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Racing: McCoy two short of the fastest 100
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Tony McCoy now needs just two more winners to beat Peter
Scudamore's record of the fastest-ever century of National Hunt
winners. The champion jockey reached the 98-winner mark for the
season with a victory on Quini Eagle in Kempton's last race
yesterday.
McCoy was last night considering an appeal against a three-day
ban, imposed for whip abuse on Tu...
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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Racing: PILLAR OF FIRE; I'm a Marlborough man for the big Gold Cup trial.(Sport)
Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; Byline: ALASTAIR DOWN DEEP in the Gold Cup jungle, things are about to stir. The phoney war of early-season performance, general hype and unjustified hopes come to an end with the reality blast of the Pillar Chase at Cheltenham on Saturday. Hot on the heels of the Pillar come two other pivotal Gold
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Racing: Size of Gold Cup field may result in eliminations.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England)
; Byline: By Lee Mottershead THE Gold Cup is set to have its biggest field for almost a quarter of a century after two outsiders were revealed as being on course for the race, for which the elimination of horses remains a possibility. Royal Emperor and Limerick Boy, quoted at 50-1 and 150-1
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Horse Racing: Hourigan plays down Beef Gold Cup bid; 'Fingers crossed' for fifth run in festival feature.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England)
; Byline: By Tony O'Hehir MICHAEL HOURIGAN was yesterday not getting carried away about the chance of Beef Or Salmon in the Gold Cup, despite the fact his charge would now seem to represent Ireland's best chance of retaining chasing's top prize following the defections of last year's winner War Of
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David Ashforth every Saturday: Gold Cup trip should be cut to three miles.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England)
; Byline: David Ashforth After Best Mate has won this afternoon's First National Gold Cup, Henrietta Knight will be asked about the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup. She might say: Why on earth is jump racing's top championship chase run over three miles and about two and a half furlongs? It's high time the
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Racing: We're on the March for a classic Gold Cup.(Sport)
Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; Byline: ALASTAIR DOWN USUALLY by this time of year - just after you have secreted the remains of the turkey and mother-in-law in the dustbin - you expect the Cheltenham Gold Cup market to have assumed some sort of shape. But the happy truth is that our old friends the bookie chappies have not got
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