The Copthorne Heavy 48 Backyard Ultra Style Event – Race Report

Date: Friday 14th August 2026

Official miles: 82.4 miles 

Elevation: 16,512 ft /  5,033 m

Weather: Hot and humid

Start: Mickleham Village Hall

Route type: 10.3 mile loops

Conditions: Dry

Website link: The Copthorne Heavy by Canary Trail Events

Describe the route in three words: tough, 666 stairs?

The Copthorne Heavy – Race Report

The Copthorne Heavy, a 48 hour backyard style event. Runners have 3 hours to complete the 10.3 mile, 2,260 foot elevation Copthorne loop. The race finishes when there is only one runner remaining. The race is capped at 48 hours (16 loops) and runners are allowed to use poles. This was the inaugural event, planned fairly late in the year therefore this ‘test’ running saw just 6 entires, one of which was a no show.

Lawrence and I know each other really well from our yearly get together of doing the first loop at the Copthorne 100, Jade I met through her CTE volunteering, Hezel who I also know through his CTE volunteering and the lovely Mylene who I met briefly at last year’s Copthorne Races. I made a joke on the first loop that we’d all spent £140 to go for a nice evening run with some mates!

As I drove up Dell Close towards Mickleham Village Hall on Friday afternoon, I had a lovely feeling of coming ‘home’. Canary Trail Events has a firm place in my heart, having competed in the Copthorne 100 three times, volunteered at the Rhino Run and met with CTE folk for a catch up on the loop at various times of the year over the past 4 years, it’s the most familiar race HQ of all of the events I have been to. I was really surprised to be the first person to arrive, Allan and Elaine were set up and sat waiting for arrivals, looking very calm and organised indeed. As I walked in and we passed pleasantries, I stated that I hadn’t really planned this. Normally I am super organised for races, but a lot of my time at the moment has been spent studying my UESCA (ultra run coach certificate), updating my website and prepping my new career as a running coach (check out the coaching pages!) so all of my readying of kit and planning race food had been quite last minute. Jade was the next to arrive and on seeing my camp bed promptly got her air mattress out that lives in her van. Next in was Lawrence, who had had a terrible 7 hour (should have been 4 hour) drive and had said he’d made all his food that morning. None of us had crew, despite the race detail suggesting we should, my mind cast back to Allan’s Facebook post stating “We’ve got a small but elite field lining up…They are all very experienced and I’m sure they’ll know how to manage themselves”, I promptly got the giggles, yes, we are indeed very organised!!! I got my area set up and tried to spend a bit of time resting on my bed before eating a banana and crumpet then getting dressed and ready to go.

Just before 6pm we headed out of the hall to line up at the start, certainly the smallest starting field I have ever experienced but it was certainly not lacking in atmosphere, we were all buzzing! I realised I hadn’t even got my watch ready but managed to get it set up just in the nick of time. Allan counted us down and we all ran off, the moment we got around the corner (and out of sight of the camera) we walked.

We hiked up the lane chatting away to each other. Temperatures during the day had been about 34 degrees and despite being early evening, the heat was still on, we all had quite a sweat on by the time we reached the gallops. The course had been marked for us, thank goodness as even though I have run this loop over 50 times I still go wrong on it! Racing on this loop in the summer is so different than the winter and throughout the 24 hours I was out there, I made many observations, here are some: 

• This summer the loop is very, very dry and hard packed, my legs would surely take more of a beating on the hard surface then when I run on the muddy winter loop.
• There is a lot of sand! So much in one particular place I felt like I was running on a beach!
• I was able to play ‘guess the poo’, there was quite the variety from deer and fox, rabbit and dog, cow and horse…. plus more (badger?). In the winter I guess the poo is mixed up in the mud so it goes unnoticed. (I don’t want to give the area a bad name, it’s a large area with plenty of wildlife and cattle and animals need to do their business!)
• There are many more people out and about, some of which are still there on the top of Box Hill at 2am! A few were all night wild camping.

In the days leading up to the Heavy I had completed my UESCA nutrition module so I decided to use my new found knowledge to take a more scientific approach to my fuelling strategy. I am very lucky, always being able to eat on races, knowing the things I like to eat and not ever having a problem with struggling to eat, feeling sick or being sick. After taking a deep dive into the nutritional facts of the food I like, I realised that I have not been consuming that many carbohydrates, therefore for the Copthorne Heavy I planned my meals in the days leading up to the race to ensure my glycogen stores were full come the race start and also I strategised my in-race fuel a lot more carefully, aiming to eat more than what I would usually and ensuring I was getting many more carbs than usual. A discussion with Coach Andy ahead of the race also lead to having a more solid hydration plan which included a higher sodium intake factoring in the amount I would be sweating in the hot weather. Part of my nutrition plan was to take a gel in the early part of each loop, my gel of choice would mostly be Protein Rebel Maple Ignite, but I would probably use their Maple Coffee gel later on in the race.

It was a lovely evening and I think we were all grateful that the weather would cool a bit overnight and that the forecast for Saturday would finally go below 30 degrees. Allan had explained to us that if the race went for the full 48 hours then the winner would be the one with the lowest accumulative time, we discussed how we should all cross the line holding hands every loop! That first loop we all completed it as a group, just a few seconds in between each one of us at around 2 hours and 29 minutes.
2:29:07 – Lap 1 – 5 remain.

As I was self crewing I’d made myself a spreadsheet to remind me what to eat after each lap, I’d also prepared 16 lap bags, I’d put the sixteenth bag in my snack pack and prepared two extra water bottles so if I ever came in short of time, I would be able to dash out the hall without stopping (we entered through the front door and exited through the side door). My 21 minutes of downtime whizzed by, not having crew means there’s so much to do! I grabbed a bagel, put it in the toaster, went to the loo, collected my bagel, put cream cheese on it, sat on my bed eating it whilst mentally going through what I had to do… top up water and add SiS tablets, empty my rubbish out, put loop 2 snacks in, put head torch on. This was when I realised that having crew for this race would be an absolute godsend as the 20 or so minutes downtime each lap could get easily eaten up with getting ready for the next loop.

The five of us headed out on loop two, night had fallen and the air remained warm, it was very humid. There’s one particular turning on the course on Headley Heath that I have managed to miss once on all three of the Copthorne Races I have done, eating up valuable time as I have had to turn back and retrace my steps. Jade and I sailed past the infamous turn and if it were not for Lawrence gaining our attention and correcting us then I think we’d have gone way off course. I continued with my snack plan, a Protein Rebel Maple Ignite early on, a more substantial snack on the speed bump lane (Marmite sandwich for loop 2) and a few more snacks and Cliff Bloks throughout the lap. Jade and I chatted a lot this loop and Lawrence was quiet, I did not realise then but his knee was really hurting him. I was sweating so much due to the humidity and was pleased I’d had the good sense to pack enough vests so that I could put a dry one on every other lap. We came in a few minutes slower on this lap, to be expected, I knew that the first lap would likely be a bit fast. 2:36:32 – Lap 2 – 5 remain.

Rice pudding was on my spreadsheet, this time the first thing I did was to take my shoes off, I grabbed a clean vest, went to the loo to change my vest whilst having a wee (Jade did the same, we knew the more efficient we could be the better!), I grabbed a spoon for the rice pudding on the way back from the toilets. Topped up my waters, emptied my rubbish and put my loop 2 snacks in to my bag. Then it was time to sit on my bed and relax whilst eating my rice pudding. In the moment of calm, my attention drew to Lawrence. He was in a lot of pain, he said that the pain was so great it was making him feel sick and he would not be able to carry on, I felt so bad for him, I’d really pictured him being in the race for the long haul, it was such a shock, and a reminder that in this sport nothing can be taken for granted, anything can happen at any time.

Midnight and four remained. Time to head out on to the third loop. We’d already discussed that we only had to do two complete loops on a head torch, how very different to the Copthorne Races in November when we are around 16 hours on a head torch! I do enjoy running at night but the heat and the humidity and the fact I like to wear a buff on my head for comfort when I have a head torch on meant that my head felt a bit hot and sweaty and I could not wait to free it from the buff and head torch!

As we climbed the first set of steps, I pondered out loud, “That sounds like rain!” Jade agreed, it DID sound like rain. What is it? We both wondered. I felt a spot of wet on my arm. A sweat droplet? No, it was cold. We exclaimed, it IS rain! Unbelievable. Only Allan could organise rain at the Copthorne in the middle of a heatwave (for those of you who don’t know, the Copthorne Races weather in November is notorious for being diabolical, usually a named storm). In all the excitement of the rain, we found ourselves off course. Opps. We realised we could keep going rather than retrace our steps and we’d get back on course only adding a little time and distance.

Jade and I came to a road. This wasn’t right. There should not be a road at this point. We’d run passed that darn turning again, I have done this loop countless times but I always miss that turn at least once per race! We retraced our steps, Hezel who had been behind was now way in front, and Mylene was just behind us now.

This loop I had salted potatoes on the speed bump lane and I commented to Jade that I’d probably have difficulty swallowing them when I next had them on loop 6. I also had a Rice Krispies Square bar, gooey marshmallow, this is something I have eaten before but never eaten on a run, it was brilliant! Easy to eat, easy to swallow and 21g carbohydrate. Definitely adding this to my list of ultra foods. Jade and I also got into the habit of popping our rubbish in the bin at the end of the lane, a nice little time saving hack to get in to, saved doing it back at the hall. There were still plenty of people up at the view point and even a group who looked like they would be wild camping overnight. Loop 3 – 2:38:57 – 4 remain.

Jade and I were laughing as we came in, telling Allan that we’d got lost twice and that we were impressed with how he had organised rain during a heat wave. Lani kindly prepped my Pot Noodle for me. In order to cool it down I decanted the noodles in to a mug as I would not have enough time to wait for it to cool. We all seemed to have formed our rituals as soon as we were back in the hall. Lawrence had been trying to get some sleep whilst we were on the lap before his drive home.

Loop 4, 3am. The sun would be coming up. Four of us headed out into the night. There seemed to be a lot of cobwebs everywhere, I felt like I was running through the invisible threads frequently. I also spotted a number of spiders on the ground, of various shapes and sizes. Moths had been dive bombing us because of the light from our head torches, all new Copthorne experiences for me. There’s no sign of spiders and moths in November. Jade and I wondered if there would still be people up at the Box Hill view point, the campers were there. Dawn had broken and we intermittently could turn off our head torches, needed them on again when we were under tree cover. I whispered to Jade on the Donkey Field, “Let’s go and shake their tents and make wolf noises!” We had a giggle about the thought of them trying to chase us away. We heard the first of the morning birdsong on this loop. I had thought we might have spotted some dog walkers towards the end of the fourth loop but we hadn’t seen any.  Jade, Hezel and I all made it back to the hall, sadly Mylene timed out by around 5 minutes. Loop 4 – 2:41:37 – 3 remain.

Hezel will be competing at the Tor des Géants in just a few weeks time so he made the wise decision to call it a day after 4 loops, a fantastic training run for him. We could all see on the steps how his training has paid off, he glided up them with ease.

Lani kindly made me a cup of tea, this was to be my first caffeine in two weeks, I couldn’t WAIT to have a proper cup of tea, I grabbed my shortbread biscuits and dunked them in, absolute bliss. People often ask me why I run the ‘silly’ distances I do, or why do I enter these ‘crazy races’. There are many reasons, the main one is I do genuinely enjoy them, but there are lots of moments like these. Having a cup of tea just before 6am, having not gone to bed and run though the night, snuggled on my bed and dipping shortbread in to my tea, it’s such a simple moment, but it’s a good moment, and I’m sure many might disagree, but it really isn’t the same feeling as when you do this on a normal day-to-day basis, this feels extra special.

Jade and I headed out at 6am on to the fifth loop. Another dry vest for me, this time a Protein Rebel one, I thought I should considering I was consuming one per lap (LizzieG15 for 15% off first order!)! Poor Jade was about to spend just over two and a half hours with a fully caffeinated Lizzie. I talked at Jade for the entire lap, verbal diarrhoea at its finest. Jade now knows all about our foster cat Jimbob and what his meow sounds like, she knows the names and personalities of a good few of our chickens, she know’s my coaching diary for the next few weeks and probably also knows some very random facts about me!

When we climbed the Box Hill steps after the stepping stones, there were two very beautiful ladies in stunning gym wear, they were made up, no sweat and looked as though they should be on a fitness clothing website. They had a coffee in one hand. Jade and I were climbing up the steps, not sounding too dissimilar to a pair of steam engines, and we could hear these two ladies chatting away, not a break in their conversation and not even out of breath, and to top it off, they were catching us up! We put in a bit of extra effort to stay ahead of them! We realised how dirty our legs were, the dust and sand had stuck to the sweat and suncream, we thought we could probably mark off a tally system on our legs. Loop 5 – 2:41:27 – 2 remain.

When we came in off the loop, Hezel and Mylene were happy to step in and help crew us. Hezel very kindly got me my Coke from the fridge and re-filled my waters for me. I had a toasted bagel with cream cheese, lush.

Morning had well and truly broken. I felt that it was about time that coach Andy got a voice note so Jade and I left him one. I told Jade that he LOVES them. I’m actually not sure he does but it’s a decision I have made on his behalf and I like to send him random voice notes at all times of day and night during races, luckily I have met his lovely wife Helen so she would never think it odd that a breathless female is leaving messages for her husband… sometimes at 3am!!!

Jade received a surprise message from two friends who were coming to crew her for a bit, this really gave her a boost. I also knew that Mike would have started his volunteer shift when we got in just before midday. Knowing that Jade would have crew, I sent Mike a voice note putting a pre-order in for half a packet of Merchant Gourmet.

Jade was beginning to flag a bit on Satan’s Staircase and I moved ahead of her. I decided that the rain, sweat and humidity meant I needed to have a full outfit change, I became very focussed on my lovely dry pants back at the hall and sped up so I’d have more time to change! Lap 6 – 2:38:38 – 2 remain.

Mike was a wonderful welcome to see, I grabbed my new outfit, spotting Jade’s crew as I dashed to the bathroom, I told them that she wanted a Pot Noodle and a coffee. Sitting on my bed with so much time to spare because Mike was doing all the faffing for me was wonderful. I really felt as though I was getting a huge break.

Jade and I headed out on to loop 7 at 12pm. Jade told me that this might be her last loop, I wasn’t sure, I felt that when she saw her crew again they would give her a big boost of energy. Last loop or not though, Jade had run the Lakeland 100 just a few weeks prior, she was doing enormously well considering there must still be some fatigue in her legs.

Jade and I had already had a conversation about what would happen if one of us pulled away, we had agreed that it was fruitless for one to wait for the other and that we needed to run our own races. It was on the first set of steps that Jade said she’d not be able to hang on to me and she would listen to some music once I was out of sight. I left Mike a voice note and put my pre-order in for cheesy mash, a slice of bread, some warmed boiled potatoes and a coke. As I had been eaten a little less on the last couple of laps I felt having Mike on hand was an excellent opportunity to have a proper refuel.

I reached the stepping stones and was relieved to see a slow family crossing in the direction I wanted, they were near the far side, and waiting on the other side was about 40 people! What luck, I dashed across the stones and tucked in behind them luckily not needed to wait for the mass crossing.

I headed up the steps and as I reached the course entry point, I saw Jade, she had her headphones in and looked really happy, we shouted support at each other. I realised it might be touch and go as to whether she would make the cut of time or not.

Mike had everything ready for me and I made a cheesy mash sandwich, ate the potatoes dipped in mayo (not usually the sauce of my choice but it seemed like the perfect condiment at the time!) and drank some cold coke. Again, I felt like I had loads of downtime thanks to Mike.

I looked at the clock counting down, where was Jade? Allan said, 3 minutes to go. Jade’s crew said it seemed doubtful she’d make it in on time. 2 minutes to go. I said to Allan, “If Jade times out this means I don’t have to go again?” He said, “My race, my rules, you’re going again!” Cheeky begger. Luckily there was no swear pot. I  can’t remember what I called him, but it included a swear word! I went out to the start line. No Jade. I was gutted, I had really hoped we’d get to 100 miles together. Lap 7 – 2:39:36 – 1 remains.

It was 3pm, lap 8, all on my own. I wondered how I would feel. Happy, lonely, both? Emotional, scared that I might not make it around in time? Victorious, proud, gutted for my fellow race mates that we could not go further together? In all honestly, I really surprised myself, I felt nothing. Nothing. Can you believe that? Why did I feel so empty? Should I phone my husband to say I was on my last lap and he might expect me home soon? I pondered this weird feeling and realised why. I was on the Copthorne Loop. I did not have the right to feel any emotion right now because anything could happen. I could not feel happy as I did know for sure I’d get to the end. I did not feel lonely as there were plenty of people about, all of whom I at least passed pleasantries with and some of which knew what I was doing so wished me luck. I could not feel emotional because the outcome was yet to be decided. I did not feel scared because that would be a waste of energy and I needed all my energy to make it to the end. Victory was out of reach for the time being and with that so was pride. I reminisced to the others, they had all run their own race, they had all run strong and excelled in their own performance. Empty was the right feeling, it was the safest feeling. I recall on the Copthorne last November how it had been on loop 8 or 9 that it really felt as though the wheels might fall off and I knew I could not take a finish for granted. I don’t think you ever can, especially on this course. I settled in to the rhythm. What should I do? Go faster to get it over and done with? No, what if I blew up? I must stick to what I know. Walk and run in all the usual places. But if I did want an extra mini walk, then sure, that’s what I would do. I knew that Mike was somewhere behind me as he was sweeping, collecting all the course markers. Despite being daylight and with plenty of people around, I did feel alone as I knew I was the only one in race and it was comforting to know he was behind, if I randomly fell over and couldn’t get up again, he’d find me. I then realised that Mike would not be there at the finish line because he was sweeping. Hmmmmm. I left him a voice note, if he wasn’t too far behind I’d get to the lane at the end and then hide around the corner until he caught me up and over took, that way I could finish and he’d be there to see. The answer that came back from him was a firm no.

As I ran down Cow Shit Alley a guy asked me how many miles I was on, “I’ll have done 80 by the end of this loop, it’s the last one!” He said, “You’re the last one standing?!” and then shouted to his friend ahead of him, “The champion is coming, she’s the last one left!” The empty feeling dissipated, this made me feel excited! 

When I reached the stepping stones it was a repeat of last time, super slow family travelling in the right direction, big group waiting on the other side. I raced across to slip in behind them. It then crossed my mind that they were a plant and Allan was hiding somewhere filming it. How on earth could it be possible for people to cross this slowly? There was nothing I could do but wait. They stepped off (finally) and then a new family stepped on. I was confused. Why would someone step on to cross when I only had one more step to make? I looked at the lady imploringly and asked her if she wouldn’t mind letting me off. She huffed. Her grown daughter tutted at her and helped her off. Imagine getting timed out because I got stuck on a stand off on the stepping stones?

As I climbed the steps towards the viewpoint I made the decision to visit it for a selfie, it would be rude not to.

After the trig point I felt more confident, I had plenty of time and I was feeling good. I really should make it round in time. I crossed the Donkey Field. Some young men were playing rounders / baseball and I overheard their conversation. 

“How far did you say she’d run?”

“70!”

“70?! That’s like, what, 45 miles? That’s incredible!”

I got the giggles, they must be talking about Jade, they must have thought she’d said 70 km rather than 70 miles! 

Satan’s was upon me in no time, “Hello old friend” I said. I love Satan’s (I actually do!). I got to the top and spotted two cyclists taking a break on the bench. Then I stopped dead. There was a kestrel standing on a pigeon right next to the path. I could not believe what I was seeing. He looked at me with a facial expression that simply said, “What?” I looked at him. I looked at the cyclists chatting away happily. “Is that yours?” “No, he just attacked and killed the pigeon which was in the tree.” I remarked that I had around half a mile to go on a race but right now, the most important thing was looking at this incredible sight. I took a picture and carried on shaking my head in disbelief.

No one would believe me, thank goodness for the photo! I reached Dell Close and ran up the road, everyone seemed to be looking at their watches, it turned out they had all placed bets on what time I would complete the final loop! I hugged and thanked Jade, what a superstar, I told her what the guys had said, she couldn’t believe it! 45 miles! I showed Allan the kestrel photo. It was all a bit of blur and a buzz of excitement, suddenly the race was over. Lap 8 – 2:43:10 – finish.

Sarah had arrived for her volunteer shift and she kindly helped me sponge my back down and put some Sudocream on where I had a bit of sweat rash. Mike reminded me I needed to do my burpee. And then I sat there with some potatoes and rice and dipping my sandwich into a cup a soup sharing some tales from the trails with Mike whilst Allan got to work clearing everything away, I’d try and help out in a minute. It was really rather pleasant.

My feet were in great shape, filthy but no blisters that I could see, no hot spots, thank you to TrailSkin once again (use LizzieG20 for a 20% discount!). And no chaffing on my inner thighs either as I had been using the TrailSkin anti-cafe salve throughout. Not bad really for 82.4 miles and 17,600 feet elevation within 24 hours!

What’s in the snack pack?

• 2x 500ml bladders water – with SiS
• Additional litre of water in my water reservoir
• Lip balm with SPF
• Fenix HM65R-T V2.0 head torch
• Survival blanket
• Whistle
• Snacks for loop
• Emergency snacks for a full loop
• Yellow canary (as per the rules of Canary Trail Events)

My drop bag and downtime area

• Harrier Helvellyn Carbon Z-Poles
• 7x vests
• 2x long sleeve tops
• arm sleeves
• leggings
• 2x shorts
• 3x underwear
• 3x oe socks
• 7x buffs
• spare Saucony Peregrine 12
• Portable charger
• Garmin cable
• iPhone cable
• Foot care kit
• Suncream
• Smidge bug spray
• Medical bag / first aid kit
• Toiletry kit
• Waterproof jacket
• Microfibre towels
• Spare head torch battery and charging cable
• Rock tape
• Headphones
• 2x spare 500ml bladders
• Food to take on each lap
• Food to eat in the checkpoint

Carbohydrates in some of the foods I ate / had with me

• 16g – half a Lucozade Sport
• 16g – Hula Hoops
• 18g – Soreen lunchbox loaves
• 21g – 4 x Co Op vegan fruit pastilles
• 21g – Rice Krispie Square
• 22g – SNACK’d bar
• 23g – banana
• 24g – Protein Rebel gel
• 24g – 3 pieces of Cliff Blok
• 35g – 2 slices of bread
• 35g – 200g potatoes
• 36g – 4x pieces of nougat

What I wore: Saucony Peregrine 12, Garmin Fenix 7 Pro Sapphire Solar, buff, Under Armour shorts, TrailSkin anti-chafe salve, Sweaty Betty vest, Injinji toe socks, TrailSkin Trench Foot Cream, Sweaty Betty baseball cap, Kyloe in the Wild sunglasses, bespoke chicken themed gaiters from Lesley at the Sewing Shed, Salomon Adv Skin 12 running vest.

Lead up: 2026 has been a busy year since a tornado aborted my A race of the year, the Sherwood Pines BYU. I entered God’s Own BYU and Longbridge BYU in quick succession, both of which were during hot weather. After Longbridge I knew I was missing out on doing the things I love to do so I decided to take a sabbatical from backyard ultra and go and enjoy the beautiful hills and mountains of the Brecon Beacons. I focussed on recces for Calon Lân next year, this meant lots of hill hikes, all in hot weather and plenty of trundling, perfect prep for the Copthorne Heavy! Andy threw in a few hill repeats for me too as well as some tempo runs. PT Ed got me to do some leg prep in the gym too.

Morning preparations: The great thing about a 6pm start is the chance of a super relaxed day! I had planned my week accordingly so there was nothing to do on Friday, just pack the car with my kit and chill out at home. Pottering about with the chickens, sending some emails and even having time to slob out in front of the TV for 40 minutes! I made sure I fuelled well through the day with meals and snacks.

Summary

Absolutely delighted with how the race went, my pacing, fuelling and hydration strategy worked really well. I was pleased with my camp admin too. I noted to coach Andy “Well executed race plan”.

Lessons learned

• Having a more solid fuelling plan (considering carbohydrate intake) certainly paid dividends as I felt stronger on lap 7 and 8 of this race then I have done previously on the same laps at the Copthorne Races.
• Being more informed with my sodium intake in the hot weather also was a big help, I remained well hydrated despite the level of sweating in the heat.
• The Copthorne Heavy is potentially mentally harder than the Copthorne Races 100 mile, this is because on the Copthorne Races there are numerous other races going on and you’re not really on your ‘own’ on the course until lap 8, i.e you see people from the other races at all times on laps 1 to 7.
• The ground in the summer is much harder and therefore I found the route tougher on my legs.
• Having a set downtime each lap is really good practice for anyone wanting to up their distance on any of the Copthorne Races. The Heavy I feel is particularly good training for those who want to take on the Copthorne 200.

Results

Accumulative time: 21h 08m 49s

Overall time: 23h 43m 10s

Overall 1 / 5

Results for the Copthorne Heavy 2026: click here

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Coaching Opportunity for the Copthorne Races

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