Racing: Marvellous Marble

Marble Arch can emerge as a serious threat to Istabraq in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle by winning the €178,000 Tote Gold Trophy at Newbury tomorrow.

Fri, 08 Feb, 2002 - 10:40

Marble Arch can emerge as a serious threat to Istabraq in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle by winning the €178,000 Tote Gold Trophy at Newbury tomorrow.

The six-year-old, trained at nearby East Ilsley by Hughie Morrison, is currently 14-1 with William Hill to be crowned king at next month’s Cheltenham Festival.

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CourtsRacingHeathrowPlace: NewburyPlace: East IlsleyPlace: AscotPlace: WetherbyPlace: BritainPlace: Foly PleasantPlace: CheltenhamPlace: MirosPlace: WarwickPlace: HaydockPlace: MerseysidePlace: North YorkshirePlace: AintreePlace: AyrPerson: Hughie MorrisonPerson: William HillPerson: HaditovskiPerson: Shotgun WillyPerson: Paul NichollsPerson: NichollsPerson: David JohnsonPerson: Martin PipePerson: J onjo O’NeillPerson: Le Roi MiguelPerson: Nigel Twiston-DaviesPerson: Hades de SiennePerson: Idalgo De GuyePerson: Nifty MajorEvent: Cheltenham FestivalEvent: Charlie Hall ChaseEvent: Tote Cheltenham Gold CupEvent: 2000 Thomas Pink Gold CupEvent: Red Square Reloaded Novices’Event: Hurdle Series FinalEvent: Catterick Grand National TrialEvent: Handicap ChaseOrganisation: MarbleOrganisation: Istabraq
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