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O'Brien could taste victory with a Real deal
Blackpool Gazette
|November 12, 2025
Is This For Real can make an impact on his hurdling debut in the Tractor Drivers Go Free Today! Maiden Hurdle at Market Rasen.
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Trained by Fergal O'Brien for Brighton & Hove Albion chairman Tony Bloom, the gelding won a point-to-point start for Georgina Ellis before changing hands and making his debut under rules with defeat in a bumper at Aintree on Boxing Day.
He ran once more last season when looking far more the ticket at a Kelso bumper in March, prevailing by three-quarters of a length over two miles.
This story is from the November 12, 2025 edition of Blackpool Gazette.
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