Back Balding duo Glen and Mixer to serve up Plate victory June 24, 2025 AFTER the five-day extravaganza at Royal Ascot, we head north to Newcastle this weekend in search of some ante-post value. The North East track hosts its biggest raceday of the year on Saturday, with the highlight the Northumberland Plate (3.15pm) – known locally as the “Pitmen’s Derby” – on the all-weather. It’s a race that [...]
Reve up into Topgear with Bermuda in the Jubilee June 20, 2025 THERE’S a real international flavour to the Group One Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (3:40pm). SATONO REVE flies the flag for Japan, Lazzat and TOPGEAR line up for France, while Storm Boy, now stabled with Aidan O’Brien, brings some strong Australian form to the table. Of the home team, it’s great to have FLORA OF [...]
Marvel the Man to unpick tricky Jersey puzzle June 20, 2025 ROYAL Ascot this year has been a real bookies’ benefit after a long list of difficult-to-find winners across the four days so far. Saturday looks to serve up another seven races where us punters will be wondering where we can get ahead of the layers, and I think I’ve found a few plays with World [...]
Aramram can follow Thunder home once again June 20, 2025 SATURDAY’s Wokingham Stakes (5.00pm) is a six-furlong handicap that always tests the sprinters and with hot weather forecast and rapidly drying ground, it’s set to be even more demanding. A fast-run race looks likely, and with a field of 27 runners, there’s plenty of value to be found with World Pool’s exotic bets like the [...]
Don’t Signor Cecelia to strike Gold in the Albany June 19, 2025 FRIDAY’s opening contest is the Group Three Albany Stakes (2.30pm), and I think there could be a few runners flying under the radar in the market, especially with the World Pool in operation. OH CECELIA comes from Jack Davison’s yard and could likely go off at a big price on the World Pool given her [...]
Mojo to emerge from the Shadows in Commonwealth Cup June 19, 2025 FRIDAY’s Royal Ascot card is headlined by two Group One contests, and the first of them is the Commonwealth Cup (3.05pm). This is a relatively new addition to the list of top tier races at the Royal Meeting, being introduced in 2015. At that stage Mick Appleby was just establishing himself as a name and [...]
Falakeyah can upset French raider in the Coronation June 19, 2025 PUNTERS are treated to two Group Ones on Friday at Royal Ascot, and the second of which, the Coronation Stakes (4.20pm), features some very promising three-year-old fillies over the round mile. Zarigana heads the betting and arrives here on the back of her controversial victory in the French 1000 Guineas. Francis-Henri Graffard’s filly was awarded [...]
Glen and Oliver can Show you the way to decent profit June 18, 2025 WHAT easier way to round off Gold Cup Day than a 29-runner seven-furlong handicap? That’s what punters have in store in the Buckingham Palace (or Getting Out Of Jail) Stakes (6.10pm). It is always dangerous to read too much into the draw at Royal Ascot, as any perceived bias can change on a daily basis, [...]
Del do well to kick classy Catalina out of the mixer June 18, 2025 TOMORROW afternoon’s Ribblesdale Stakes (3.40pm) might not be a vintage renewal on paper, but that doesn’t stop there being betting opportunities on offer, especially with the World Pool in operation. CATALINA DELCARPIO looks the best of this year’s bunch, and I can see why she’s toward the top of the market. Paddy Twomey’s filly only [...]
Be Brave and keep Mission and Fingal onside in the Britannia June 18, 2025 THERE are some fiendishly difficult puzzles to solve this week, but perhaps none more so than the 29-runner Britannia Stakes (5.00pm). Not only is the draw likely to play a huge part, half the field at least are totally unexposed and almost certainly well handicapped. That said, Ralph Beckett’s BRAVE MISSION leaps off the page [...]
