Greg Wood
Sports Reporter at The Guardian
Racing correspondent. Brighton & Barca fan. Love baseball too. All views mine.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Greg Wood
The administration of British racing appeared to be in disarray on Friday following confirmation by the British Horseracing Authority that Lord Charles Allen, who was due to take over as the BHA’s new permanent chair in three days’ time, will delay his arrival to an unspecified date in order to “better inform his vision for the sport”.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Greg Wood
Bank holiday cards in May are perennially among the best-attended meetings of the season at Windsor, but a bumper gate at the track on Monday was not matched by a similar turnout on the other side of the running rail. Two dozen non-runners from an original total of 90 declared runners, almost all of which were due to the good-to-firm going, left the card as a whole looking distinctly threadbare.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Greg Wood
Field Of Gold, favourite for Saturday’s Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh, poses a fascinating “back-or-oppose” puzzle for punters after his fast-finishing second behind Ruling Court in the English equivalent this month. Kieran Shoemark, the colt’s rider in the Newmarket Classic, lost his job as John and Thady Gosden’s stable jockey after what was seen by many as an unlucky defeat on the Rowley Mile.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Greg Wood
Brant Dunshea, the acting chief executive of the British Horseracing Authority, warned on Tuesday that government proposals to harmonise the rates of duty for online betting and casino-style gaming products could cost the industry tens of millions of pounds annually, remove any incentive for gambling firms to focus on racing and increasingly push punters towards illegal operators.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Greg Wood
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleGood afternoon from the Knavesmire, where after two days with Epsom Classic trials at the top of the bill, attention turns to the stayers and the intriguing prospect of Rebel’s Romance – arguably the most under-appreciated horse in training, among British racing fans at least – stepping up beyond a mile-and-a-half for the first time.
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