| Cahill launches appeal against red card • Bolton defender dismissed in defeat at Emirates• 'I don't think it merited a red' says Owen CoyleThe Bolton Wanderers defender Gary Cahill has appealed to the Football Association against the red card he received in Saturday's Premier League match against Arsenal.Cahill was dismissed in the 64th minute at the Emirates Stadium for his foul from behind on the Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh. Arsenal, who led 2-1 at the time, went on to win the match 4-1. The appeal will be held by a regulatory commission tomorrow.Bolton's manager Owen Coyle was disappointed by the referee Stuart Attwell's decision to judge the foul as a sending-off offence, saying on Saturday: "I don't think it merited a red. All of a sudden we were playing Arsenal with 10 men, and it is difficult at the best of times with 11."We had put so much into the game that at that time we looked like the team who would get the equaliser."Bolton WanderersRefereesguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
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Japanese raiders plot upset in Arc • Victoire Pisa and Nakayama Festa complete final workouts• Jockeys' title hopeful Richard Hughes rides treble at SalisburyUncertainty may surround the participation of some of the leading fancies for Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe but the Japanese quest to take home one of Europe's biggest racing prizes remains fully on course after Victoire Pisa and Nakayama Festa both completed their final workouts at Chantilly.The Japanese rider Yutaka Take, one of the most popular sportsmen in his homeland, was on board for the gallop aboard Victoire Pisa, after which he expressed optimism about the three-year-old's chances. However it was Nakayama Festa, second to Duncan in the Prix Foy earlier this month, who performed the better of the pair in the recent trials."Yoshitaka Ninomiya [trainer of Nakayama Festa] sent over El Condor Pasa to finish second to Montjeu in this race 11 years ago and he says he has been waiting since for the right horse so that he can win it; it is his dream," said Shingo Soma from the Japan Racing Association."He says the horse has muscled up well since his prep race and he has been very pleased with his condition. He is at his peak now. Both horses have very good chances and should not be underestimated."The race will be screened live on national television in Japan.Negative comments concerning the prospect of testing going from connections of a number of the market leaders is stagnating what would usually be a busy ante-post betting market for the race.Bekhabad, Fame And Glory and Cape Blanco would all probably prefer a quicker surface, while Workforce is still to be confirmed as a starter after a scheduled final piece of exercise was delayed 24 hours until tomorrow.Five of Sir Michael Stoute's team did head out and the stable jockey Ryan Moore was on duty as planned but it was Glass Harmonium whom Moore partnered rather than the absent Derby winner, while Stoute himself was also elsewhere, in Ireland for the Orby Yearling Sales."There's no doubt that in ante-post terms it's been a very, very quiet market," said Coral's Simon Clare. "With Fame And Glory not having run since July and uncertainties over the ground and whether Workforce will be running, punters are waiting before getting involved. But the Arc is usually one of our biggest betting events and once the race takes clearer shape I think things will get busier. "Richard Hughes closed the gap to 10 on Paul Hanagan in this year's jockeys' championship with a treble at Salisbury . The bad news for Hanagan, who drew a blank at Nottingham, is that Hughes also looks to have a strong book of rides at Newmarket and Kempton tomorrow. Bookmakers William Hill cut the odds on Hughes claiming his first championship to 6-4 from 9-4.Horse racingPrix de l'Arc de TriompheWill Haylerguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
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