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Top Story

NEW Richard Hannon has been fined £10,000 by the independent judicial panel in a case dating back to 2019 when a positive test for arsenic was returned by Oh Purple Reigns at Newmarket.

The panel found that a seaweed supplement fed to his string by Hannon was the principal cause of the positive test, and that the administration was both intentional and that all reasonable efforts to avoid an adverse analytical finding had not been taken.

Panel chair Brian Barker QC said of Hannon: “The rules must be upheld and we are particularly concerned that this is not the first time Mr Hannon has appeared before the disciplinary panel.

“Perhaps Mr Hannon could have been told that testing only came into existence in January 2019. However, he was given reasonable advice, which need not have been given, which he chose not to take.”

The case had been adjourned from 26 May after substantial amounts of scientific evidence were both presented and cross-examined by both sides.

£10,000 is at the upper end of penalties for such a transgression of the rules.

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Racing People

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

“It’s a great moment. My career started very slowly with some jumpers and some bad Flat horses, so it’s a long story.”

Trainer Jean-Claude Rouget on Verdani’s victory in the Eclipse – the first to go to a French trainer for 62 years

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Races and racehorses

Dual Champion Hurdle winner Buveur D’Air has been retired at the age of 11. Trained by Nicky Henderson, he 13 of his 21 races over the smaller obstacles and won two from two over fences.

As well as his two Champion Hurdle victories at the Cheltenham Festival in 2017 and 2018, he won, in 2017, the Grade 1 Aintree Hurdle, Newcastle’s Fighting Fifth, and the Christmas Hurlde at Kempton. The next season he again won the Fighting Fifth plus the Champion Hurdle at Punchestown. In total he won £1.08m in prizemoney. (30/06/22)

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Aiden O’Brien has earmarked the Champion Stakes at Leopardtown in September as the comeback big-race target for Luxembourg who has been an absentee from racing since finishing third in the 2000 Guineas  due to a muscular problem behind.

The winner of last season’s Vertem Futurity Stakes, the Camelot colt was at one point favourite for the Derby at Epsom. (29/06/22)

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Amo Racing have lodged an appeal against the stewards’ decision not to reverse the placings in the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot. Paul Hanagan was given a ten-day ban for careless riding after The Ridler veered across the track, causing interference with fourth-placed Brave Nation and Amo Racing’s Crispy Cat, before straightening up to beat another of the same owner’s runners in Walbank by a length and three-quarters.

The Ascot stewards were “satisfied that the interference had not improved the position of the winner, The Ridler, and therefore ordered for the weighed-in to be given once the riders had passed the scale”.

James O’Mahony will chair a hearing of the independent judicial panel on Thursday 7 July, with Alison Royston and Tim Etherington also due to consider the case. (28/06/22)

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Racing and Racecourses

The attendance at Sandown Park on Eclipse Day was 9,500, over 4,000 fewer than the 13,741 who were at the 2019 fixture, a drop of 30%.

A spokesperson for the Surrey racecourse (pictured) said: “We do recognise, like those working in sports and the entertainment industry, that we’re operating in a post-Covid world.

“We also recognise there is a cost of living crisis and that people have been booking holidays with more certainty too for the first time since 2019, but we’ll continue to promote the sport and experience we can offer.”

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NEW British racing has launched a new campaign – All In The Race – to visibly demonstrate its ambition to continue to improve the diversity and inclusivity of the sport and illustrate how racing will directly benefit by achieving this.

The All In The Race campaign has been led by the Diversity in Racing Steering Group (DiRSG) and is now being rolled out with the aim of being supported and shared by everyone across the sport.

The centre of the campaign is a one-minute video which features the many elements of the racing community with a powerful voice over, concluding “…it’s better when we’re All In the Race”.

In addition, there are three supporting animations focusing on how racing is working to encourage people with brave ideas, safe crowd spaces for all racegoers, and attracting the best talent into the sport.

Those who feature in the film include jockeys, trainers, racing staff and members of racing staff working in yards, racecourse personnel, figures from the racing media and administration of the sport, as well as racegoers and members of Ebony Horse Club. (05/07/22)

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NEW Grant Harris will leave his position of chief executive of the British Racing School (BRS) at the end of the year to head up the Alborada Trust, the charitable foundation set up by Kirsten Rausing.

Harris, 58, has run the BRS in Newmarket since taking over from Rory MacDonald, during which time the school was awarded Outstanding status by Ofsted for the first time in 2018.

The Alborada Trust was created in 2001 by Rausing, the owner of Lanwades Stud just outside Newmarket and a member of the billionaire Tetra Pak family. Since its creation, the trust states it has given grants of £30m to human and animal causes around the world. (05/07/22)

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Bloodstock

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Betting and bookmakers

Online operator 888 has completed its acquisition of the non-US assets of William Hill from Caesars for £1.95bn (€2.25bn/$2.35bn).

888 chair Itai Pazner said: “I am delighted to announce the completion of our transformational combination with William Hill,” 888 chair Itai Pazner said. “We have built an outstanding leadership team, combining strengths from across both businesses, and as I look at the future, the combination of our product and content leadership, powered by our proprietary technology, and our world class brands, gives us a powerful platform for growth.” (01/07/22)

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Media and marketing

NEW Leopardstown is in search of a sponsor for the €1m Irish Champion Stakes. If a backer can’t be found it will the third year running that the prestigious race has gone without commercial support. (06/07/22)

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The Racing Hub’s Tote 10 to Follow Stables

Danny Scutchings 221.13 points

• Tuesday 60.65
• Desert Crown 55.05
• Emily Upjohn 13.25
• Baaeed 52.18
  
• Changingofthegoard 23.25
  
• Homeless Ssongs 0
• Native Trail 0
• Stone Age 0
• Stradivarius 1.25
  
• Trusahn 15.40
  

Kyle Merrick 147.69

• Ancient Rome 0
• Baaeed 52.18
• Cachet 0
• Chiefofchiefs 5.25
• Desert Crown 55.05
• Diligent Harry 0
• Luxembourg 0
• Native Trail 0
• Stone Age 0
• Vadeni 35.2
  

Doug Campbell 329.62

• Desert Crown 55.05
• Emily Upjohn 13.25
• Nashwa 32.75
  
• Baaeed 52.18
  
• Bay Bridge 13.35
  
• Coroesbus 53.11
  
• Kyprios 53.78
  
• Perfect Power 56.16
  
• Romantic Proposal 0
• Stone Age 0

Whistlejacket 230.99

• Desert Crown 55.05
• Emily Upjohn 13.25
• A Case Of You 0
• Baaeed 52.18
  
• Coroebus 53.11
  
• Homeless Songs 0
• Native Trail 0
• Perfect Power 56.15
  
• Stradivarius 1.25
  
• The Revenant 0

Old Nell 107.23

• Desert Crown 55.05
• Baaeed 52.18
  
• Buckaroo 0
• Cachet 0
• History 0
• Magisterial 0
• Minzaal 0
• Sacred 0
• Vadream 0
• Ville De Grace 0

Racing Hub Verdict 258.52

• Emily Upjohn 13.25
• Baaeed 52.18
  
• Bay Bridge 13.35
  
• Coroebus 53.11
  
• Creative Force 15.10
  
• Home Affairs 0
• Kyprios 53.78
  
• Lord North 0
• Mostahdaf 1.60
  
• Perfect Power 56.15
  

Gary Sears 189.44

• Nashwa 32.74
• Baaeed 52.18
  
• Coreobus 53.11
  
• Le Petitte Coco 32.18
  
• Limiti De Greccio 0
• Noble Style 0
• Stone Age 0
• Teona 0
• Wexford Native 18.60
  
• Lionel 0

Number Cruncher 4.75

• A Case For You 0
• Cachet 0
• Cleveland 1.35
  
• Ehtraz 0
• Go Bears Go 0
• Israr 2.15
  
• Lights On 0
• Master Of The Seas 0
• Pricess Zoe 0
• Stradivarius 1.15
  

Standings as at 01/07/22 – the competition leader has 422.39 points. Next update after the Newmarket July Cup meeting.

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Latest Racing Hub Notebook entries

1 July Beverley 6.23 –  California Gem won well under her penalty and could be worth trying in listed company

Gary Sears

26 June Curragh 1.40 – Proud And Regal showed signs of inexperience but was nevertheless a pleasing winner of this seven furlong maiden, running on inside the final furlong to score by three-quarters-of-a-lenghth. There should be more to come.

Mike Deasy

22 June Kempton 6.20 – Roar Emotion travelled strongly but couldn’t get a run through before apparently finishing well. Could be one for nurseries

Gary Sears

♦ See all the Notebook entries and when horses are due to run http://wp.me/P8e3Dl-4qC

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Top three posts on The Racing Hub

Gude to the July Cup  entries http://wp.me/p8e3Dl-9gG

It’s a costly €10 for a lacklustre Curragh http://wp.me/p8e3Dl-9eT

July Cup 10-year trends http://wp.me/p8e3Dl-9gX

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Free to view TV

Saturday 7 July (ITV)

02/07/2022	Saturday	Beverley	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
02/07/2022	Saturday	Carlisle	Evening	Flat	Turf
02/07/2022	Saturday	Haydock Park	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
02/07/2022	Saturday	Leicester	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
02/07/2022	Saturday	Nottingham	Evening	Flat	Turf
02/07/2022	Saturday	Sandown Park	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
03/07/2022	Sunday	Ayr	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
03/07/2022	Sunday	Chelmsford City	Afternoon	Flat	All weather
03/07/2022	Sunday	Market Rasen	Afternoon	Jump	Turf
04/07/2022	Monday	Ayr	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
04/07/2022	Monday	Ffos Las	Evening	Flat	Turf
04/07/2022	Monday	Ripon	Evening	Flat	Turf
04/07/2022	Monday	Worcester	Afternoon	Jump	Turf
05/07/2022	Tuesday	Brighton	Evening	Flat	Turf
05/07/2022	Tuesday	Pontefract	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
05/07/2022	Tuesday	Uttoxeter	Evening	Jump	Turf
05/07/2022	Tuesday	Wolverhampton	Afternoon	Flat	All weather
06/07/2022	Wednesday	Bath	Evening	Flat	Turf
06/07/2022	Wednesday	Catterick Bridge	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
06/07/2022	Wednesday	Kempton Park	Evening	Flat	All weather
06/07/2022	Wednesday	Lingfield Park	Afternoon	Flat	All weather
06/07/2022	Wednesday	Yarmouth	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
07/07/2022	Thursday	Carlisle	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
07/07/2022	Thursday	Doncaster	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
07/07/2022	Thursday	Epsom Downs	Evening	Flat	Turf
07/07/2022	Thursday	Newbury	Evening	Flat	Turf
07/07/2022	Thursday	Newmarket	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
08/07/2022	Friday	Ascot	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
08/07/2022	Friday	Chepstow	Evening	Flat	Turf
08/07/2022	Friday	Chester	Evening	Flat	Turf
08/07/2022	Friday	Newmarket	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
08/07/2022	Friday	York	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
09/07/2022	Saturday	Ascot	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
09/07/2022	Saturday	Chester	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
09/07/2022	Saturday	Hamilton Park	Evening	Flat	Turf
09/07/2022	Saturday	Newmarket	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
09/07/2022	Saturday	Salisbury	Evening	Flat	Turf
09/07/2022	Saturday	York	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
10/07/2022	Sunday	Perth	Afternoon	Jump	Turf
10/07/2022	Sunday	Stratford	Afternoon	Jump	Turf
11/07/2022	Monday	Ayr	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
11/07/2022	Monday	Newton Abbot	Afternoon	Jump	Turf
11/07/2022	Monday	Ffos Las	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
11/07/2022	Monday	Windsor	Evening	Flat	Turf
11/07/2022	Monday	Wolverhampton	Evening	Flat	All weather
12/07/2022	Tuesday	Bath	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
12/07/2022	Tuesday	Beverley	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
12/07/2022	Tuesday	Chelmsford City	Evening	Flat	All weather
12/07/2022	Tuesday	Southwell	Evening	Jump	Turf
13/07/2022	Wednesday	Brighton	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
13/07/2022	Wednesday	Catterick Bridge	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
13/07/2022	Wednesday	Lingfield Park	Evening	Flat	All weather
13/07/2022	Wednesday	Uttoxeter	Afternoon	Jump	Turf
13/07/2022	Wednesday	Yarmouth	Evening	Flat	Turf
14/07/2022	Thursday	Chepstow	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
14/07/2022	Thursday	Epsom Downs	Evening	Flat	Turf
14/07/2022	Thursday	Hamilton Park	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
14/07/2022	Thursday	Leicester	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
14/07/2022	Thursday	Worcester	Evening	Jump	Turf
15/07/2022	Friday	Hamilton Park	Evening	Flat	Turf
15/07/2022	Friday	Haydock Park	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
15/07/2022	Friday	Newbury	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
15/07/2022	Friday	Newmarket	Evening	Flat	Turf
15/07/2022	Friday	Nottingham	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
15/07/2022	Friday	Pontefract	Evening	Flat	Turf
16/07/2022	Saturday	Cartmel	Afternoon	Jump	Turf
16/07/2022	Saturday	Chester	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
16/07/2022	Saturday	Doncaster	Evening	Flat	Turf
16/07/2022	Saturday	Haydock Park	Evening	Flat	Turf
16/07/2022	Saturday	Market Rasen	Afternoon	Jump	Turf
16/07/2022	Saturday	Newbury	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
16/07/2022	Saturday	Newmarket	Afternoon	Flat	Turf
16/07/2022	Saturday	Ripon	Afternoon	Flat	Turf

 

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