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Mighty Man can go a long way
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:11:06 GMT

THE way some of the naps have been running this week I have been hearing a lot about long walks (and short piers), so it must be fate that today Ascot hosts the Long Walk Hurdle - a chance of redemption for a tipster if ever there was one.

Ascot pay £10m to improve the view
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:13:50 GMT

THE return of Royal Ascot to its home in Berkshire this year after its guest appearance at York in 2005 was hailed as a major success - for those that could see it.

Dettori back at scene of his Ascot seven
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:04:22 GMT

THE Italian 'only' has five mounts today, a decade on from his 25,091-1 heroics.

Soviet Song hits right note at Royal Ascot
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:21:55 GMT

GOOD things come to those who wait, and Soviet Song's perseverance was finally rewarded yesterday when James Fanshawe's popular mare swept to the Royal Ascot success she so richly deserved.

Australia hit the target at Royal Ascot
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:58:29 GMT

IT WILL hurt many a whinging Pom to admit it but Aussie rules, OK! Takeover Target, the £500 bargain buy trained by part-time taxi driver Joe Janiak, yesterday edged his career earnings a step closer the £1 million mark with victory in the King's Stand...

After a fashion, Royal Ascot gets under way
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:23:28 GMT

WHETHER by accident or design, the BBC's decision to last night screen the drama chronicling the life and times of Beau Brummell was a neat piece of telly timing.

Royal Ascot on track to go back home
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:54:24 GMT

ASCOT'S multimillion-pound makeover is progressing according to plan, and the 2006 Royal meeting will return to its ancestral home. Either that, or the course executive has fallen for the old builder's line of: "Don't worry, guv, we'll be out of here...

York stakes claim for Ascot return
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 01:09:38 GMT

GOOD, but was it good enough to silence the critics? After a slightly nervy start, which included an eight-mile tailback on the A64 on Tuesday morning, Royal Ascot at York came on to a game as the week progressed and by the time the stragglers were...

Kinane closes Ascot in style
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:39:40 GMT

CAPE Of Good Hope capped a fine week for overseas raiders at Royal Ascot at York as he struck for Hong Kong in the Golden Jubilee Stakes yesterday.

Hosting Ascot proves breezier than expected
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:36:41 GMT

WITH only today left of the Royal meeting at York I think we can judge the whole enterprise at least a qualified success. Despite my misgivings, everyone seems to have had a lot of fun.

Cause for a Hills celebration
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:36:41 GMT

DAY four of Royal Ascot at York belonged to the Hills family, as trainer Barry and his twin sons Michael and Richard enjoyed an afternoon to remember, with Maids Causeway's thrilling win in the Coronation Stakes the undoubted highlight.

Hats off to the North
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:47:29 GMT

GILLIAN GLOVER made the trip to York to find out what happened when Ascot Ladies Day met northern soul.

Damson should take Coronation crown
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:32:58 GMT

DAMSON can star at Royal Ascot tomorrow when the Irish-trained filly looks set to take the Group One Coronation Stakes (3.45pm).

Record crowd at York
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 00:54:14 GMT

YORK'S attendance record was broken on the second day of the Royal Ascot meeting yesterday, with 39,875 going through the turnstiles, almost 4,000 more than Tuesday, and today's crowd is expected to be close to 50,000.

Valixir clicks in Ascot run
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:45:45 GMT

VALIXIR upset the odds-on Rakti in dramatic circumstances to take the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot at York yesterday.