIN NIGHT ALLIANCE (IRE) 6 10-13 partner CHARLES HUXLEY handler presenter?
trainer Dr Richard Newland for          15-2

1.45. Majordome Hospitality Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (Class1) for 4yo+ over 3m 1f+ win £
WIN SHAKALAKABOOMBOOM (IRE) 7 11-0 partner BARRY GERAGHTY handler presenter? trainer Nick Henderson for      9-2

2.20. Glenfarcias Cross C ountry Handicap Chase (Class 2) for 5yo+ over 3m 7f + X Country win £
WIN

2.55. Citipost Handicap Hurdle (Class 2) for 4yo+ over 3m. win £
WIN


PLEASE use this link for Racing Post News from Monday 5th to Sunday December 11th 2011
http://turfcallmorningline.blogspot.com/2011/12/c4-live-from-cheltenham-show-110-145.html


Famous Horses
DESERT ORCHID

Friday, 2 December 2011

C4 AND RACING POST JOIN UP WITH SANDOWN PARK AND AINTREE TO BRING US ALL THE ACTION LIVE FROM BOTH THESE RACECOURSES



LIVE ON C4 HEARTS WILL BE RACING TODAY AT
AINTREE (Jumps Turf) and SANDOWN PARK (Jumps Turf)
 
TWO FEATURE RACES:
2.10 AINTREE BECHER HANDICAP CHASE  
3.05 SANDOWN PARK TINGLE CREEK CHASE
http://www.racingpost.com/horses2/cards/home.sd 


C4 MORNING LINE BRING US A WINDOW ON THE WORLD OF HORSERACING EVERY SATURDAY MORNING 8am - 9am .

THROUGH THE KEYHOLE THE CLUES ARE THERE, AN INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING PROGRAM GUIDE WITH PREVIEWS, REVIEWS, KEY CURRENT NEWS, UPDATES, ALL RELEVENT TO THIS AFTERNOONS C4 LIVE ACTION FROM THESE TWO TRACKS .

FOLLOWING UP THIS AFTERNOON TO BRING THE LIVE ACTION DIRECT FROM AINTREE AND SANDOWN PARK PROVIDING A VIVID INTRODUCTION TO BLOODHORSE LITERACY BOTH IN THEORY AND IN PRACTICE.


RACING POST SPECIAL REPORT (02.12.2011)
LEE MOTTERSHEAD  A GLIMPSE OF THINGS TO COME ......

“LEE examines  the implications as C4 prepares to screen the Becher Chase, its first race over the National Fences, at Aintree. 
 (Live at  2.10  Saturday December 3rd 2011)



RACING POST SATURDAY DECEMBER 3rd 2011

TODAY’S BIG TALKING POINT
TO INCLUDE THE LATEST NEWS THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK
C4 SHOW FOUR RACES LIVE FROM SANDOWN PARK
  1.55, 2.30, 3.05, 3.40.
SANDOWN PARK TURF
1.55 Market Insurance Henry v111 Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (Class 1) over 2m for 4yo+ winner £20,786.75
WIN: AL FEROF (FR) 6 11-2 partner RUBY WALSH handler presenter? trainer Paul Nicholls for
J Hales 4-11f from FOR NON STOP


2.30 Bavaria Imported Premium Lager Handicap Hurdle (Listed Race)
 (Class 1) over 2m+ for 4yo+ winner £14,237.50
WIN: UBI ACE 5 11-5 partner ROBERT WALFORD handler presenter ? trainer Tim Walford 7-1  for N J Maher 7-1 from VIA GALILEI



FEATURE RACE
3.05 Sportingbet Tingle Creek Chase 3.05 (Grade 1) (Class 1) over 2m for 4yo+
winner £68,340
WIN: SIZING EUROPE (IRE) 9 11-7 partner A E LYNCH handler presenter? trainer Henry de Bromhead (IRE) for Ann and Alan Potts Partnership 11-8f from KAUTO STONE 7-2



3.40 Otkritie London National (Handicap Chase) (Class 2) over 3m5f+ for 5yo+
winner £12,512
WIN: DEEP PURPLE 10 11-12 partner PAUL MOLONEY handler presenter? trainer Evan Williams for Paul Green 10-1 from DO IT FOR DALKEY 100-30f



C4 SHOW TWO RACES LIVE FROM AINTREE  2.10.  3.20.
AINTREE TURF
FEATURE RACE
2.10 Betfred Becher Handicap Chase (Listed Race) (Class 1) over 3m2f Grand National Track for 5yo's + winner £56,270
WIN: WEST END ROCKER (IRE) 9.10-10 partner WAYNE HUTCHINSON handler presenter? trainer Alan King for Barry Windfield and Tim Leadbetter 10-1 from NICHE MARKET


3.20 Betfred Grand Sefton Handicap Chase (Grade 1) (Class 2) over 2m5f+  Grand National Track for 5yo's+ winner £30,950
WIN: STEWARTS HOUSE (IRE) 9 11-8 partner AIDAN COLEMAN handler presenter? trainer Tim Vaughan for Double Trouble Partnership 11-2 from LINNEL (IRE)


TOTESCOOP6 RACES
  SATURDAY  DECEMBER 3rd 2011
SCOOP6 ROLLOVERS - £748,718 in the win fund and £877,578 in the bonus fund up for grabs today Saturday...
Leg 1. 1.25 Sandown Park win POUNGACH 5-2f
Leg 2. 2.10 Aintree win WEST END ROCKER 10-1
Leg 3. 2.30 Sandown Park win UBI ACE 7-1
Leg 4. 3.05 Sandown Park win SIZING EUROPE 11-8f
Leg 5. 3.20 Aintree win STEWARTS HOUSE 11-2
Leg 6  3.40 Sandown Park win DEEP PURPLE 10-1
RESULTS  ToteScoop6 won, four people share.

C4 HORSERACING TEAM TODAY ARE:

NICK (Lord Snooty ) LUCK. HOST BROADCASTER
Nick the power packed presenter who brings everything together.
http://twitter.com/nickluck 

STAR GUEST RUBY WALSH  BLOODHORSE LITERATE
RUBY WALSH  (born Rupert Walsh on 14 May 1979 in Kill, County Kildare, Ireland)
is the reigning Irish National Hunt champion jockey. He is the second child, and eldest son,
of former champion amateur jockey Ted Walsh and his wife Helen.












RUBY’S rides this afternoon at SANDOWN PARK are:
Race 1. BLACK THUNDER Novice Hurdle 12.55Race 2. POUNGACH Handicap Hurdle 1.25
Race 3. AL FEROF Novice Chase 1.55 
Race 4. EDGARDO SOL Handicap Hurdle 2.30
Race 5. KAUTO STONE Tingle Creek Chase 3.05
Race 6. MEANUS DANDY Handicap Chase 3.40
Follow RUBY this afternoon and see how he gets on?
An afternoon of  great racing live on C4 definitely one for your very own reference file info. You won’t be disappointed.
http://www.daylife.com/topic/Ruby_Walsh

TANYA  STEVENSON The Punters Champion  Tanya out on the track at Aintree
 brings us her Betting Bulletin's, latest stats, market movers, introducing us to ANDREW TULLOCH Clerk of the Course and Director of Racing at Aintree Racecourse getting the latest news on the state of the going. http://www.aintree.co.uk/pages/horse-welfare/
AND meeting up with RUSS WISEMAN Head of Media at Sportingbet
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/russ-wiseman/a/915/976
http://twitter.com/SportingbetRuss

SIMON HOLT CALLING THE HORSES
Simon brings us his form guide to the Tingle Creek Chase the feature race to be run at Sandown Park this afternoon at 3.05.
Simon has continued to cover many important events including the Cheltenham Festival, 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas, St Leger, King George VI Chase and, from 2007, Glorious Goodwood. He also called the Irish Derby once (in 2000 when Sinndar triumphed as RTE used the BBC's Jim McGrath to call the race in the absence of Tony O'Hehir), as well as the 2001 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe when the TV rights briefly transferred from the BBC to Channel 4. Bloodhorse illiterate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Holt_(commentator) 







JOHN (Greatest Jockey) FRANCOME (Bloodhorse Literate)
"A lifetimes experience to date, shared with the greatest professional horsemen and the greatest racehorses. A shining light on the bloodhorse literacy front that so desperately needs to be recognised properly by the powers that be world wide.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Francome/e/B001H6GYLU/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=john+francome+autobiography&tag=googhydr-21&index=stripbooks&hvadid=4795221559&ref=pd_sl_90p7j5pdbw_b 
 
RICHARD HOILES Broadcaster  Commentator Presenter  Bloodhorse Illiterate.
RICHARD joins up with ALASTAIR at Aintree this morning getting ready for this afternoon's historic coverage breakthrough to show us two chases live from Aintree the 2.10 and 3.30.
http://steeplechasing.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/a-big-priced-festival-tip-from-richard-hoiles/







ALASTAIR DOWN Key Broadcaster Presenter Bloodhorse Illiterate ALASTAIR joins up with RICHARD at Aintree this morning getting ready for this afternoon's historic coverage breakthrough to show us two chases live from Aintree the 2.10 and 3.30.
Look after yourself Alastair, looks like you have a nasty flue germ.xx
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/channel-4-racing/pictures/channel-4-racing-presenters/6413fd0e-11f0-40fc-91d2-ff9c3b08a87e


ALICE (In Wonderland) PLUNKETT BLOODHORSE LITERATE
The only lady rider to have ridden around Badminton and the Grand National. http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/alice-plunkett/
 


RACING POST - BE IN THE KNOW
PUT SHOPPING ON HOLD - THIS IS THE GIFT ALL RACEFANS WANT

DAVID CARR TODAY'S BIG TALKING POINT -  IT REALLY WILL BE ALL ABOUT JUMPING IN TODAY'S FEATURE CHASES.

"TWO of the most spectacular tests the sport has to offer are staged more than 200 miles apart yet served up within an hour on an afternoon when even the most dyed-in-the-wool enthusiasts for Flat racing will surely take time off from Christmas shopping to tune in - and try to nab the huge Scoop6 rollover.

"Would you trudge round Currys while a field of top class chasers are going at it lickity-split in the Sportingbet Tingle Creek Chase, a fitting tribute to the spring -healed leaper who lends his name to a race that challenges the quickest two-milers to cope with the famous Railway fences coming up thick and fast in the back straight. The only afternoon in the year that offers the thrills and spills, thud and blunder of two races over the Grand National fences.

"The runners in the Becher Chase and Grand Sefton Chase this afternoon will be the first to tackle the course since the fatal injuries suffered by DOONEYS GATE and ORNAIS in the spring caused the BHA to set up a review to look into the safety of the Grand National. Changes to several fences were announced in August, with the drop on the landing side of Becher's Brook and the jump which is the first in the National reduced and the height of all toe boards, which gives horses a sighter at each fence, has been increased to 14 inches.. Aintree managing director Julian Thick said "As we said in the summer, we brought forward the announcement to give us plenty of time in order to make those changes so the course would be in  A1 condition in time for racing at this meeting and we're very pleased to say we have achieved that.
 
"Our thoughts are unchanged from any other meeting - and safety and welfare of horses and riders are our prime concern.
 
"I don't think we feel under any more pressure but the point we made then and we repeat now is that we believe this package of changes is good for the long term."


PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
CHANNEL 4 RACING THE STORY SO FAR
"1984 Channel 4 broadcasts racing for the first time after taking over ITV's midweek coverage. Begins Saturday broadcasts the following year.

1986 Lands early coup when stealing Arc from BBC and televises DANCING BRAVE'S win the same year. Develops reputation as serious force with live Breeders' Cup coverage.

1995 Loses Arc to BBC, but, more importantly, takes control of Cheltenham after sensationally stealing rights to the festival and all the track's major meetings.

2001 Suffers its biggest body blow when Epsom decides the Derby would enjoy greater exposure on BBC. To guarantee the move, BBC hands over its Newbury days to commercial rival.

2004 Televises first race from Ascot after BBC permits it to cover Reynoldstown  Chase.

2005 Comes close to pulling out of racing and only continues after Tote and Levy Board commit to a £4 million sponsorship deal.

2007 Goodwood's 50-year association with BBC television ends as the racecourse grants rights to Glorious meeting to Channel 4.

2009 Takes over as contracted broadcaster of all Ascot's showpiece jumps  meetings plus those at Haydock after BBC axes more than half its fixtures.

2010 Begins new three- year deal incorporating about 80 days per year, but only after Levy Board commits to a seven-figure subsidy and racing's rights holders pull back from mooted plan to hand back Cheltenham Festival  to BBC. Significant reverse later in year with announcement that BBC will cover first two British Champions Days.

2011 Covers action over the Grand National fences for the first time after BBC drops Aintree's Becher Chase card."



HORSERACING A UNIQUE AND REMARKABLE SPORT