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Flared Nostril - Get Tiddly in sun at Cartmel's summer feast

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:17:19 +0100

THE TIDDLY Tadpole looks a fair prospect for a winner at Cartmel's meeting today (Thursday).

Flared Nostril - Best barbie competition at Cartmel's Thursday meeting

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:16:22 +0100

THIS year’s Barbecue Race Day at Cartmel next Thursday wil feature a new competition. Cartmel is offering a special prize for the most stylish barbecue or picnic on course.

Flared Nostril - Spark up your 'Barbys' for Cartmel prize

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:08:44 +0100

IT'S ONE of the most popular days in Cartmel’s racing calendar and this year Barbecue Race day will be even more memorable.

Flared Nostril - Manighar can fill Yorkshire Cup bill

Thu, 12 May 2011 20:53:48 +0100

YORK'S magic will be savoured at first hand tomorrow by Flared Nostril and here's hoping the grey cloud wings it and the coffee's piping hot in Betty's.

Flared Nostril - Carlton can lead them a Dante dance

Thu, 12 May 2011 09:36:19 +0100

NOT a great start to the Dante meeting for us, but Delegator winning the sprint with Frankie Dettori up offered a welcome ray of light on the tipping front.

Flared Nostril - Diescentric to give Cecil a flying start

Wed, 11 May 2011 09:16:24 +0100

IT'S the first day of York's Mecca Dante meeting and I'm in a quandry.

Flared Nostril - Jacko tribute act to get Cartmel bopping

Mon, 09 May 2011 13:28:04 +0100

LEADING Michael Jackson tribute performer Navi will be the headline act as Cartmel’s 2011 season opens with a feast of pre-racing entertainment for the many fans flocking to the evening meeting on Saturday, May 28.

Flared Nostril - Hurricane can go down a storm at Lingfield

Sat, 07 May 2011 10:40:00 +0100

ON a visit to Middleham on Good Friday, Flared Nostril had a tour of Mark Johnston's stables - what a spot of horse heaven for the racing enthusiast.

Flared Nostril - Go in Zain after savouring Frankel show

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:41:26 +0100

IT'S 2,000 Guineas day at Newmarket and Frankel is "expected" to carry all before him in the first Classic but he is not a backable proposition at long odds-on.

Racing - Outstanding Flat annual from Mark Howard

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:55:07 +0100

KIRKBY Lonsdale racing expert Mark Howard comes up with another fascinating offering with his new publication 'Ahead on the Flat 2010'(£7.99).

Flared Nostril - Shanballa can shake up Cartmel hotpot

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:19:14 +0100

LOOKING for a value bet at Cartmel today (Saturday) will pose racegoers be a real Bank Holiday puzzler as there are several strong favourites on the card as well as the presence of top jockey A. P. McCoy.

Flared Nostril - Hafawa's profile fits bill at Ripon

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:54:36 +0100

YORK's Ebor meeting which starts next Tuesday looms over today's racing, and it is worth looking out for nice types who are bypassing the big prizes next week for less exacting tasks.

Racing - Rosy outlook for Duncan at Haydock

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:17:12 +0100

THE North/South divide is never better shown than by tomorrow. While south of the Trent most attention will be on Ascot which stages The Shergar Cup, in which a host of international jockeys do battle, northerners are looking to Hadyock Park.

Flared Nostril - Make it a Man's world on Ladies Night

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:38:34 +0100

IT'S LADIES Night at Carlisle Races tonight (Monday) but it can be a man's world when LAKEMAN is fancied to go well in the £10,000 Edinburgh Woollen Mill Handicap, the showpiece race on the card.

Racing - Nostrings can pull off a Scoop interest

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:49:09 +0100

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.

Lashes worth a Royal flutter

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:45:23 +0100

RARELY are top-class fillies kept in training after proving themselves so we shoudl be grateful LUSH LASHES is still on the scene and runnng at Royal Ascot today (Tuesday).

Flared Nostril - Armour can be sweetheart for Royal Ascot punters

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:53:00 +0100

OUTSTANDING sprinters don't come along that often but Henry Candy's AMOUR PROPRE looks cast in the mould and after Royal Ascot we should know if he's top drawer material.

Racing - Force can be with us in Hennessy

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:33:20 +0000

AIR FORCE ONE looks set to give Lambourn trainer Charlie Mann a big-race winner in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury today (Saturday).

Racing - Cartmel's Chief back at Sedgefield

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:09:04 +0000

CARTMEL trainer Jimmy Moffatt gives his stable star Chief Dan George his first outing of the season at Sedgefield tomorrow (Tuesday).

Racing - Bantu looks a Gosden special

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:15:49 +0000

WE'RE back in business after a summer break.

Racing - Cartmel's Festival feeling

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:03:12 +0100

THERE will be a festival atmosphere at Cartmel Races' Bank Holiday Monday meeting and FESTIVAL KING (n.b.) is chosen to give top jockey Timmy Murphy a winner at the Cumbrian track in the Cengiz (Gus) Sadik Memorial Handicap Chase (4.05), writes Flared Nostril.

Racing - Apostle can sprout wings

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:03:30 +0100

KING'S APOSTLE has been waiting in the wings for a suitable opening since was looked an unlucky loser in the Stewards Cup and a Newmarket Listed Race today does not look beyond him.

She Scoops to conquer....

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:51:42 +0100

HERE at the Flared Nostril we are going to concentrate our minds on trying to land the Scoop Six this Saturday.

Fleeting to show clean heels

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:48:00 +0100

Dun and dusted in the Guineas!

Sat, 03 May 2008 10:17:00 +0100

A CRACKING race looks in prospect for today's 2,000 Guineas and IBN KHALDUN is selected to floor the favourite, Jim Bolger's New Approach.

Spencer is Chief pointer

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:26:00 +0100

A CLUTCH of horses that were trained specifically for the Lincoln meeting at Doncaster last month are out again and the most of the talking is about DON'T PANIC, who sensationally hacked up on the Town Moor mile.

It's simple - it's Simon

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:42:00 +0100

EVERYONE wants to be on the John Smith's Grand National winner and there's no doubt the majority of punters will fancy favourite Cloudy Lane to show Donald McCain is a chip off the old block.

Soapy to wring them out to dry

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:50:00 +0000

MARK Johnston's powerful Middleham string looks set to snap into action and SOAPY DANGER can clean up in Doncaster's Shield Conditions Stakes at 3.35.

All Yea is the Lincoln news

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:50:00 +0000

YEAMAN'S Hall is fancied to land the William Hill Lincoln when the race returns to Doncaster tomorrow after it was switched to Newcastle last year while refurbishment work went ahead.

Tricky, but Magic is special

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:25:00 +0000

ON a spectacular 10-race card at Cheltenham today, there isn't time to weigh up all the pros and cons, so gut instinct has to play a part in selections and TWIST MAGIC gets a chance to prove himself out of the top drawer in the Queen Mother Champion Chase.