http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...dy/954045/top/
Navan, Sunday
Ladbrokes.com Troytown Handicap Chase (Grade B) 3m, 4yo+
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ALAN CROWE won the Troytown for the second year in a row after he came from the stratosphere on the Christy Roche-trained Groody Hill to nick the race from Ad Idem just a yardfrom the line
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"He loves that sort of testing ground, which was a big plus. Alan deserves an awful lot of credit as this horse was quite tricky in the past and he's done a lot of work to sort him out.
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http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...in/953993/top/
Navan, Sunday
Irish Form Book "Monksfield" Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) 2m4f, 4yo+
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MOUNT BENBULBEN rallied late for Davy Condon to deny Rebel Fitz in his hat-trick bid after he had made all the running under Ruby Walsh.
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Elliott said: "He has got a fair engine. We will come back to Navan now on December 18 and take our chance in the Grade 1 Navan Novices' Hurdle over two and a half miles.
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Japan, Sunday
Tokyo: Japan Cup (Grade 1) 1m4f, turf, 3yo+
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PRIX de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Danedream could finish only sixth behind Buena Vista (Hiroyushi Matsuda/Yasunari Iwata) in the 31st running of the Japan Cup in Tokyo on Sunday.
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At just over Y480m (about £4m), the Tokyo contest is the third-richest race on the planet, behind only the Dubai World Cup and the Emirates Melbourne Cup - and Buena Vista was earning glorious compensation after being disqualified when shepassed the post first in 2010.
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Winning trainer Hiroyushi Matsuda said he had never lost faith in Buena Vista, now set to run in the Arima Kinen, the end-of-season championship on December 25. There is no decision on a possible overseas campaign at the start of 2012.
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"It's a great feeling to have been able to give her the well-deserved Japan Cup title and I have the trainer and the stable staff to thank for preparing her so well."
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