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Meade can´t cough up even one runner

With a coughing epidemic in Irish stables trainers are having to make substantial revisions to long laid running plans. So badly hit is the reigning National Hunt title-holder, Noel Meade, he is without a runner at any of the four meetings that span the New Year and this is something that is likely to extend into 2004.

Mullins charge to head for Haydock

Fixtures given cool reception

Govamix to clear first hurdle

Hourigan offers excuse for poor display

Beef Or Salmon´s poor display in the Ericsson Chase can be put down to mucus in his lungs, according to his trainer Michael Hourigan.

Rhinestone Cowboy flops at Leopardstown

Best Mate wins Ericsson Chase with ease

Henrietta Knight?s decision to bypass the King George at Kempton on St Stephen?s Day was justified in some style today as dual Gold Cup winner Best Mate (8/11) destroyed his rivals in the featured ?150,000 Ericsson Chase on the penultimate day of the Leopardstown Christmas festival.

Wins for World Wide Web and Moscow Flyer

Leopardstown: Day Two Report

Moscow Flyer shows his class

Culloty hoping for easy ground

Central House the one bright feature

Moscow Flyer the banker

Edredon Bleu lands a surprise win for Knight

Florida Coast has the class

King´s departure the Central issue

Ericsson offers perfect chaser to holiday fare

Mullins to make his trip pay

Edredon Bleu takes the King George

Henrietta Knight´s popular veteran Edredon Bleu proved a more than able substitute for Best Mate with a memorable victory in the Pertemps King George VI Chase at Kempton Park today.

Mullins off to a flyer on Leopardstown

Best Mate fighting fit

Henrietta Knight today delivered an upbeat bulletin on Best Mate, who bypasses the Pertemps King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day in favour of a tilt at the Ericsson Chase at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Davenport Millenium to miss Christmas targets.

Deuteronomy leaves O´Brien for US

Beef Or Salmon proving a staple dish

Ruby Walsh

Walsh on Hedgehunter in National

Ericsson target for Best Mate

Best Mate to miss the King George

Best Mate is to bypass the Pertemps King George VI Chase on Boxing Day and will run instead in the Ericsson Chase at Leopardstown on Sunday.

First Gold

First Gold goes for the King George

Talks to avert strike continue

BEEF HEADS ERICSSON MARKET

Beef Or Salmon is 5/4 favourite to land the Ericsson Chase for the second consecutive year with Cashmans, who have also issued prices on the December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown.

New Sky package for Irish racing

The original start off date of February 24th appears unlikely but Irish racing is set to reappear on the Sky digital package in the spring.

Rhinestone adds glitter to Leopardstown

Baracouda wins at a canter

Best Mate decision expected on Tuesday

Easy for Baracouda in Long Walk

Doing what would be expected of a 2/7 favourite, Baracouda emphatically landed the Cantor Sport Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot this afternoon.

Rock Of Gibraltar row may not be settled until 2005.

The fascinating row between John Magnier and Alex Ferguson over the stud fees of Rock Of Gibraltar is likely to continue with one leading Dublin-based lawyer predicting that the case may not reach the High Court until 2005, at the earliest.

Guineas money for Swallow

Grey Swallow, impressive winner of the Group Three Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown in October, has hardened in the betting for next year´s Classics with Ladbrokes.

Brave Inca raised 14lbs to new rating of 119.

Spencer Loses Cool in Hong Kong

Jamie Spencer fell foul of the stewards at Sha Tin over the weekend having been involved in an altercation with Belgian rider Christophe Soumillon.

Davy Russell Out For Three Weeks

Beef Or Salmon enjoys cosy win

Beef Or Salmon did his Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup prospects no harm when winning the O´Connell Warehousing Hilly Way Chase at Cork today for the second year running.

Frankie Dettori

Falbrav ends career on a high in Hong Kong

Plenty of class on show at Cork & Navan

The stars are certainly out this weekend with Beef Or Salmon, Solerina, Xenophon and Kicking King just some of the equine quality on show at Sunday´s two meetings, Cork and Navan.

Norton handed four month race-riding ban.

Top Class Racing This Weekend

Kinane ready for new challenge

Beef Or Salmon roadshow heads to Cork

Irish Oaks Heroine Vintage Tipple to visit Dubai Destination.

2003 Irish Oaks winner Vintage Tipple is to be covered by Sheikh Mohammed´s stallion Dubai Destination.

Best Mate likely to pick Kempton

Dettori hopes to be fit for Falbrav

Big plunge on Rince Ri

Rince Ri was yesterday the subject of a big ante-post plunge for the Martell Cognac Grand National.

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