Wednesday 22nd February 2012

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Results

Flat Turf / All-weather / Jumping

Feb 21st:

Southwell: Halla San ran second in the Dine In The Pantry Claiming Stakes under Lee Topliss.

Feb 18th:

Lingfield: Tarooq put in another cracking performance going down by a short head in the Get Your Bet On At Blue Square Handicap. The lightly raced six-year-old has been a model of consistency throughout and looked every bit the winner under talented Brazilian-born 5lb claimer Raul Da Silva when headed on the line.

Feb 17th:

Wolverhampton: Moorside Magic finished third on her third career in the Hotel & Conferencing At Wolverhampton Maiden Fillies' Stakes under Paddy Mathers while Henry Bee ran well again when dead-heating for second in the Play Rainbow Riches At bluesq.com Handicap under Tony Hamilton.

Feb 13th:

Wolverhampton: Availed Speaker finished third, beaten a length, in the Sponsor A Race By Calling 01902 390000 Handicap under Tony Hamilton.

Feb 11th:

Musselburgh: Ingleby Spirit finished fourth in the competitive John Smith's Scottish County Hurdle (Handicap) under Brian Hughes.

At Kempton Viva Ronaldo was beaten by only one and three-quarter lengths in the williamhill.com Handicap under Shane B Kelly.

Feb 10th:

Wolverhampton: Dunmore Boy just got caught on the line when beaten a short head into second in the Great Offers At wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Handicap under Lee Topliss.

Feb 7th:

Southwell: Claretintheblood stayed on to finish third in the Golf And Racing At Southwell Handicap under Tony Hamilton.

Feb 6th:

Wolverhampton: Valley Tiger ran well when beaten only a neck into second in the Great Offers At wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Handicap. With Paul delayed in Dubai Jamie Spencer, retained by the four-year-olds owner Dr Marwan Koukash, stepped in for the mount giving the Tiger Hill gelding a cracking ride but just getting caught close home.

Feb 4th:

Tamareen ran well to finish second in the Class 3 Get Your Bet On At bluesq.com Handicap in wintry conditions at Wolverhampton under Freddie Tylicki while Aquarian Spirit ran fifth in the third race on the card under Shane B Kelly before racing was abandoned after the fourth with conditions deteriorating rapidly as heavy snow continued to fall. Halla San, due to line up in the fifth race, enjoyed his day out!

Tarooq just missed out on prize money when beaten two necks, a head and a length in the Bet At Blue Square Handicap at Lingfield under Tony Hamilton.

Feb 3rd - DUBAI

Meydan & Paul Hanagan

Glen’s Diamond ran well on his second start at the Carnival finishing fourth in the 1m 6f Tabloid Trophy run on turf just four and three-quarter lengths behind favourite, Fox Hunt.

Sir Reginald ran creditably considering the step up in class, beaten seven and three-quarter lengths in the Group 3 Al Shindagha Sprint Sponsored By Gulf News run on the

all-weather (Tapeta) track over 6f.

Wolverhampton: Alben Star finished second beaten one and a quarter lengths in the Follow Us On Twitter @bluesq Conditions Stakes under Tony Hamilton.

FEBRUARY 2nd

Wolverhampton: VIVA RONALDO ran on well to land the Download Blue Square iPhone App Handicap by a half length. In rare form at home recently the six-year-old did not disappoint on the track when staying on well in the hands of 5lb claimer Shane B Kelly over this trip of 1m and half a furlong. "He did it well and I'm pleased for the lad. He gave him a good ride. He's good value for his claim," said assistant trainer Robin O'Ryan. "This horse has been a bit unlucky a few times, but he's come down the weights and he's in good form. He deserved the win."

Haadeeth was beaten under two lengths in fourth in the Ringside Suite Classified Claiming Stakes under Laura Barry. Haadeeth was claimed by P D Evans.

Jan 30th

Paul was in cracking form at Wolverhampton notching up a double on VALLEY TIGER and AVAILED SPEAKER.

VALLEY TIGER stayed on well to win the Hotel & Conferencing At Wolverhampton Handicap. Sitting mid-field and hugging the rail, Paul kicked for home turning in with the four-year-old Tiger Hill gelding running on well.

Half an hour later AVAILED SPEAKER landed the Enjoy The Punters Package Group Offer Handicap a tad cosily going past the wire with ears pricked. A gelding by Iffraaj, he was stepping up to 9 furlongs having run well last time over a mile at Kempton. He did it well here today.

We were fourth, fifth and sixth in the Maiden with Moorside Magic faring the best of our three runners under Paul Hanagan. A daughter of Dubai Destination, she was beaten less than two lengths. Showsinger put in her best performance to date to finish fifth under Laura Barry while racecourse debutante Gabrial’s Lexi finished well in sixth following a slow start and trouble in running under Shane B Kelly.

Jan 27th

Lingfield: Fishforcompliments was beaten half a length into second in the lingfieldpark.co.uk Classified Claiming Stakes under James Sullivan. Fish has yet to run a bad race on the Southern polytrack beaten no more than a length on his four career starts there. A real character, the eight-year-old has taken the runner-up spot on no less than fourteen occasions now, finishing third on a further six!  

Wolverhampton: Dunmore Boy was beaten only two lengths into fifth in the Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap under Tony Hamilton.

Jan 26th - DUBAI

Meydan: Sir Reginald stayed on well to grab fifth in the 6f Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Handicap run on the Tapeta (all-weather) track. Disappointing on his Dubai debut two weeks ago, Reggie put in a far better performance and although slowly away stayed on strongly the last quarter mile under Jamie Spencer.

Jan 25th: Across-the-card-double

Musselburgh: INGLEBY SPIRIT was a comfortable winner of the Tom McConnell Trophy Novices' Hurdle staying on well under Brian Hughes to score by 16 lengths from odds-on favourite Absinthe. Brian told Racing Post afterwards: “He was a decent horse on the Flat but first time out over hurdles he scared himself at Carlisle when he made a bad mistake. He’s a bit green and will improve. He’s a nice type.”

Lingfield: Five minutes later AQUARIAN SPIRIT landed division two of the lingfieldpark.co.uk Handicap under champion jockey Paul Hanagan. The handsome five-year-old was following up on his recent success here seventeen days ago for delighted owners Mr P A Cresswell and Mrs P A Morrison.

Jan 24th

Southwell: Musley Bank favourite and one of the yards real characters, eight-year-old Fishforcompliments finished third in the Membership of Southwell Golf Club Selling Stakes under Paul Hanagan.

Kempton: Haadeeth ran a cracker for Laura Barry in the Calverts Carpets Handicap only beaten a half length into second.

Jan 23rd

Wolverhampton:

Mighty Clarets finished third in the Bet & Watch At bluesq.com Selling Stakes under Shane B Kelly. The five-year-old was subsequently claimed by Barry Leavy.

Shane was also aboard Viva Ronaldo who ran on well to finish fourth in the Dine In Horizons Handicap.

Jan 21st

Frustrating Day...... 3 seconds at Lingfield (Paul Hanagan)

Sitting second all the way, Mighty Clarets was unable to get to the winner in the 1m2f Blue Square Winter Carnival iPhone App Selling Stakes.

Dubawi Cheetah unfortunately had to be withdrawn at the start ahead of the Marsh Green Maiden Stakes.

Alben Star, keen early under Paul in mid-field, stayed on strongly to get within a half length of the winner in the View Our 2012 Fixtures At lingfieldpark.co.uk Handicap.

Tarooq, consistent as ever, put in another good performance to finish second in the lingfieldpark.co.uk Handicap beaten only a neck.

Jan 19th

Wolverhampton: Henry Bee, having only his second career start, ran a cracker in the Call 01902 390000 To Sponsor A Race Median Auction Maiden Stakes to finish second beaten a nose under Paul Hanagan.

Jan 15th

Kempton: Availed Speaker finished third in the 32Red.com Handicap under Shane B Kelly.

Jan 13th

Musselburgh: Philharmonic Hall finished third in the Country Refreshments Selling Hurdle under Brian Hughes.

Wolverhampton: Tamareen ran well in the Thousands of Sports Experiences At bluesq.com Handicap narrowly beaten into second under Shane B Kelly.

Jan 12th - DUBAI

Meydan Debuts: Sir Reginald & Glen's Diamond

JAN 10th

Southwell:PODGIES BOY ran out a half-length winner of the Play Bingo Free At bluesq.com Handicap in the hands of Shane B Kelly. Shane, previously attached to the John Quinn yard, joined Musley Bank Stables last month with the four-year-old Statue Of Liberty gelding only his second mount for the yard. Not a bad way to start!

Talking to Tom O’Ryan after the race he said; "It was great to have a winner on my first day back, especially for Mr Fahey, whom I started working for last month. I had two years with Mr Quinn and learned plenty while I was there and had 21 winners last year. Hopefully, this year will go as well, if not even better."

Shane finished third on Sunny Side Up in the Thousands of Sports Experiences At bluesq.com Handicap earlier on the card.

JAN 9th

Wolverhampton: Dubawi Cheetah showed plenty of promise on her racecourse debut finishing second to the more experienced Henry Clay in the Hotel & Conferencing At Wolverhampton Maiden Stakes under Paul Hanagan.

JAN 6th

Nice to get off the mark with a winner in the New Year and just for good measure we had two!

AQUARIAN SPIRIT landed the Place Only Betting At bluesq.com Handicap by a short head at Lingfield under Tom Eaves!

And it was another nail biting finish in the Follow Us On Twitter @bluesq Handicap at Wolverhampton with Paul (Hanagan) having to wait for a clear run on ALBEN STAR getting the four-year-olds head in front literally on the wire. Having missed the whole of last year Alben Star was having his first run for 455 days!

Mike Scaife, who owns the handsome Clodovil gelding with Ken Shannon talking to David Baxter of the Racing Post said: "He promised a lot as a juvenile and we were looking for a nice three-year-old career but unfortunately he had a couple of setbacks. It's just nice to see him back on the track. We weren't really bothered whether he was first, second, third or fourth as long as he came back in one piece. Hopefully he'll progress from this."

JAN 5th

Wolverhampton & Paul Hanagan:

Racecourse debutante Henry Bee showed plenty of promise when finishing third in the Enjoy The Punters Package Group Offer Median Auction Maiden Stakes and Aurora Lights put in a much better performance when beaten two lengths in fourth in the Horizons Restaurant, The Place To Dine Handicap.

With Paul heading out to Dubai next week to partner Glen’s Diamond and Sir Reginald in their respective races he is getting in a few rides on the all weather ensuring he’s at the top of his game for the ultra-competitive World Cup Carnival meeting.

JAN 3rd

Southwell: Dunmore Boy stayed on well to be second in the southwell-racecourse.co.uk Selling Handicap beaten only half a length under Tony Hamilton.

JAN 2nd

Southwell: Tamareen was beaten two lengths into fourth in the Download The Blue Square iPhone App Handicap and Sunnyside Tom finished second beaten three-quarter lengths in the Membership of Southwell Golf Club Claiming Stakes. Tony Hamilton partnered both.