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Joseph O’Brien believes So You Think can scale even greater heights this season as he kicks off his campaign in the Dubai World Cup at Meydan.

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Big Buck’s created history by winning his third straight Ladbrokes World Hurdle under Ruby Walsh.

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Cigar-smoking, wine-drinking Miguel Angel Jimenez achieved the biggest victory of his long career at Wentworth today - and left England’s Oliver Wilson the nearly man yet again.

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