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Guineas hope Stubbs 'has improved'

Stubbs Art is reported to have made the necessary progress to suggest another bold effort against Henrythenavigator and New Approach in Saturday’s Boylesports Irish 2000 Guineas.

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Henry and Approach renew rivalry

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Snake on course for Curragh comeback

Sammy The Snake, off the track for over a year, will head straight to the Curragh for a crack at the Boylesports Irish 2000 Guineas on May 24.

Thu, 10 Apr, 2008

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Johnny Murtagh took the honours on the first day of the new Irish Flat season by booting home a 879-1 treble at the Curragh.

Sun, 25 Mar, 2007

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Brendan Duke’s Sammy The Snake (12-1) won the Tally Ho Stud EBF Maiden at the Curragh, the first race of the new Flat season in Ireland.

Sun, 25 Mar, 2007

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