Kevin De Bruyne named PFA Player of the Year for the second year running June 6, 2021 Kevin De Bruyne has been named men’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. Manchester City team-mate Phil Foden won the men’s PFA Young Player of the Year award. Chelsea’s Fran Kirby was voted women’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year, while a third City player, Lauren Hemp, won the women’s [...]
Duke could be Diomed in the rough June 4, 2021 BEFORE Frankie Dettori bids to ride his third Derby winner, DUKE OF HAZZARD could provide him with the perfect warmup in the Diomed Stakes (3:10pm). A bit like his rider, he’s a battle-hardened performer with plenty of experience, and on the pick of his form he should be bang there. The Oliver & Paul Cole-trained five-year-old is [...]
Sunday can make it a great Saturday June 4, 2021 IT WILL be a case of blink and you’ll miss it when it comes to the World Pool Dash (3.45pm) on Saturday. The 20-strong field will take less than a minute to surge down the five-furlong straight at Epsom and as usual, this year’s renewal is a fiercely competitive affair. Stone Of Destiny should go well, but it’s often hard [...]
Friday rain muddies Cazoo Derby picture June 4, 2021 IT WAS Jimmy Cliff who sang that he could ‘see clearly now the rain is gone’, but I’m afraid yesterday’s deluge at Epsom has only muddled the Cazoo Derby (4.30pm) picture for me. With the sun blazing and temperatures soaring at the beginning of the week, we were all set for a fast ground Derby [...]
Snowfall lights up rainy Epsom with astonishing Cazoo Oaks display June 4, 2021 RAINFALL was the word of the day at Epsom on Friday, that was until Snowfall obliterated her Cazoo Oaks rivals by a record 16 lengths to give Aidan O’Brien his ninth success in the race. O’Brien has now won both fillies’ Classics this season following Mother Earth’s win in the Qipco 1000 Guineas, with both [...]
EP: 62 Cazoo Derby Day at Epsom June 4, 2021 The City A.M. Punter Podcast ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with a primary focus on horseracing. Throughout the season ‘The Punter’ will preview the weekend’s action every Friday along with in-depth coverage of all the major racing festivals. In a partnership with the Hong Kong Jockey [...]
Nico Rosberg on running his own motor racing team in Extreme E, striking deals with sponsors and recruiting drivers on Instagram June 4, 2021 It is five years since Nico Rosberg performed the ultimate mic drop, walking away from Formula 1 just days after being crowned world champion. Rosberg hasn’t completely abandoned the spotlight since. He has enjoyed a high-profile second career as an investor, particularly in tech companies and those with a green agenda, while staying involved in [...]
Johnson’s runner a Dream of a bet June 3, 2021 The Oaks might be the highlight on Friday’s card at Epsom, but there’s plenty of other good action across the remainder, including the Cazoo Handicap (3.45pm). This is a typically competitive Epsom contest with plenty having solid claims, but the one I like the look of is DREAM WITH ME for last year’s winning trainer Mark Johnston. [...]
All Smiles on the Downs for De Sousa and Balding June 3, 2021 ANDREW Balding has a very good record at Epsom and his MYSTERY SMILES is fancied to land the Listed Play Coral ‘Racing-Super-Series’ For Free Surrey Stakes (5.10pm), the race that follows the Cazoo Oaks. The son of Mehmas won his first two starts as a juvenile last season before being placed in the Group Two Gimcrack Stakes and the [...]
O’Brien filly looks Divinely bet in Cazoo Oaks June 3, 2021 TRAINER Aidan O’Brien saddles only the one runner in Saturday’s Cazoo Derby but fires five bullets at this afternoon’s Cazoo Oaks (4.30pm) in an attempt to land the Group One prize for a ninth time. His team are headed by the much-touted Santa Barbara who finished a close-up fourth in last month’s QIPCO 1000 Guineas [...]