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IMPORTANT MESSAGE
Regular readers will be aware that by now,
The Rook et al are now in Gloucestershire for their annual
'Festival Jaunt'. We apologise for not updating this webpage
earlier - due to a computer malfunction it was not possible to do
so earlier. We will, as usual, be in Gloucestershire for 3 weeks.
However, on our return we will need to find the cause of the
breakdown and until we can do so, it is very unlikely we will be
able to publish for the first few days. Therefore, we feel it best
to suspend the site for an additional week, although we will do
our best to get back online as soon as possible. The website will
therefore be suspended from Saturday 10 March until Friday April 6
2007.
THE ROOK
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Whether
it be "the race of the day" or a small prize round the gaffs,
Furlong
To Go
will attempt to use our knowledge of the formbook to highlight the fancied
horses participating each day and their
characteristics and requirements. Hopefully this 'second opinion' provides
you with a winner or two each day, or even reinforces your own view on a
particular may even convince you to back some of those horses which we
feel are the "ones to fear", or have decent each-way claims.
whichever is the case, we hope the information is of use to you.
Up to the minute football
headlines. . .
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Preview
of the 2004/5 Football Season - Į SÞY offers his thoughts and suggests some
wagers for the season. [more >>]
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Football
Tips - Į SþY
suggests to you opportunities to place wagers on
football matches. [more >>] |
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Sports
Betting - Į SþY
suggests to you opportunities to place wagers on most
sports. [more >>] |
Up to
the minute racing news....
"Cheltenham"
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The
Cheltenham National Hunt Festival 2007. [more >>]  |
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The
Feature Meetings - Selections for today´s
Open Meeting featuring The Paddy Power Gold Cup, will be
placed here.
[more >>] |
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Selections
for the non-feature Meetings - [more >>] |
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The ЯOOҚ Report - the ЯOOҚ´s thoughts on the build
up to the Festival. [more >>] |
"En
France"
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Focus
on France ~ Our review of the national hunt
scene in France can be found here.
[more >>]
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Courses à Obstacles ~ selections for the national
hunt card(s) at Enghien-Soisy can be found
here.
[more >>]
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Plat ~ Selections for card(s) at
Auteuil
can be found here. [more >>]
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"Point-to-pointing"
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UK
Point-To-Point Selections ~
Į POINTER 's selections
for this weekend's meetings can be found in
the Point-to-Point Section. [more >>] |
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Irish
Point-To-Point Selections ~
Į POINTER 's selections
for this weekend's meetings can be found in
the Point-to-Point Section. [more >>] |
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"әPOINT
Notebook '06" - Our list of Point to Pointers & Hunter Chasers to look out
for during the remainder of the 2006 season, and
how they're performing can
be found here.
[more >>]
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"Horses
to follow"
"ONE
TO JUMP '05"
You will have noticed
that we haven´t as yet published this season's edition. Regretfully ₫ә ЯOOҚ is
in poor health and wasn´t able to draw up a list of horses in time. Whilst he
is still not in the greatest of health, he has made it clear he intends that
to produce an ePOINT notebook for the coming point-to-point season and
may do a similar notebook for the remainder of the N.H. campaign.
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"Next
Time Out" 2004 - Our feature, which
each week, will note horses we feel are worth noting during the
remainder of the current season, as well as possibles for the 2004/5
National Hunt Season.
[more >>].
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Future Winners "N.H. 2002/3" ~ the ЯOOҚ points out horses that we feel are worth watching out for over obstacles this
season. [more >>]. |
"The
Feature Meeting"
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"ROYAL ASCOT
SPECIAL" ~ Turfisţe
previews
the card(s) at
YORK, which holds
this year's Royal Meeting
[more >>]
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The Feature Meeting ~ Each week, we preview our
main card of the weekend; Today - the ЯOOҚ
previews
the card(s) at
AINTREE, which on
Saturday culminates in the 2005 Grand National
[more >>]
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A
Guide for the Novice Punter ~
AA All-Weather, the most
recent convertée to racing has written an article aimed at anyone new to
racing who, would appreciate advice on what to do at the Festival, go to
his article "A Guide for the Novice Punter". [more >>]
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"Daily
Tips & Analysis"
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Nap
of the Day ~ Hopefully each day
our quartet of tipsters will provide you with the most likely winner of the day.
[more >>].
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Doomed!!
- The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse tell you
who to avoid each day. [more >>]
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Scoop
6 ~ Scoop 6 selections
can be found here.
[more >>]
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Flat Racing [Turf] ~ Selections for the card(s) at
Windsor are in the flat Racing Section.
[more>>]
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National Hunt Racing ~ Selections for the card(s)
at Wincanton are in the National Hunt Section.
[more >>] |
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All Weather Racing ~ Selections for the card(s) at
Thurles are in the All Weather Section. [more >>]
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Irish
Racing
~
Selections for Irish race meetings. Our selections for the card(s) at
Clonmel and Leopardstown are in the
Irish Racing Section. [more >]
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American Racing ~ Selections for US meetings. Our
selections for today's meetings at
Gulfstream Park, Hawthorne, Laurel Park, Penn National
and Tampa Bay Downs are in the USA
Racing Section. [more >>] |
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South African
Racing
~
Selections for South African race meetings. Our
selections for the card(s) at Turffontein are in the
South African
Racing Section. [more »] |
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Selected Australian Race Meetings ~
Selections for the major Australian race meetings. Our
selections for the card(s) at
Turffontein, featuring The Melbourne Cup, are in the
Australian Racing Section.
[more »]
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German
Racing
~
Selections
for German race meetings. Our selections for the
card(s) at Dortmund are in the German
Racing section. [more »] |
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Italian Racing ~ Selections for Italian race
meetings. Our selections for the card(s) at
Pisa are in the Italian Racing Section. [more>>]
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Czech
Republic and Polish Racing
~
Selections for selected meeting in Poland and the
Czech Republic. Our selections for the two-day
meeting at Pardubice, including the Velká
Pardubická České Pojišťovny şteeplechase can be
found here.
[more>>]
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U.A.E. Racing ~ Selections for U.A.E. meetings.
Our selections for Nad Al Sheba are in the International
Racing Section
[more >>]
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Other
International Racing
~ Selections for the meeting at Hong Kong in the
International
Racing Section. [more >>]
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"They're
Off"
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They're Off 2002 ~ Until the end of the season,
the ЯOOҚ
and The Flat Man will, each week post horses who we feel should be followed until the end of the season... at the same time. [more >>]
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Next
Time Out 2002 ~ Essentially we will hope to point tout horses who we believe will win next time they run ... we'll be. recording how they did along the lines of "the nap of the day". [more >>]
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"Articles"
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The
Flat Man
~ The Flat Man's
thoughts on racing + selections have been posted onto his
webpage. [more >>] |
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Before
"Furlong To Go" ~
Some
of the articles produced prior to the beginning
of the website. [more >>] |
"Archives"
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Archive
Section
~ The
complete history of the website can be found in
the Archive section. [more >>]
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Results
Sections
~ Due
to a combination of circumstances, (my current health mainly) we have been
unable to maintain this section. We will therefore,
for the moment be posting all of selections in the Archive Section,
until such time, as I am able to manage this... apologies for the inconvenience.
[more >>]
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Links
~ I really
must spend more time on updating this section, it currently isn't a very
good list. If you
have a site that you'd like to have added drop us an email and we'll sort
that out for you. [more >>]
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Rather belatedly, we've added a guest book to the site. Feel free to sign
it
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HERE
This
page was updated on
Tuesday March 13, 2007
at
02:38:05 AM
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DEDICATION
GEORGE E.
ROBERTSON
1936 - 2003
FURLONG TO GO would like to convey our condolences
to the ЯOOҚ, whose father; George Edward Robertson passed
away on 16th April 2003.
Mr. Robertson nurtured the ЯOOҚ´s enthusiasm for this
sport, and it was this inspiration, which is
probably behind the creation of this website. As a
permanent tribute to his memory, all the meetings
covered under the "feature Meeting" banner
will be dedicated to him...
"Big George"
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Success
Stories
Let
It Ride.com´s "Site of the
Day" on Thursday
21st February 2002
The
Racing Post previewed our site in its infancy... There
have been many changes since... Here what they thought
then ... let us know what you think now.
"click
here"
EMAIL US
If you have any questions about the website, the
content.. or even the contributors, send us an email.
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Success
Stories
"әPOINT
notebook'05" - Our list of Point to Pointers & Hunter Chasers to look out
for during the remainder of the 2005 season can
be found here.
[more >>]
Last season's winning-most pointer Cannon Bridge, who
won nine races, was one of the horse's
featured in the 2005 ePOINT notebook.
CHELTENHAM
Saturday, December 13 2003.
3. 05 Tote Bula Hurdle (A) (Grade 2) - to be run over 2Miles~110yds Penalty € 43500 4-Year-Olds plus. 1st - £43,500, 2nd - £17,115, 3rd - £8,370, 4th - £3,600 8 Declared
"Champion Hurdler Rooster Booster is going to be difficult to beat if in the same form that produced five back-to-back wins last season. However, unless The French Furze returns to front running tactics there doesn't appear to be any guarantee of pace here which makes the likelihood of a falsely run affair all the more likely. I happen to think that plays into the hands of the likes of Spirit Leader, Hasty Prince and Rigmarole who might not beat Rooster Booster in a truly run race, but who do however have the speed to beat him if the race developed into a 3-4 furlong sprint. Purely on the basis of the likely tactics, I'd take a chance with Rigmarole who was very impressive under top weight at the last meeting".
Rigmarole wins a tactical affair at
odds of 25/1
LONGCHAMP
Dimanche, Octobre 5.
14:25 - Prix du Cadran Casinos Barrière - [Groupe I]
"... With that in mind, it could pay not to be jingoistic and consider the "home team" as Cut Quartz, Germinis, Westerner, and Cléty will all like the likely strong pace and at their best possess weaponry with give them better claims that may be initially believed. I won't oppose Mr. Dinos, however from a betting prospective if Westerner can be backed at a decent price at British odds, I would certainly consider an
each-way wager on him. He seems to be improving as he steps up in trip and having decent form behind the likes of Ange Gabriel earlier in the season, his two-length defeat behind Darasim in the Prix
Gladiatęur Royal Thalasso Barrière (gr. 3), here last month, may not be insurmountable. He might be very interesting if he stays this trip today."
Westerner certainly did stay the trip!!!
17:30 - Prix de l´Arc de Triomphe Lucien Barrière - [Groupe I]
"... I've heard a lot of the supposed problems Ďalakhani will have from the outside draw, however with this being so strongly run, his draw may allow Cristophe Soumillon to take the position in the field he wants, rather than being trapped on the inside. If he has to go four or five wide all the way around, that would diminish his chance, however this field should be fairly well stretched out so possibly having to go one or two horses width around shouldn't be given as an excuse. He did nothing wrong in the Prix Niel Casino Barrière
d´Enghien (gr. 2) on "Arc Trials day" and should confirm form with the improving Doyen. He and Ange Gabriel, look to be the strongest home challengers and Ange Gabriel, could have done no more than win the Prix Foy Gray
d´Albion Barrière (gr. 2) without turning a hair. He has very solid form and only Sulamani, [in the Dubai Sheema Classic (gr. 1)] has beaten him in his last seven starts.. a major contender.
High Chaparral has been laid out for this after an early season injury and did well to win the Ireland The Food Island Champion Stakes (gr. 1) at Leopardstown last month. He was probably a fortunate winner, as Falbrav was very unlucky in running, however that confirms his well-being and he should go close. I think one of these will win the race and I have to dismiss High Chapparal because of the proximity of Moon Ballad and a lesser extent Alamshar, nevermind Falbrav' s poor run, which gives rise to caution about the value of that form in the context of this race. It takes a really good horse to lower Ange Gabriel 's colours and
Ďalakhani ticks all the necessary boxes. I take him to confirm his position as the best middle distance three-year-old in training".
Ďalakhani finally gets the acclaim he deserves
"one
to jump '04"
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DISCLAIMER:
In no way does "Furlong To Go!! guarantee that selections
posted above will win the specified races advertised.
They are merely an indication based on current form. Whilst
the selections, and advice are the basis by which we will
personally place our own bets, like you, any selections
that are backed, are done so at your own risk.
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