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Ascot – 19th February 2011 – Gardiner & Theobald Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race
Click Here For Racingpost.com Official Race Result Photos From The Day A large group of owners travelled in hope to Ascot to see Oscara Dara try his luck in a higher grade. Several previous winners and fancied runners lined up in opposition with the market leaders being Persian Snow who at the time was favourite …
Sandown – 9th March 2012 – SSAFA Forces Help “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle
Click Here For Racingpost.com Official Race Result Click Here For Youtube Video of Race Photos From The Day Last working day for some owners before a week off for Cheltenham and this all meant that there was much to be done at work before we could get to Sandown. The proximity of the track for …
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Aintree – 13th April 2012 – Tangle Teaser Top Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2)
Click Here For Racingpost.com Official Race Result Photos From The Day Mr & Mrs Boyle elected to send themselves to Coventry (quite literally) the night before Oscara Dara stepped up to class 1 company and therefore it was a slightly nervous hotel breakfast that was taken whilst checking Google Latitude to check on Mr Garton’s …
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Punchestown – 27th April 2012 – Star Best For Racing Coverage Novice Hurdle
Click Here For Racingpost.com Official Race Result Click Here For Youtube Video of Race Photos From The Day Press Article From Belfast Telegraph After a week or so of deciding whether to run and a few days of wondering whether we would be able to after torrential rain, finally Oscara Dara’s last race of the …
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Plumpton – 17th December 2012 – SIS Live Novices Chase
Click Here For Racingpost.com Official Race Result Photos From The Day Video of the Race After early season injury, the long awaited chase debut of Oscara Dara dawned bright and dry although the cold and rain of previous days had already fixed heavy ground conditions. An early start for Plumpton with 19 owners (and guests) …
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Kempton – 12th January 2013 – William Hill Lanzarote Hurdle (Handicap) (Listed Race)
Click Here For Racingpost.com Official Race Result Click Here For Video of Race Photos From The Day Bright and cold was the weather summary as we arrived at Kempton to implement Plan B. After a week where Oscara Dara had not schooled well over jumps, we were switching back to hurdles to make sure that …
Ffos Las – 2nd February 2013 – William Hill Welsh Champion Hurdle (Limited Handicap)
Click Here For Racingpost.com Official Race Result Photos From The Day An overnight stay in Bristol on Friday for Phil, Sarah, Tony and Phil’s sister Cathy to break up the journey to deepest South Wales, meant a pretty relaxed journey and arrival at the course nice and early. Ian and Barbara Dale who pulled into …
Cheltenham – 14th March 2013 – Ladbrokes World Hurdle (Grade 1)
Click Here For Racingpost.com Official Race Result Photos From The Day Video of the Race Probably the day we all dreamed of when getting into ownership dawned bright, clear and considerably warmer than the previous two days. An early start to the course for Phil who was co-ordinating the car park meeting to dish out …
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Aintree – 6th April 2013 – John Smith’s Liverpool Hurdle (Grade 1)
Click Here For Racingpost.com Official Race Result Photos From The Day Video of the Race Two Grade 1 races in three weeks. The initial plan to come to Aintree was put together when it looked like the field at Punchestown would be a bit special. Unfortunately with the 1-2-3 from Cheltenham, the 2nd in the …
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