John Hoskins
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 7
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- Sep 4, 2026
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Acclamation Star springs 28/1 shock in Salisbury's Dick Poole Stakes (opens the original)
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THEY run under the banner of Five Star Dreamers but at Salisbury they entered dreamland when Acclamation Star pulled off a massive shock in the lucrative Dick Poole Stakes. The plan had been for the 28/1 shot to be covered up but the filly broke almost too smartly from the gate. On soft ground, convention dictates the field switches to the stand side and once Acclamation snatched the rail position, it was a question of whether the pack could catch her - and they could not. "When she got there, s
Has National Hunt racing come to Salisbury? (opens the original)
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Has National Hunt racing come to Salisbury? The winning distances of 10 lengths, 12 lengths, even 19 lengths at the course's penultimate evening meeting of the season would undoubtedly give the misleading impression it was incorporating the winter game. The outstanding margin of the well-bred Bintward merely underlined the absurd inequality of purchase and purse as she cost the small matter of 850,000 euros as a yearling but was running for a prize of just £6,400 at the prohibitive odds of 1/18.
Andrew Balding's exciting filly storms to impressive Salisbury victory (opens the original)
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Andrew Balding unleashed a potentially top-class two-year-old when Forbidden Fire sauntered to victory in the six-furlong novice stakes at Salisbury on Wednesday, August 12. Though slowly away, Oisin Murphy soon had the No Nay Never filly tracking the favourite, Easy Answer, and once he moved out to challenge, the outcome was a formality as she stretched away to win by an impressive five and a half lengths. Forbidden Fire has a range of more lofty targets, including the Dick Poole Stakes at next
Dry spell dents race fields but crowds hold firm at Salisbury (opens the original)
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IF you cannot remember when rain last fell, you are far from unique. The Meteorological Office confirms the last precipitation in the South of England was nigh six weeks ago. Beneficial for some, not for others - such as Salisbury racecourse which has not even witnessed a shower. It has presented an unprecedented problem for chief executive Jeremy Martin since he took over as clerk of the course in 2001, trying to preserve good, safe ground and ensuring the downland track resembles the colour of
'He won it almost by accident' - Amathus wins amateur jockeys' handicap at Salisbury (opens the original)
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If Amathus had two legs instead of four, he would be the perfect candidate for a psychiatrist's couch. "He's quirky to say the least," was Fred Tett's diagnosis. However, the veteran was in a consensual mood as he brought to fruition a year-long plan to land the one mile amateur jockeys' handicap at Salisbury for the second consecutive season. Tett was shovelling on the coal at halfway, but Amathus finally began making headway two furlongs to prevail in the last 50 yards. As soon as he was unsad
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