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FRANCE: Dream Ahead on course for Maurice de Gheest

Aadream
2:16pm 2 Aug 2011

DREAM AHEAD will return to Deauville on Sunday when he goes in pursuit of a fourth Group 1 win at the track where he recorded his first top-level success.

Hannon debates lofty targets for Rougemont

Rougemont
9:26am 11 Jul 2011

RICHARD HANNON is considering some lofty juvenile targets for July festival winner Rougemont, who was introduced into the Classic markets over the weekend.

JULY CUP: Turner wins first Group 1 on Dream Ahead

Hayley Turner
3:37pm 9 Jul 2011

DREAM AHEAD, rated alongside the brilliant Frankel as the best two-year-old last year, bounced back to form with a bang to give jockey Hayley Turner her biggest success in the Group 1 Darley July Cup at Newmarket on Saturday.

BUNBURY CUP: Brave win for Brae Hill and magic McHugh

Brae Hill Newmarket 09072011
3:00pm 9 Jul 2011

A BRILLIANT ride by Barry McHugh on the Richard Fahey-trained Brae Hill stole the Bunbury Cup. The pair marauded up the stands' side rail in splendid isolation, coming home a length and three-quarters clear of Excellent Guest.

SUPERLATIVE: Stylish success for Red Duke and Fallon

Red Duke Newmarket 09072011
2:22pm 9 Jul 2011

JOHN QUINN'S Redcar maiden winner Red Duke stepped up on that effort to win the Group 2 Superlative Stakes under Kieren Fallon at Newmarket on Saturday.

Delegator on the drift at head of July Cup market

Delegator Goodwood August 2009
12:29pm 9 Jul 2011

DELEGATOR may have underfoot conditions to suit for this afternoon's Darley July Cup bid but the Godolphin sprinter has proved easy to back this morning.

O'Brien hoping Witness can Star in July Cup

Star Witness
8:28am 9 Jul 2011

DANNY O'BRIEN is looking for Star Witness to sign off in style with his final run in the Darley July Cup at Newmarket.

Dream Ahead backed to give Turner historic Group 1 win

Dream Ahead Newmarket 011010
5:45pm 8 Jul 2011

DREAM AHEAD was closing in on second-favouritism for Saturday's Darley July Cup after attracting support throughout Friday to give Hayley Turner an historic first Group 1 win.

FALMOUTH: Timepiece secures Group 1 glory for Cecil

Timepiece
3:04pm 8 Jul 2011

TIMEPIECE recorded the biggest success of her career when she landed the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket on Friday.

Rougemont 25-1 for Derby after impressive debut win

Rougemont
3:58pm 8 Jul 2011

ROUGEMONT was given a quote of 25-1 from William Hill for next year's Investec Derby after making an impressive winning debut at Newmarket on Friday.

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NEWMARKET, the home of racing, where thousands of thoroughbreds are led through the streets to communal gallops on a daily basis, hosts the always-popular July festival at the height of summer.

Set in the intimate, by festival standards, surroundings of Newmarket's July course, it features three days of international-class racing and is a social fixture whose influence radiates far beyond the tight-knit Newmarket community.

While racegoers in their finery sip champagne in the shadow of the grandstand the racecourse plays host to many of the nation's finest horses in top-class races such as the Falmouth Stakes and July Cup.

The latter, an exhilarating six-furlong sprint, is one of the season's more exotic offerings, often welcoming international sprinters from Europe, South Africa and Australia.