Episode 70: Kempton, Newcastle, Lingfield and Cheltenham February 17, 2026 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are here to preview a busy Saturday of action from Kempton, Newcastle and Lingfield. Bill has another antepost selection for the Cheltenham Festival and Wally Pyrah returns to preview Sha Tin on Thursday. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with [...]
Luck can be With You at Sha Tin February 13, 2026 HONG Kong racing returns on Saturday with a 10-race card at Sha Tin, featuring plenty of competitive handicaps on turf and two on the all-weather surface. The feature race, the Class Two The Tvb Cup (8.15pm) over six furlongs, sees many classy types go to post. It’s hard to oppose last-start winner Invincible Shield, who [...]
Sam Gor to make bold bid for Classic Series slot February 13, 2026 TRAINER Cody Mo has been in good form of late, saddling winners at the last two meetings in Hong Kong and looks to have a strong chance of adding another at Sha Tin on Saturday with NYX GLUCK. This improving four-year-old, who lines up in the Tvb Scoop Handicap (8.50am) over seven furlongs, still looks [...]
Epic Saudi Cup night awaits Forever Young February 13, 2026 NO HORSE has won two Saudi Cups and no horse has won three times at The Saudi Cup meeting. Step forward, FOREVER YOUNG. You won’t rich get backing him at 4/6 for the $20 million showpiece on Saturday (5.40pm) in Riyadh, but with the World Pool in action you could mix him into some exotics. [...]
Paul Townend: I don’t think Galopin is finished yet February 12, 2026 HE MAY be the leading active rider at the Cheltenham Festival, but as we approach another Festival, for Paul Townend the excitement is just as great as ever. “It’s always exciting, if it wasn’t exciting, you wouldn’t be doing it,” the seven-time Irish Champion Jockey said. Despite having ridden 38 Festival winners, including four last [...]
Willie Mullins: Your gut tells you he has to be a hell of a horse February 12, 2026 FOUR weeks out from this year’s Cheltenham Festival, Willie Mullins, the meeting’s all-time leading trainer, is assembling his battalion of runners once again. By the Closutton maestro’s usual standards he has had a slower beginning to the season, and he trails main rival Gordon Elliott in the Irish trainers’ championship. It’s not something that is [...]
Hong Kong Racing Chief warns of industry at a crossroads February 12, 2026 MAJOR challenges for the racing industry and betting companies were highlighted as global leaders gathered at the 41st Asian Racing Conference (ARC) in Riyadh this week. Front and centre was Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) and Chair of the Asian Racing Federation (ARF). In his opening address as ARF [...]
Saudi Cup set for future away from Riyadh February 12, 2026 Development within Saudi Arabia’s racing sector continues to accelerate. The Saudi Cup, born in 2020 and already the world’s most valuable horse race worth $20 million with Group One status, is set to take place for the seventh time at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh this weekend. However, organisers have already confirmed ambitious plans for [...]
Elliott team hoping for Brighter Days at the Festival February 11, 2026 LAST March, Gordon Elliott had to wait until the last of 28 Cheltenham Festival races to taste success, not something the 41-time Festival-winning trainer would have been used to. “As hard as it was for me, for all my staff that were putting in all the hours, it was harder for them.” Elliott reflected. “The [...]
Pipe’s Juran can fill Ascot punters with Joy February 10, 2026 SATURDAY’s Ascot Chase (3.35pm) is the final Grade One of the season prior to the Cheltenham Festival, and that means we’re due to see some familiar names battle it out for this valuable prize. There’s no more familiar name than Jonbon running here, and it looks like it’s his to lose. The trip, the track [...]