TRAINER Ian Wills has his final runners at Oxford tomorrow before moving to Hall Green on Monday.
PROPERTY Care complete Maintenance have confirmed the 2010 backing of the Oxfordshire Stakes for the third year running.
JOLLY Poacher, unbeaten in four starts, which included both the Maiden Derby and Oxfordshire Stakes worth £4,000, has a trial spin tonight in readiness for a crack at a unique Oxford treble with the Blanchford Gold Cup his next target.
Angie Kibble's Hillcross Orion, fresh from his brilliant effort when finishing second in a €20,000 event in Ireland, is also being aimed at the Gold Cup.
THERE won’t be any trials at the track on Monday to enable the track staff to re-camber the bends. Essential trials will be held before racing next week.
PADDY Curtin’s Farloe Ferdinand caused a huge upset at Hall Green on Tuesday when upsetting 1-5 favourite Office Donagh, the top two-bend dog in the country.
CHIlDREN In Need time is on us again and Oxford Stadium are looking for sponsors at £50 per race on Thursday, November 17.
The sponsor gets to present the trophy, and anyone interested should ring the stadium on 01865 778222.
TRAINER Johnny Mayo has taken in six hounds from Portsmouth, while top-class stayer Shelbourne Lucy at the Angie Kibble kennel is in season.
But Trafalgar Cup winner Freedom Emma, from Richard Yeates’s kennels, who had to endure a ten-week seasonal rest, is ready for trials and could be back in action soon.
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