Horse Racing Betting Tips: George will be doing the Double Shuffle after Kempton highlight February 21, 2019 TOM GEORGE has trained some very decent horses in his career and one of his very best was the dashing grey Nacarat. The son of Smadoun won the Grade One Aintree Bowl in 2011, but he will perhaps be best remembered for his two runaway victories in what was then the Racing Post Chase at [...]
Horse Racing Preview: David Pipe looks at his chances this weekend February 21, 2019 I’M REALLY excited to be launching the City Syndicate this week, so keep an eye out for the adverts in the paper. It seemed a natural progression to expand my association with City AM and what better way of doing so than by forming an exciting race horse ownership syndicate. I am currently scouting for [...]
Drone scare at Dublin Airport causes confusion, temporarily grounds flights February 21, 2019 A drone sighting on the airfield at Dublin Airport caused confusion and grounded all flights for around 15 minutes just before midday. Read more: Government extends 'no-fly zones' around airport runways after drone chaos Ireland’s biggest international airport said it would keep passengers updated on the situation. Flight operations have now resumed @DublinAirport following an [...]
Mullins ready to fire four darts in bid for first Cheltenham Gold Cup February 20, 2019 ASK ANY trainer what race they would most like to win and you can be certain the majority would say the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup. Willie Mullins is no different, especially with six seconds in his career, and he is set to field four in his bid for a first success in jump racing’s blue [...]
Iceland Christmas sales fall despite furore over banned palm oil advert February 20, 2019 Iceland is set to reveal a decline in underlying sales over the festive period after its controversial Christmas advert failed to boost business. A report prepared for bondholders, obtained by the Financial Times, showed underlying sales fell by one per cent in the 16 weeks to 4 January. Read more: Iceland mulls bid for potential [...]
‘No-fly zones’ around airport runways extended following Gatwick and Heathrow drone chaos February 20, 2019 Drones and similar model aircraft will be banned from flying within a five kilometre radius from airport runways following the havoc they wreaked at the Gatwick and Heathrow runways last year. The extended "no-fly zone" for drones and similar aircraft has been extended from one kilometre to five kilometres following recent episodes of disruption. Over [...]
Slowdown in retail investment as Brexit uncertainty puts sellers on hold February 19, 2019 Investment in retail property tumbled by several billion pounds last year, as owners of high street stores, retail parks and shopping centres showed a reluctance to sell at discount prices despite uncertainty over Brexit and a swathe of industry-wide pressures. A gap in price expectations between buyers and sellers of retail property is causing a [...]
US President Donald Trump declares national emergency to fund Mexico border wall February 15, 2019 Donald Trump has declared a national emergency following a fresh row over funding for the President's pledged wall on the US-Mexico border. During a statement in the White House’s Rose Garden this afternoon, Trump said that he was making the move "not because it is a campaign promise, which it is", but as a result [...]
Investors fear slowdown as US Christmas retail drops February 14, 2019 US retail sales fell at their fastest rate in nearly a decade in December, stoking fears of a global slowdown, as shoppers watched their pennies over the vital Christmas period. Sales plunged 1.2 per cent, their largest monthly decline since the country was trying to recover from the financial crisis in September 2009. Read more: [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Monalee all set for first Festival glory in Ryanair February 14, 2019 THOSE of you with long memories will remember that I recommended backing Henry De Bromhead’s MONALEE at fancy ante-post prices for the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle back in 2017. Everything looked to be going swimmingly rounding the home turn as the favourite Death Duty started to tread water and when Monalee took over coming down [...]