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Racing with Farringdon: February 8, 2025
Our tipster gives this weekend's lowdown
Joyeuse ridden by James Bowen (left) passes Tutti Quanti ridden by Harry Cobden (right) on their way to winning the Blackdown Motor Company Maiden Hurdle at Taunton Racecourse, Somerset, January 8, 2024

AND so the final big day of Cheltenham Festival trials is on the horizon, but on top of that some fabulous prizes are up for grabs at both Newbury and Warwick this afternoon.

 

The Schweppes Gold Trophy became the Betfair Hurdle and is now the William Hill Handicap Hurdle (3.35) with 18 runners set to take in the two-mile hurdle course today. It always used to be a race run at a hectic pace on bad ground and in a way it was last man or woman standing that gained the day. That scenario has not always been the case of late with connections not wanting to appear vulnerable down the home lane.

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