Zeb set for Big clash with Sizing Europe.
Currently 1-1 between these horses, Big Zeb is set to clash with Sizing Europe again in Sunday's Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown. The clash of the titans will take place at Punchestown on Sunday when Big Zeb and Sizing Europe are set to meet in the Grade Two Boylesport.com Tied Cottage Steeplechase. The...
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Irish Race Trends 1st to 5th February 2012
Sizing Europe (left) to take on Big Zeb again in Sunday's Tied Cottage Chase Good Morning! it’s Wednesday once again, so I’m back with Mal Boyle’s regular weekly insight into the upcoming racing action. He has news for us this week of racing at Down Royal, Clonmmel, Dundalk, Fairyhouse and...
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Champion Chase attracts strong Irish entry
Previous winners Sizing Europe and Big Zeb feature among 19 entries for the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on 14 March. Sizing Europe followed up his Arkle Trophy success of 2010 with a brilliant victory in last season’s Champion Chase and is set to return to Prestbury Park to...
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Big Zeb lands Leopardstown chase
Big Zeb won the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown for a third time when getting the better of Noble Prince. Colm Murphy’s top-class two-miler took this prize in 2008 and 2010 and obliged again with Robbie Power in the saddle. The 8-11 shot powered past Noble Prince on the run to the line to score...
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What we learnt from the weekend racing…
By Hayley O’Connor, Ladbrokes.com It was an eventful weekend that has thrown up some key pointers for the season ahead and our antepost markets were very lively. Biz Zeb won the Fortria Chase from Noble Prince Following Sunday’s card at Navan, Big Zeb now heads our betting for the Champion Chase following...
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Big Zeb completes hat-trick
Colm Murphy’s Big Zeb won the Fortria Chase at Navan for the third year in succession. The ten year old had to dig deep on his seasonal reappearance but answered every question posed to him by Robbie Power as he ran out a game winner despite conceding upwards of 5lbs to his rivals. There were three in a...
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Fortria hat-trick bid for Zeb
Colm Murphy says Big Zeb is as ready as he can get him ahead of the Fortria Chase at Navan on Sunday. The 10-year-old has won the contest on his seasonal reappearance for the last two years and the County Wexford handler is hoping he can land the hat-trick this weekend. “He’s done well and we start...
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Punchestown Festival 2011 Day One Preview
Sizing Europe goes for a Champion Chase double at Punchestown today The last of the Spring Festivals is upon us, and it’s that marathon jamoboree from ‘our side’ of the water, the Punchestown Festival. For the next five days, all roads lead to Kildare or, like many, maybe you just moved across...
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Shortlist Revealed For Horse Of The Year
The 2010 shortlist of nominees for the Horse Racing Ireland Awards were revealed today. Leopardstown The Horse Racing Ireland Awards, now it their eighth year, celebrate achievements in both human and equine excellence in horse racing, with the successful nominee voted upon by the Irish racing media. The nominees...
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Big Zeb Wins Fortria
The Colm Murphy trained Big Zeb scored a victory for the second time in the Grade Two Friends of Navan Fortria Steeplechase at Navan. Racing at Navan Jockey Barry Geraghty picked up a double on the Murphy charge after earlier winning aboard Our Girl Salley in the opening event I.N.H. Stallion Owners European Breeders...
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Navan Campaign Start for Big Zeb
The Colm Murphy trained Big Zeb is on track to start off a fresh winter season at Navan in November. Racing at Navan The Queen Mother Champion Chase victor is to begin with a outing in the Fortria Chase on 7th November, attempting to score for back to back victories after winning the event last year. The trainer’s...
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Big Zeb to Have a November Return
The Queen Mother Champion Chase hero, Big Zeb has come back no worse for wear from his summer break and his trainer Colm Murphy is looking at a November return to racing. Cheltenham Festival After a superb performance at the Cheltenham Festival, ultimately achieving his unquestioned expectations, the nine-year-old...
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Weekend Review, 31st January – Zeb Zooms In!
ZEB ZOOMS IN! Big Zeb Big Zeb (5/4) restored his reputation and got his season back on track with an impressive victory in the Grade Two Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown on Sunday. Colm Murphy`s Stable Star, ridden by Barry Geraghty, pulled away from Golden Silver(9/10F) to record a facile 7L success and...
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Tied Cottage Chase (Grade 2) 31st January Preview
The Tied Cottage Chase over 2miles is the feature race at Punchestown on Sunday. Despite the disappointing turnout with only 5 runners it looks a fascinating contest nonetheless. Big Zeb bids to redeem his reputation after a below par effort at Sandown last time and faces a tough task with the fast improving Golden...
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