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In 2024, it saw a superb performance from City Of Troy to down one of the best older horses around in Calandagan, and while Delacroix attempted to repeat the feat for the three-year-olds last year he ran into OMBUDSMAN .…
Read moreBallydoyle, unsurprisingly, have the current favourite in the form of Haffner who arrives having just been touched off in the Group Two Vintage Stakes at Goodwood. He has a good chance, but one appeals at a bigger price…
Read more22 runners go to post ready to dash over the fast five furlongs, and I think I’ve found an interesting way into the race. With these races, the draw is obviously important but also where the pace in the race is drawn…
Read moreAnd this widening disparity in wealth even plays out in the enthusiast car market . Just look at our coverage of Monterey Car Week. New hypercars revealed in California this month have included the Aston Martin Valen…
Read moreThe housing secretary has unveiled reforms to planning rules which mean that developers can only turn a pub into housing or an office if there is no reasonable prospect that it can continue running. The new rules, set…
Read moreThe company – which runs 792 pubs and bars across the UK – said that following complaints it has asked customers to switch their devices to silent or to use earphones. Polling in recent years by various organisations…
Read moreThe chief executive of the Guinness and Smirnoff maker could make as much as £20m in the year to June 2027, though he is more likely to make about £9m, according to the firm’s annual report. This would still nearly…
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Read moreHe has crunched today's numbers. If the UK economy really is picking up speed – as last week's GDP data tentatively hints – then there's little sign of it in the jobs market. Admittedly, just like the growth figures, it…
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