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Jockey Harry Skelton is a man with a winning habit. After a hat-trick of victories at Stratford the previous evening, the former champion jockey was at Fakenham for the course’s 2023/24 season finale, Sunday’s Jarrold Ladies’ Day, and bagged another treble. It means that Skelton has ridden eight winners from his last 10 rides and […]

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TWO READY TO IMPRESS THE LADIES’ DAY CROWD WITH BOLD HAT-TRICK BIDS Two horses could be looking to complete a hat-trick of victories when they compete in the feature King’s Lynn Chase, worth £20,000, when Fakenham racecourse brings down the curtain on season 2023/24 with its annual Jarrold Ladies Day on Sunday (June 2). Among […]

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Youngster Dylan Whelan grabbed the biggest win of his career when taking the Gamble Plant Norfolk National on the Lucy Wadham trained Trincomalee at Fakenham. Whelan tracked long-time leader Jigginstown King for most of the race and once hitting the front held off a challenge from Harry Cobden on Planned Paradise to win the £25,000 […]

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NEW CHAMP COBDEN LINES UP GOLDEN CHANCES ON FAKENHAM’S NATIONAL DAY New champion jump jockey Harry Cobden, who took the crown a fortnight ago with a tally of 164 winners, has a five-strong book of chances at Fakenham’s race meeting on Tuesday. The £25,000 Gamble Plant Norfolk National Chase is the feature of the six-race […]

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TRAINER WILLIAMS MAKES FAKENHAM’S NORFOLK NATIONAL A REAL TARGET New sponsors Gamble Plant will be delighted with the 14 initial entries for Fakenham Racecourse’s Norfolk National Chase over a stamina-sapping three miles and five furlongs on Tuesday (May 7). Gamble Plant are the new backers of the £25,000 race, taking over from Snellings, and they […]

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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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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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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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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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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 […]