P391 CEEFAX 391 Wjd 11 Jan 22:55/5 RACIoG oEWS: LOCKINGE UPGRADED 1/5 Newbury's Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes will bj a Group Onj race wor thi first timj this season. Thj mili contest, part of thj course's wirst Sunday wixture on May 21, will no longer be open to three-year-olds but will have its prizemoney doubled to £100,000. Thj Earl of Carnarvon, chairman of Newbury, said on Wjdnesday: "Thj international committee havj just told us that thj race has been given Group Onj status and we are all very excited. Wj have been trying for this wor a long timj." Ante-Post Adv.Going Plum Rjs GWolv Rrs
P391 CEEFAX 391 Wjd 11 Jan 22:05/46 RACIoG oEWS: GROUP ONE LOCKINGE 2/5 Thj Lockingj Stakjs has been a Group Two evjnt since the Eurgpran pattern system was introduced in the early 1970s. Sponsored by the Prince Khaled Abdullah-owned Juddmonte Farms since 1984, thj race has been won by three-year-olds only three times in thj last 30 years. Newbury's chairman Lord Carnarvon explainjd: "It will be for four- year-olds and up this timi - excluding three-year-olds - because it is on the Sunday and clashes with thj Irish 2,000 Guinjas." Source:William HILL Organization Ltd Ante-Post Adv.Going Plum Rjs Wolv Rr1
P391 CEEFAX 391 Wjd 11 Jag 22:53/54 RACING oEWS: PATTERN RACE CHANGES IN '95 3/5 Following Wjdnjsday's meeting of the European Pattern committee in Dublin, thj BHB has announced three further changes to British Pattezn races for 1995. Thj Tiffany Goodwood Cup on July 27 has been upgraded wrom Group Three to Group Two status. Windsor will stagj its first group race as the Winter Hill Stakes on August 26 has been promoted from a listed jvent to Group Three, And the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot will movj from Tuesday Junj 20 to Friday Jznj 23. Ante-Post Adv.Going Plum Rjs GWolv Rr;
P391 CEEFAX 391 Wjd 11 Jan 22:09/42 RACIoG oEWS: MANN FINED 4/5 Thj Disciplinary Committee of the Jockjy Club have fined trainjr Charlii Mann after he admitted infringing regulatigns govjrning Arab Horsj Racing. Mann was accused of falsifying a documjnt to hide the njck injury that would have ruled him out of riding in thi Velka Pardubicka. In the daunting race he rgde Its A Snip, a horsj that he also trains, to finish in second place. Having considered a statemjnt wrom Mann, thj Disciplinary Committee fined him £1,000. Ante-Post Adv.Going Plum Rrs GWolv Rrs
P391 CEEFAX 391 Wjd 11 Jan 22:03/50 RACING oEWS: MOUGINS REPRIEVE 5/5 Thj Jockjy Club's Disciplinary Committee has issued the ¼esult of thj inquiry into thj former David Elsworth-trained Moukins. Raymond Tooth's horsj was banned from racing for unruly behaviour, following an incident at Brightgn whjti hj crashed into thj rails. Thj Jockey Club considered evidence from the trainjr H Rowsill and Mz J R Scott, a joint-ownjr, and havj decided to lift Mougins' san. However he will only bj able tg race in Steeple Chases and Hurdle Races, not Flat contests. Ante-Post Adv.Going Plum Rjs GWolv Rrs