Horse racing news, fixtures, results, blog for Cumbria and the Lake District: South Lakes, Eden

McGhee and Foxghyll win awards aplenty in endurance riding

10:00am Friday 7th December 2012

AMBLESIDE endurance rider Kath McGhee is celebrating national awards as she and her horse Foxghyll’s Filly were out to prove a point this year.

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Epee Celeste proves value for money to win Cavendish Cup

9:00am Thursday 30th August 2012

BARGAIN buy Epee Celeste snapped up her second win at Cartmel this season when landing the totepool Mobile Text Tote to 89660 Handicap Chase for the Cavendish Cup on Saturday.

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Cartmel Races gears up for richest ever meeting

8:00am Saturday 21st July 2012

GRAND National winning trainer David Pipe has set his sights on the biggest prize ever offered at Cartmel , the £28,000 added Totepool.com Cumbria Crystal Trophy, highlight of the seven race card at the Lake District track on Saturday.

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Carlisle Races all set for testimonial day

6:00pm Sunday 1st July 2012

CARLISLE Racecourse’s biggest racing fixture of the summer, headlined by 80s super group Madness, will be an historic fund-raising testimonial for two seriously injured jockeys thanks to the Cumbria-based Stobart Group.

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New improvements to be revealed at Carlisle Racecourse on Monday

1:00pm Thursday 24th May 2012

IMPROVEMENTS costing more than £50,000 at Carlisle Racecourse will be revealed for the first time at the Cumbrian track's next meeting on the evening of Monday, May 28.

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Racing figureheads give their Cheltenham Festival tips

6:18pm Friday 9th March 2012

HORSERACING’S leading lights descended on Cartmel Racecourse for an evening of tips for the Cheltenham Festival, which takes place next week.

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Cartmel Racecourse runner-up in Groundstaff awards

3:54pm Wednesday 25th January 2012

CARTMEL Racecourse was announced as the runner-up in the 2011 Neil Wyatt Award at the Groundstaff Awards this week.

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Richest ever raceday in extra Cartmel meeting next year

3:05pm Tuesday 22nd November 2011

CARTMEL Racecourse will stage its richest-ever race day with a new fixture next year, increasing its 2012 programme to eight days.

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Twiston-Davies aims for hot double at Cartmel barbecue meeting

2:00pm Monday 11th July 2011

TRAINER Nigel Twiston Davies, will be hoping to improve his already impressive strike rate at Cartmel with a double at Thursday’s Summer Barbecue meeting.

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Racing - McCoy can steer Now This Is It to Cartmel victory

9:33am Monday 30th May 2011

IRISH raider Now This is It looks the answer to the 3.55pm Beginners Chase at Cartmel's Bank Holiday Monday meeting.

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Large attendance expected for Cartmel race meeting

1:22pm Monday 30th May 2011

THOUSANDS of punters are heading to Cartmel for today’s Bank Holiday race meeting.

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Racng - Train route switch for Cartmel racegoers

10:27am Thursday 26th May 2011

RACEGOERS travelling to Cartmel from the south by rail over the Bank Holiday will have to change their usual travel plans.

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Racing - Top jockey "under orders" for Cartmel

11:58am Tuesday 24th May 2011

GRAND National winning jockey Graham Lee is used to coming under starter’s orders, but he is under orders of a different kind when the Cartmel racing season kicks off on Saturday evening.

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Millworkers' Grand National a great success

12:52pm Tuesday 5th April 2011

MORE than 5,000 racing fans flocked to Whittington’s point-to-point course for the annual Holcombe Hunt Steeplechases - once known as the Millworkers’ Grand National.

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Chief Dan George tipped for Grand National

6:03pm Monday 4th April 2011

WITH VIDEO: Cartmel-based trainer Jimmy Moffatt is tipping Chief Dan George for glory in this year's Aintree John Smith Grand National on Saturday.

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Preview - Richards' runners primed for Carlisle

12:08pm Thursday 16th December 2010

AP McCOY has been given Carlisle Races' backing for BBC Sports Personality of the Year ahead of the course's final meeting of 2010 on Sunday.

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Racing - Angel to swoop at Cartmel's John Smith's BBQ meet

10:58am Thursday 15th July 2010

TIM Vaughan's Our Guardian Angel, ridden by Richard Johnson, can get punters off on a winning start at Cartmel's John Smith's Summer Barbeque meeting today (Thursday).

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Racing - 'Jools' and co to hit top note at Carlisle

2:10pm Thursday 1st July 2010

CARLISLE Racecourse is preparing to welcome potentially a record modern-day crowd for its evening racing fixture on Saturday.

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Chief Dan George out of Scottish National

9:35am Thursday 15th April 2010

CARTMEL-based racehorse Chief Dan George has been pulled out of this weekend’s Scottish Grand National at Ayr and will not race again this season.

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Chief Dan George still in hunt for Grand National place

3:50pm Monday 5th April 2010

CHELTENHAM Festival winner Chief Dan George is still in the hunt for Saturday’s Grand National at Aintree.

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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.

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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.

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