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Horse Racing: Carlisle races frozen off
12:17pm Wednesday 10th February 2010
CARLISLE's scheduled race meeting for this afternoon, Wednesday, has been frozen off.
Horse Racing: Carlisle to have third inspection
10:51am Wednesday 10th February 2010
A THIRD inspection will be held at Carlisle Racecourse ahead of Wednesday's scheduled meeting.
Racing - Todhunter readies Big Sam to run
2:36pm Monday 11th January 2010
LIFELONG Blackburn Rovers supporter Paul Clarkson has named a racehorse Big Sam after Rovers Manager Sam Allardyce.
Carlisle racecourse gears up for medieval day on Sunday
10:10am Tuesday 24th November 2009
CARLISLE Racecourse will host ‘Ye Olde Medieval Day’ on Sunday as part its penultimate race day of the year.
25,000 pour through Cartmel racecourse gates after all hands to the pump
5:02pm Thursday 3rd September 2009
THOUSANDS of race enthusiasts poured through the gates at Cartmel racecourse over the bank holiday weekend after ground staff pulled out all the stops to ensure the race meeting went ahead.
Racing - Nostrings can pull off a Scoop interest
10:49am Saturday 18th July 2009
THE TOTESCOOP 6 is a big pot today and I'll be having a crack at it. Going through the form for the races, it's hard not to think Jono O'Neill has the answer to the final race in NOSTRINGSATTACHED.
Racing - AP McCoy riding at Cartmel Races
9:31am Thursday 16th July 2009
IT'S Cartmel Races today (Thursay) and top jockey AP McCoy rides at the meeting - Tetley's barbeque raceday.
Racing - Punters' package offered at Cartmel
11:18am Wednesday 24th June 2009
GRAND National sponsors John Smith’s will be at Cartmel for the first time when they are backing two races on ‘John Smith’s Summer Barbecue Day’ on Thursday, July 16.
Racing - Richest day's racing coming up
8:54am Monday 15th June 2009
CARLISLE Racecourse hosts its most valuable day's horse racing on Wednesday, June 24 with more than £100,000 in prizemoney on offer for the first time ever.
Racing - American touch fancied at Cartmel
10:05am Monday 25th May 2009
IT'S a sunny outlook for Cartmel's Bank Holiday Monday meeting and a Venetia Williams' runner is always to be respected so look to American Art in the 3.00pm race to put us in the picture.
Racing - Gersh win fancied at Cartmel
4:04pm Saturday 23rd May 2009
CARTMEL'S evening meet gets under way at 5.50pm and Donald McCain's GERSHWINNER represents an improving chaser who could be up to overcoming top weight in the Burlington Slate Handicap Chase, writes Flared Nostril.
Racing - Top jockey at Cartmel
8:40am Saturday 23rd May 2009
TOP jockey Denis O’Regan, who took the Cheltenham Festival by storm in 2008, breaks new ground tomorrow (Saturday) when he has his first ever rides at Cartmel.
Racing - Carlisle flat programme starts Monday
12:59pm Saturday 23rd May 2009
THE starting stalls are about to fly open at Carlisle Racecourse for the first time in 2009.
Racing - Chief Dan set for Ayr war-dance
9:58am Saturday 18th April 2009
CHIEF Dan George could put the Lake District village of Cartmel in the spotlight with a big-race win in the Scottish Grand Natonal at Ayr this afternoon (Saturday).
Eyes are on the Chief at Scottish Grand National
9:04am Friday 17th April 2009
BULLISH ABOUT THE CHIEF: While bumper crowds turned out for the Vale of Lune’s Whittington Races on Easter Saturday (pictured left), the Cartmel stable of Jimmy Moffatt was all set for a crack at the Scottish Grand National with stable star Chief Dan George who became the new ante-post favourite after sustained support. The trainer said: "It is nice to be going into a big race with a horse with a chance. It is a big week for the stable.
Racing - Whisperer can be Totescoop answer
10:01am Saturday 11th April 2009
HIGHLIGHT of Carlisle Races today (Saturday) is the 500th Totescoop 6 Celebration Handicap Chase at 3.25pm.
Grand National - Make Apal in the National
9:53am Saturday 4th April 2009
OVERNIGHT rain has come to boost the chance of BLACK APALACHI in today's John Smith's Grand National, writes Flared Nostril.
The Parson's knows the Aintree script
3:28pm Tuesday 31st March 2009
GRAND National week arrives and there's little Cumbrian interest with Martin Todhunter's runner BAGAN unlikely to run - eight horses below the cut-off point of 40 runners imposed for safety reasons.
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