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Legendary trainer Willie Mullins recalls the emotional moment of first Cheltenham Gold Cup

EXCLUSIVE BY OLIVER HOLT: There is a picture on the walls of the Lord Bagenal Inn that shows a group of men and women standing proudly in the main street beside a horse called Different Pace. 




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Monday, March 2

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Monday's meetings at Wolverhampton and Wetherby.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Tuesday, March 3

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Tuesday's meetings at Exeter, Southwell and Newcastle.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Wednesday, March 4

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Wednesday's meetings at Catterick, Lingfield and Kempton.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Thursday, March 5

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Thursday's meetings at Carlisle, Wincanton, Southwell and Newcastle.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Friday, March 6

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Friday's meetings at Ffos Las, Chelmsford City and Wolverhampton.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Saturday, March 7

The loss of Sandown to waterlogging has denied jumps fans their traditional pre-Cheltenham festival appetiser, but backing Documenting may still provide some useful funds for the week ahead.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Monday, March 9

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Monday's meetings at Taunton, Stratford, Kempton, Plumpton and Wolverhampton.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Tuesday, March 10

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Tuesday's meetings at Southwell, Sedgefield and Newcastle.




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Trainer of Saudi Cup winner Maximum Security among 27 charged over the alleged doping of horses

More than two dozen people, including the trainer of champion Maximum Security, have been charged in a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them race faster.




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Epatante is ready and relaxed to deliver a fourth Champion Hurdle for 40-year-old Barry Geraghty 

There is an irony that 20 minutes after Barry Geraghty thought that his Champion Hurdle hopes might have been dashed on the final Saturday in November a bright new chance emerged.




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Cornelius Lysaght, the legendary voice of racing, reveals his pain at being axed by the BBC

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY MIKE DICKSON: The BBC's voice of racing is in the final furlong of his career with the corporation, and admits it will hurt when he crosses the finish line.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Wednesday, March 11

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Wednesday's meetings at Kempton, Huntingdon and Lingfield.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Thursday, March 12 

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Thursday's meetings at Doncaster, Hexham and Chelmsford City.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Friday, March 13

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow shares his tips for Friday's meetings at Southwell, Fakenham and Lingfield. 




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Racing ready to become last major sport to go behind closed doors as early as next week 

Reports suggesting that large public gatherings will soon be banned mean racing's position as the last major sport to still be operating normally looks close to ending.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Monday, March 16

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow shares his tips for Monday's meetings at Kelso, Hereford and Southwell.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Tuesday, March 17

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow shares his tips for Tuesday's meetings at Kelso and Taunton.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Saturday, March 21

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow shares his tips for Saturday's meeting at Thurles.




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British jockey Tom Marquand rides his first Group One winner

Marquand dictated the pace aboard Addeybb, who was last seen finishing second to Magical in the Champion Stakes last October and is a seven times winner in Britain.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Monday, March 23

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow shares his tips for Monday's meeting at Naas.




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips for Tuesday, March 24

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow shares his tips for Tuesday's meeting at Clonmel. 




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BHA sets out plan to resume racing on May 1 with start of the Flat season

The BHA has indicated that Flat racing under restrictions will be the priority when the sport is allowed to resume with Summer jump racing fitting in when it can.




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Mark Dwyer pays tribute to Peter Beaumont after Cheltenham Gold Cup winning trainer dies aged 85

Former jockey Mark Dwyer has paid tribute to Cheltenham Gold Cup winning trainer Peter Beaumont, who has died at the age of 85.




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NHS charity receive £25,000 from all-weather champions

The beneficiary is SASH, charity for East Surrey Hospital and all the services provided by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, local to Lingfield racecourse.




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Dual Classic winner and stallion Shamardal dies at the age of 18 as a result of health issues  

The son of Giant's Causeway was yesterday sadly euthanised at Kildangan Stud as a result of health issues, and brought an illustrious career at stud to an end.




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Leading rider Jamie Spencer faces time on the injury table following accident on the Newmark gallops

Leading rider Jamie Spencer is facing sometime out of the saddle following an accident on the Newmarket gallops on Friday. The 39-year-old Irishman was returning to the David Simcock stable.




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RIDING INTO A STORM: Fears over horses if owners can't pay for upkeep

SPECIAL REPORT BY MARCUS TOWNEND: There is concern that ramifications of the coronavirus shutdown will be felt for years, rather than months, in the racing community.




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Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden defends Cheltenham Festival go ahead despite coronavirus outbreak

The four-day Festival was staged as planned in front of 250,000 people, with additional hygiene measures in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, and concluded on March 13. 




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Frankie Dettori lottery offers chance to win a racehorse for the day ridden by the legendary jockey

Britain's best-known Flat jockey has thrown his weight behind the Frankie Dettori raffle with the winner getting to own a horse for a day ridden by the Italian wearing colours they have designed.




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AP McCoy backs plans for horse racing to return in June as sport draws up proposal for restart

All race meetings in the UK were cancelled following the lockdown on March 23 in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus but the sport's organisers have been working on a radical restart of races.




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Coronavirus UK: Jockey Tom Marquand believes Aussie rules could pave way for return to racing

Racing aims to be one of the first sports to emerge from lockdown, with the British Horseracing Authority releasing a provisional list of big races it could run on the final two weekends of this month.




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Victor Ludorum, Earthlight and Sottsass among a stellar cast of entries at Longchamp

Victor Ludorum is the 5-6 favourite with Coral to maintain his unbeaten record in Monday's Prix De Fontainebleu at Longchamp.




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Prize money for the Derby plummets with this season's race only worth a THIRD of last year's race

EXCLUSIVE: When Aidan O'Brien-trained Anthony Van Dyck landed Britain's most prestigious Flat race last June, the colt scooped a first prize of £921,538 with the historic race worth a total of £1,623,900.




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Italy 2-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina: Marco Verratti completes comeback win

Italy came from behind to maintain their perfect start to Euro 2020 qualifying with a 2-1 Group J win over Bosnia in Turin on Tuesday, while Greece fell to a shock defeat at home to Armenia.




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Arsenal 'looking to buy £27m Roma midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini in instalments'

Gunners manager Unai Emery has just £45m to rebuild his squad this summer after his side missed out on Champions League qualification. ellegrini has a £27m buy-out clause in his deal.




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Andrea Pirlo sues lookalike who pretended to be star for TWO YEARS to get free designer clothes 

Andrea Pirlo has sued a man who pretended to be the Italian footballer for two years in order to receive free clothes and jewellery.




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Italy 2-0 China: Giacinti and Galli strike to ease Azzurre into Women's World Cup quarter-finals

Giacinti opened the scoring following a goalmouth scramble inside 15 minutes, while Galli double Le Azzurre's lead four minutes into the second half with a long range strike.




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Mario Balotelli pays bar owner €2,000 to drive his moped into the sea

Mario Balotelli has reportedly landed himself in trouble with the Italian authorities after the former Manchester City striker allegedly paid a bar owner €2,000 to drive his moped into the sea.




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Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola was targeted by KIDNAPPERS while playing for Parma in 1990s

The astonishing revelation about Gianfranco Zola has come from former Italian footballer Fabrizio Maiello, who turned to crime after seeing his career end abruptly due to injury.




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Barcelona ponder shock move for Manchester United's Matteo Darmian

Darmian - predominantly a right-back - has fallen down the pecking order at Old Trafford following the arrival of Aaron Wan-Bissaka, while Luke Shaw has nailed down the spot on the left flank.




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Moise Kean: Who is the rising Juventus star set to move to Everton?

Moise Kean is one of the exciting young players in the world; an Italian international, Serie A champion and important figure in the fight against racism, while still in his teens.




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Who is Moise Kean? Rising star who has moved to Everton from Juventus

Moise Kean is one of the most exciting young players in the world; an Italian international, Serie A champion and important figure in the fight against racism, while still in his teens.




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Lazio 1-1 Roma: Luis Alberto's second half strike enough to earn Lazio a point in tense Rome derby

Luis Alberto's second-half equaliser earned Lazio a 1-1 draw with AS Roma in a fast and furious Rome derby in Serie A on Sunday. Aleksander Kolarov opened the scoring with a penalty.




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Armenia 1-3 Italy: Andrea Belotti strikes twice as Roberto Mancini's side ease to victory

Azzurri coach Roberto Mancini was enraged as his squad failed to produce any serious chances in the second half when it held a man advantage - until substitute Lorenzo Pellegrini scored.




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Daniele De Rossi set for shock return to Italy squad TWO YEARS after retiring

The midfielder, now playing for Boca Juniors, retired from international football back in November 2017 after Italy's shock defeat to Sweden, which denied them a place at the 2018 World Cup.




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Juventus legend Claudio Marchisio announces retirement from football

The 33-year-old Italian midfielder has decided to hang up his boots after leaving Russian outfit Zenit Saint Petersburg as a free agent in the summer.




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Juventus new boy Aaron Ramsey lifts the lid on playing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo 

The former Arsenal star, who joined the Old Lady on a free transfer this summer, says he has been welcomed into the Turin-based side by the five-time Ballon D'or winner.




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Matthijs de Ligt denies he was put on a low-carb diet by Juventus manager Maurizio Sarri 

The Dutchman signed for the Italian giants for €75million (£67.8m) in the summer after captaining Ajax to the Champions League semi-finals with a series of colossal displays.




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Manuel Neuer vs Marc-Andre ter Stegen resumes: 10 things to look out for during international break

There is plenty at stake over the next fortnight with teams on the brink of qualifying for the European Championships in 2020, while some nations hit the road for some eagerly-anticipated friendlies.