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Racing: BHA handicapper Phil Smith welcomes Denman’s Grand National plans (icWales)

BRITISH Horseracing Authority chief handicapper Phil Smith was buoyed by the news Gold Cup winner Denman is being considered for a tilt at the John Smith’s Grand National.

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Jumpers running on their merits (Daily Telegraph)

Order of Merit achieves aim to boost number of runners in Britain's 69 top jump races.

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Plea for horses (Leader Community Newspapers)

GREENVALE'S retirement home for the country's greatest racehorses will close by the end of the year unless it receives an urgent financial bailout.

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Clay team wait on Tolworth decision (RTÉ News)

Clay Hollister could be next seen in a rearranged Tolworth Hurdle should the British Horseracing Authority manage to salvage the Grade One event.

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WCT Plunges as $1.3 Billion Dubai Order Is Canceled (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- WCT Bhd. plunged the most in almost 14 years in Kuala Lumpur trading after the Malaysian engineering company’s $1.3 billion contract to build a racetrack in Dubai was canceled.

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U.K. Racehorse Breeders Face ‘Very Rough Seas,’ Rausing Says (Bloomberg)

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- British racehorse breeders will be on “very rough seas financially” as the country’s economy slides into recession, Kirsten Rausing , chairman of the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, said today.

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