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• December 12th, 2007

Score - Everton 3 Fulham 0

Everton had been unbeaten in their previous 9 games coming into this game against Fulham and went on to make it 10 unbeaten games after Yakubu’s excellent Hatrick in the exciting second half of the game.

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Fulham started the game the more brightly of the two teams and two great corners could have seen them in front in the opening minutes. Both sides found passing the ball about difficult in the first half of play due to the pouring rain which made accurate passing very difficult. Leighton Baines stopped clutching his leg in the 21st minute of play and was subsequently taken of and replaced by Jagielka who moved into central defense. opened the scoring in the 51st minute when Yakubu stuck the ball across the line after Cahill’s shot was deflected by Niemi. Fulham nearly drew level straight away when action went up the other end of the pitch when Danny Murphy kicked a low shot, but was saved by goalkeeper Tim Howard. Yakubu scored again in the 61st minute of play from a very good set piece which saw Everton doubling its lead. Everton were now commanding the game and even in the pouring rain they were producing some fantastic football. Yakubu scored again in the 79th minute of play sealing his superb Hatrick for Everton with a brilliant strike. Yakubu was taken off shortly after with a standing ovation from the Everton fans. willhill.com

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History of the Hennessey Cognac Gold Cup

• December 7th, 2007

The first Hennessey Gold Cup was run on the 16th of November in, 1957 at Cheltenham and the venue changed in 1960 to Newbury where it has remained a great horse racing event ever since. In 1971 the name of the Hennessey Gold Cup was changed to the Hennessey Cognac Gold Cup and the Prize money for this great race has gone up dramatically from the original £5.272 to a fantastic £125,000.

The race started off at 3 miles and 1 furlong long, but now horses and riders race over a distance of 3 miles and two and a half furlongs. The first horse to win The Hennessey Gold Cup was Mandarin, and he was ridden by Gerry Madden and trained by Fulke Walwyn. Mandarin then went on to win the event again in 1961, ridden by Fred Winter. Mandarin was owned by Madame Hennessey, a member of the French cognac family, and she provided the trophy. The only other horse that has won the Hennessey Cognac Gold Cup more than once was the famous Arkle, who was trained by Tom Dreaper and ridden by Pat Taaffe, and he won the race in 1964 and 1965.

The latest Winners of The Hennessey Cognac Gold Cup Were:

Year Horse Trainer Jockey
2005 Trabolgan Nicky Henderson Mick Fitzgerald
2004 Celestial Gold Martin Pipe Timmy Murphy
2003 Strong Flow Paul Nicholls Ruby Walsh
2002 Gingembre Lavinia Taylor Andrew Thornton
2001 What’s Up Boys Philip Hobbs Richard Johnson

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Aintree Racecourse

• December 6th, 2007

The Aintree Racecourse is home to one of the most famous Horse Races in the world, The John Smiths Grand National. The circuit to triangular in shape and is two miles and two furlongs long. The Aintree Racecourse has announced that the John Smith’s Grand National will increase in prize money by £100,000 (€143,000) in 2008 and will take the total prize fund up to a record £800,000 (€1,144,000) for the winner of the world’s most famous steeplechase race!

You will find the Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, and the course details for this racecourse are - Two left-handed courses. Grand National circuit, 2m2f, is flat and has big fences with drop on landing side and a long run-in. Mildmay Course, 1m3f, flat with conventional fences, is sharper than hurdles course. The bends are sharp on this course and they do tend to favour the handy, nippy sort of horse rather than the big striding horses. The run-in is measured at 260 yards.

For the Grand National meeting, there is a limited amount of space on the racecourse site, which must be booked in advance. Aintree do recommend people to use the park and ride scheme operational at the Brookfield School in Kirkby. There is a free onsite coach park for parties who have pre-booked the Tattersalls or Steeplechase car parks. The Sunday meeting in October is Family Day when a range of entertainment is put on. There are baby changing facilities at various sites around the racecourse. Please note that for the Grand National Meeting accompanied children aged 16 and under are admitted free to the Tattersalls Enclosure on Thursday and Friday only. On Saturday they are admitted free into the Steeplechase Enclosure and into the Tattersalls.

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King George VI Chase History

• December 3rd, 2007

The first recorded King George VI Chase was back in 1937, when only four runners lined up for the start, and the poor turnout was said to be down to quite poor Prize money on offer, which was less than a tenth of what was available for the Grand National Race.

The first winner of the King George the VI Chase was a 12 year old horse called, Old Southern Hero and he was a 5/4 joint favorite at the time. The Best horse of the era, was called Golden Miller, but he was never entered into this race as his targets were to win the Grand National and The Gold Cup, which meant the first King George the VI Chase was not recognized by the public as a Championship event, and yet again the following year 1938, only attracted four runners in the race.

There was no racing between the years of 1939 and 1946 due to the course being closed during the Second World War and the King George the VI Chase resumed in 1947 on Boxing Day. In 1948 the King George VI meeting was final recognized as a genuine Championship in its own right and in 1949 we saw the first ever televised running of this great Race and it also produced one of the best finishes of all time, who will win this year’s race, it’s yet to be decided, but there are some great runners taking part!

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