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Horse racing: Newbury hopeful of Saturday go-ahead
NEWBURY are upbeat that their big meeting on Saturday will go ahead.

'Big Daddy' Don Garlits on racing, fatherhood and the tough road ahead
When "Big Daddy" Don Garlits grins, his face lights up like the flames of his top fuel dragster during a fire burnout.

Horse racing: Nicky Henderson hoping for Newbury go-ahead
NICKY HENDERSON is praying this weekend’s huge fixture at Newbury goes ahead to give some of his stable stars a crucial run before next month’s Cheltenham Festival.

COLD WEATHER REFUSES TO RELENT
Freezing temperatures are continuing to cause problems for National Hunt racing ahead of one of the most crucial weekends of the season so far. The cold snap set in during the middle of last week and had already claimed a number of meetings, with snow that fell during Saturday worsening matters.

Motor racing-Schumacher plays down title chances
JEREZ, Spain, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Michael Schumacher washoping the late arrival of his new Mercedes would pay off afterdoing nearly two race distances in last year's car on the secondafternoon of Formula One testing on Wednesday. Despite that, and despite setting a quickest lap that wasmeaningless on a day when rivals were trying out their new cars,the German still played down his title chances ...

Motor racing-Raikkonen fastest on first day of F1 testing
JEREZ, Spain, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Kimi Raikkonen rolledback the years with the fastest lap for Lotus on the first dayof Formula One testing on Tuesday. The 2007 champion, making his comeback after two years inthe world rally championship, looked at home right from thestart of a chilly morning in southern Spain and completed 73laps. His best time of one minute 19.670 seconds was quicker thanany lap ...

Semenya scales back racing ahead of Games
Caster Semenya will scale back her competitive races this year so that she is in perfect shape for the London Olympics.

Will Racing Go Ahead at Newbury on Saturday - Betfair bet:
8-11 No, 11-10 Yes.

Motor racing-Technical chief's exit clouds Sauber launch
JEREZ, Spain, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Sauber rolled outtheir 2012 Formula One car in the Spanish sunshine on Monday,the team shrugging off the abrupt exit of technical directorJames Key and hoping to score consistent points this year. The Swiss-based outfit announced last Friday that Key wasleaving to take a job in Britain with an unspecified employer. The C31 car he helped create was presented on the ...