12th Apr 2024
Station in the right place to collect extra meeting’s top prize 12th April 2024
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Coastguard Station, under a terrific ride by David Noonan, landed the feature race when Fakenham staged its ‘Aintree/Fakenham Special’ additional meeting on Friday. The Henry Oliver trained eight-year-old gelding was runner-up at Ascot three weeks earlier and after tracking the leaders in the Special Racing TV Offer Chase, took it up after the final fence […]
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Declared Runners for the Fakenham / Aintree Special Raceday on Friday 12th April 11th April 2024
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MONDAY WINNER CLOUDY WEDNESDAY RETURNS FOR A FRIDAY ‘EXTRA’ Wymondham trainer Caroline Fryer received the applause at Fakenham’s Easter Monday race meeting when her eight-year-old gelding Cloudy Wednesday won the three-mile chase. At Fakenham’s additional meeting, its ‘Aintree/Fakenham Special’ on Friday, Fryer returns to that scene of success to run her horse in a two-and-a-half-mile […]
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Entries for the Fakenham & Aintree Special Raceday, Friday 12th April 10th April 2024
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THEY’RE OFF WITH AN EXTRA RACE MEETING AT FAKENHAM ON FRIDAY Fakenham Racecourse is staging an additional ‘Fakenham/Aintree special’ fixture on Friday with spectators able to enjoy the action from the three-day Grand National meeting on screens at the north Norfolk venue while also tasting live action at their local track. The additional meeting was […]
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Report from Aldiss Raceday, Easter Monday 1st April 1st April 2024
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EASTER MONDAY DELIGHT FOR CAROLINE WHILE CHAMP LANDS A TREBLE Wymondham trainer Caroline Fryer was full of praise for her eight-year-old gelding Cloudy Wednesday who put in a superb round of jumping to ensure local success at Fakenham’s Easter Monday Aldiss Raceday. Just a week earlier Cloudy Wednesday was beaten by a neck at Huntingdon […]
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Declared Runners for the Aldiss Raceday on Easter Monday, 1st April 30th March 2024
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TOP JOCKEYS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD AT FAKENHAM’S TRADITIONAL EASTER MEETING Reigning champion jump jockey Brian Hughes and rival Gavin Sheehan both have full books of six rides on the Fakenham Easter Monday Aldiss Raceday card. Hughes, third in this season’s championship race with 109 winners before the weekend, looks set to lose his crown to current […]
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5 day entries for the Aldiss Raceday on Easter Monday, 1st April 26th March 2024
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BIRDHOUSE AIMS TO MAKE IT AN EASTER DOUBLE AT FAKENHAM’S ALDISS RACEDAY Five-year-old mare Birdhouse, so impressive when winning at the last Fakenham raceday, returns to the north Norfolk course for its Aldiss Easter Monday meeting aiming for a quick double for trainer Stuart Edmunds. Edmunds has a great strike rate at Fakenham and at […]
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Report from Woodfordes Raceday, Friday 15th March 16th March 2024
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GALE FORCE SUCCESS AS ‘SILVER BULLET’ LANDS FAKENHAM SILVER CUP Elizabeth Gale claimed the eighth success of her career when landing the Fakenham Silver Cup at the north Norfolk course’s Woodfordes Raceday. She scored on a real ‘silver bullet’ in the shape of grey gelding Tapley, trained by Suzi Best and returned at 7/2. Gale […]
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Declared Runners for the Woodfordes Raceday on Friday 15th March 13th March 2024
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TOUGH CALL AS TO WHO CAN MAKE FAKENHAM’S SILVER CUP A GOLDEN MOMENT A hugely competitive Fakenham Silver Cup is the highlight of Woodfordes Race Day at the north Norfolk course on Friday, nine horses going to post less than an hour after the finish of National Hunt racing’s blue riband contest, The Cheltenham Gold […]
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5-Day entries for Woodfordes Race Day, Friday 15th March 11th March 2024
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SILVER TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT FAKENHAM ON GOLD CUP DAY Fakenham focusses on silver on Cheltenham Gold Cup day at Friday’s Woodfordes race meeting at the Norfolk course. Spectators will be able to watch the Cheltenham action on big screens at Fakenham’s fixture where the highlight, less than an hour after the Gold Cup, the […]
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COBDEN AT THE DOUBLE TO LEAD THE JUMP JOCKEYS’ TITLE RACE 16th February 2024
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Harry Cobden took over top spot in the race for the 2023/4 jump jockeys’ championship with a double at Fakenham on Friday. Cobden drew level with Sean Bowen on 123 winners in the race for this season’s championship with victory on 8/13 favourite Westerninthepark in the EBF Novice Hurdle. Previous course and distance winner West […]
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