Thornton set to miss Cheltenham
Leading jockey Robert Thornton looks set to miss next week's Cheltenham Festival and the rest of the season due to injury.
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Thornton upsets Taylor in Citywest
Robert Thornton knocked reigning champion Phil Taylor out of the PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix with a stunning deciding leg victory at the Citywest Hotel.
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Irish Grand National: Andrew Thornton
Winning jockey Andrew Thornton talks Robert Hall through his victory on Líon Na Bearnaí.
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Choc Thornton out with broken arm
Robert Thornton broke his arm in a fall at Hereford, but Jeremiah McGrath escaped with bruising after his fall at Cheltenham on Saturday.
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Thornton back six months early
Robert Thornton has completed a miraculous recovery from a serious knee ligament injury - some six months ahead of schedule.
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Thornton could make early return
Robert Thornton could make a quicker-than-expected return from a serious knee injury.
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Voy Por to serve it up to Master Minded
Jockey Robert Thornton is confident of lowering Master Minded's colours aboard Voy Por Ustedes at Newbury on Saturday.
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Thornton stable after Leicester fall
Robert Thornton was in a 'stable' condition last night after suffering a terrible fall at Leicester.
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Taylor powers through to quarters
Phil Taylor dropped his first set of the tournament but still looked in ominous form as he dispatched Robert Thornton 4-1 in the third round of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace tonight.
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King & Thornton complete Aintree brace
Oh Crick (7-1 co-favourite) followed up his Cheltenham Festival victory in the John Smith's Red Rum Handicap Chase and complete a 23-1 double for Alan King and Robert Thornton on the opening day of the Aintree Festival.
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Ladbrokes.com World Hurdle
Watch Blazing Bailey take the honours in the day three feature at Punchestown and hear the thoughts of winning jockey Robert 'Choc' Thornton.
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Punchestown Results - Day 3
Day three of the Festival sees the featured Ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle. Watch and listen to the coverage and get all the results here.
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Bailey blazes winning Punchestown trail
The featured Ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle on day three at Punchestown went to Blazing Bailey, trained by Alan King and ridden by Robert Thornton.
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Bailey blazes home at Aintree
Blazing Bailey, trained by Alan King and ridden by Robert Thornton, landed the opening event of the Aintree National meeting - the John Smith's Great Float Social Club Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree.
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Choc treble aboard Nenuphar
Robert Thornton chalked up his third winner of the Festival meeting when steering Nenuphar Collonges to victory in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle.
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Supreme show by Captain in opener
A winning start for the Irish at the Cheltenham Festival as Captain Cee Bee, trained by Eddie Harty and ridden by Robert Thornton took the Anglo Irish Bank Supreme Novices' Hurdle.
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Cheltenham - Day 1 Results
The main highlight on day one of the Festival - the Champion Hurdle -saw Katchit, trained by Alan King and ridden by Robert Thornton - claim the spoils.
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In Pictures - Cheltenham Day 1
The home team landed the feature on the opening day of the Festival as Katchit and Robert Thornton proved unstoppable.
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Adams through at Frimley Green
Defending champion Martin Adams edged out unseeded Robert Thornton by the narrowest of margins tonight to secure his place in the last four of the Lakeside BDO World Championships at Frimley Green.
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Thornton keen on Katchit chance
Robert Thornton believes Katchit will take all the beating in the WBX.COM Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle tomorrow.