Holloway set for a Regal reward on Eclipse Day July 2, 2024 ALL EYES are sure to be on Aidan O’Brien’s Derby winner City Of Troy on Saturday as he takes on his elders for the first time in the Eclipse (3.35pm). The star colt’s Epsom form received a real rubberstamp last weekend as Ambiente Friendly and Los Angeles, who finished second and third behind him in [...]
Don’t go cold on Chillingham in Haydock’s Old Newton Cup July 2, 2024 WHILE the south basks in sultry conditions this week, Haydock looks set to face regular showers all the way up to Saturday’s Old Newton Cup Day. Therefore, as is often the case at the Lancashire track, we best expect ‘soft’ to be in the going description come race-day. In the feature Old Newton Cup (3.15pm), [...]
Duke Of Oxford can reign for the day at Newcastle June 25, 2024 NEWCASTLE hosts its biggest Flat meeting of the year this weekend featuring the Northumberland Plate (3.10pm), also known as the ‘Pitmen’s Derby’ as it formed the traditional centrepiece of the holiday season for local mine workers. An all-weather surface replaced the turf Flat course at Gosforth Park in 2016 but that has done little to [...]
Angeles can put Epsom Los behind him in Irish Derby June 25, 2024 HOT off the back of a brilliant Royal Ascot, it’s a Classic weekend in Ireland. Aidan O’Brien swept all before him in Berkshire, landing his 13th Top Trainer title at the meeting, and sends LOS ANGELES to the Curragh in search of a remarkable 16th Irish Derby (4.05pm). O’Brien’s headline runner was last seen when [...]
Chorister possesses the Caius to unlock this Gold Cup field June 19, 2024 TODAY marks the middle day of five of this year’s Royal Ascot and for many it is the pinnacle of the meeting as it features the most prestigious race of the week, the Gold Cup (4.25pm). Flat racing often sees champions retired to stud after two or three seasons, which doesn’t give them the chance [...]
Kingsclere’s Kal could be set to Pan her Ribblesdale rivals June 19, 2024 ACCORDING to the Ribblesdale Stakes (3.45pm) betting, the favourite, Diamond Rain, is going to be hard to beat. Unraced as a juvenile, she kicked off her career with a taking debut win at Ascot back in May and sparkled when stepped up in trip to 10 furlongs at Newbury next time out. Having bypassed the [...]
Alflaila should be ready in case classy Rodin disappoints June 18, 2024 DAY TWO’s feature at Royal Ascot is the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (4.25pm), where some of the best middle distance older horses are set to clash. This is a race that has seen some brilliant performances in recent years, none more so than Mostahdaf, who blew his rivals away last year when winning by four [...]
Grosvenor to prove best of Ballydoyle brigade in the Vase June 18, 2024 IT IS the turn of the staying three-year-olds in the Queen’s Vase (3.05pm) and it looks like it could be an Aidan O’Brien benefit again. The Ballydoyle maestro has won the race seven times and has four runners hoping to make that eight in this year’s renewal. Illinois seems to be the most fancied of [...]
Harry and Calls to shine bright in Twilight years June 17, 2024 THEY say Royal Ascot is a marathon rather than a sprint, but on the opening day of the meeting it will be a case of ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ in the King Charles III Stakes (3.45pm), which features several of the fastest horses on turf. Many eyes will be on the Mick Appleby-trained Big [...]
Yah better back Mo and Arran to solve Coventry conundrum June 17, 2024 FINDING the winner of the Coventry Stakes (3.05pm) is often a difficult task with so many different promising horses yet to show their full ability. Cowardofthecounty looks to be the most fancied Irish contender in the race, currently the 9/2 favourite with Star Sports. He was impressive in beating the well-touted Whistlejacket on his only [...]
