Friday, June 16, 2000
BEST ODDS FOR SANDOWN & YORK TOMORROW
3.25 Sandown, Tote "totalbet.com" Handicap, 5f
Triple Dash-20 C
Choco Mate-25 T, WH
A Touch Of Frost-6 L, T
Smooth Sailing-14 WH
Volontiers-15/2 C
Temeraire-8 L
Elmhurst Boy-14 C, L
Celtic Exit-5/2 L
Dilkusha-14 C
Threat-33 C, L, T, WH
Redswan-8 L, T
Teofilio-12 C, T
3.45 York, William Hill Trophy, 6f
Bally Pride-25 T, WH
Jemima-33 C
Tara's Girl-50 T
Boast-28 T
Dorchester-40 C
Cotton House-28 C
Shatin Venture-9 C, WH
Desert Fury-33 WH
Brave Burt-28 L
Safranine-50 L, T
Peruvian Chief-11 T, WH
Jailhouse Rocket-33 C, L, T, WH
Glenrock-10 L, T, WH
Corridor Creeper-9 L, T
Locharati-20 L
Rendition-5 C
Happy Diamond-25 C, L
Baby Barry-33 C, L, T
Charlottevalentina-33 L, WH
Ravishing-11 C
Railroader-25 C, L
Blue Velvet-33 T, WH
Red Revolution-14 T
C=Coral L=Ladbrokes T=Tote WH=William Hill
13 LEFT IN PRINCE OF WALES'S
13 horses remain in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot next Wednesday. The race is being run as a Group One event for the first time this season.
The full list is as follows:
Beat All (Sir Michael Stoute)
Border Arrow (Ian Balding)
Dubai Millennium (Saeed bin Suroor)
Gold Academy (Richard Hannon)
Gracioso (Saeed bin Suroor)
Jim And Tonic (Francois Doumen)
King Adam (Sir Michael Stoute)
Pegnitz (Clive Brittain)
Rhythm Band (Saeed bin Suroor)
State Shinto (saeed bin Suroor)
Sumitas (P Schiergen, Germany)
Shiva (Henry Cecil)
Sendawar (Alain de Royer-Dupre, France)
12 GO FOR SCOOP6 BONUS
12 punters are in line for a chance to win tomorrow's Scoop6 bonus. The bonus fund currently stands at £112,628.
The 12 will have to select the winner of the 3.45 at York, the 23-runner William Hill Trophy, to scoop the bonus.
The six legs of tomorrow's Scoop6 are:
2.40 York - Cadogan Silver Salver Handicap
3.10 York - Queen Mother's Cup
3.25 Sandown - Tote "totalbet.com" Handicap
3.45 York - William Hill Trophy (Bonus Race)
4.00 Sandown - Berkeley Square Handicap
4.15 York - Daniel Prenn Royal Yorkshire Rated Stakes
SAVILL UNVEILS NEW DEAL FOR RACING
BHB chairman Peter Savill unveiled a new "pooling" system to finance racing at yesterday's BHB AGM, in preparation for the scrapping of the levy scheme.
Under Savill's proposals, rights to the fixture list, pre-race date and television pictures will be "pooled" and a deal will be reached with the betting industry as to how much they should contribute for them. The rights to the fixture list and pre-race data are currently held by the BHB while racecourses hold the rights to television pictures. The BHB's independent director, Michael Broughton is currently heading a working group to determine the exact details of the new proposals.
Savill commented: "It will unite the industry at one stroke. Instead of each rights' holder developing its plans in isolation and in secret, perhaps to the detriment of the other sectors of the industry, it will enable Racing to work together to develop a unified strategy for racing."
Home Office minister Mike O'Brien stated: "The plan outlined today seems to me to represent a sound basis for building consensus and agreement within the industry."
COCHRANE SLOWLY RECOVERING
Jockey Ray Cochrane is slowly recovering from the injuries he sustained earlier this month in the plane crash at Newmarket on June 1.
Cochrane explained that he still has substantial bruising to his back, arms and pelvis area. The 42 year-old went on to state when he would probably be able to return to the saddle: "My doctor has said that I need to take six weeks off to get my back right. If I rush it, it could be six months, so I'm doing what he says. I suppose I'm hoping I'll be back in about two months, but we'll just have to see how everything heals up."
NEW RULES FOR JUMPS HANDICAPS
The BHB has reformed some of the rules relating to jumps handicaps. The move is in response to controversy over races at the Cheltenham Festival. One such incident was when Marlborough's weight in the William Hill Chase was kept down by the running of French import Pain Royal, also owned by Robert Ogden, who had automatic top weight.
Under the new rules, horses which do not qualify for a handicap rating will be unable to run in handicaps under automatic top weight. Horses which have been imported from France will now be allotted a handicap rating, providing they have run at least three times in France. Imported horses running in either Class A, B or C handicaps will be given a handicap rating through collateral form or, if that is impossible, given a cautious rating near the top of the handicap. For major handicaps, racecourses will be able to state that a horse with a particular rating will be allotted top weight of 11st10lb and that any horse with a higher rating will have to carry the appropriate extra weight, without compressing the handicap.
Imported juvenile hurdlers will now be unable to run in Class A or B races until they have run at least three times in Britain. Such a move would mean that Martin Pipe would not have won last season's Murphy's Draughtflow Hurdle at Cheltenham with Rodock or the William Hill Hurdle at Sandown with Copeland.
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