Everything Points towards Devil in mud at Doncaster October 24, 2023 AFTER the mud bath last weekend on Champions Day from Ascot it looks like there’s more in store for the final Group One of the Flat season, the Kameko Futurity Stakes (2.45pm) from Doncaster. The racecourse are already reporting that ground conditions are heavy on Town Moor, with areas of standing water. With more rain [...]
Beckett’s Bay can rub Salt in his St Simon Stakes rivals October 24, 2023 AS IS the case at Doncaster, conditions are going to be pretty desperate at Newbury. Officials have already stated that the ground can’t take much more rain and there’s got to be a chance that the card is abandoned. With such uncertainty at this stage, betting opportunities are hard to find and caution is advised, [...]
Fellowes will be Vadreaming of more Ascot rain October 17, 2023 FOR THE thousands of fans heading to Ascot on Saturday for Qipco British Champions Day the weather forecast will fill them with a sense of dread. From Wednesday the heavens are set to open and if the forecasters are right, it might not stop until Sunday! Officials at Ascot are already predicting a minimum of [...]
French raider Rock ready to roll them over in the mud October 17, 2023 WITH star three-year-olds Paddington and Tahiyra on course to clash, the Qipco QEII (3.05pm) is not a race to miss. It’s a contest that has thrown up surprise results in recent years though, notably with King Of Change in 2019 and last year when Bayside Boy shocked punters at 33/1, so from a betting perspective, [...]
Forecast rain enough to tempt Temporize Cesarewitch chance October 10, 2023 PUNTERS’ eyes will be alighting on the Cesarewitch (2.40pm) this Saturday, one of the biggest betting handicaps of the Flat season, and always a spectacle with a field of 34 runners embarking on a 2m2f trip over Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Course. National Hunt trainers have had a strangle hold on this race in recent times, [...]
Plenty to Gain by backing Real in strong Darley Stakes October 10, 2023 GUESSING how much rain might fall at Newmarket this weekend isn’t easy and if the upper levels of what is forecast hits Cambridgeshire, then connections of the heavy odds-on Dewhurst Stakes (2.00pm) favourite City Of Troy may be forced to reconsider their plans. Aidan O’Brien has already said on record that he won’t risk the [...]
Bless Him not a curse in the Challenge Cup October 4, 2023 AFTER a spectacular weekend of racing featuring a vintage renewal of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, it’s a somewhat quieter affair this week. The feature race of the weekend is the Group One Sun Chariot Stakes (3.10pm) at Newmarket where Frankie Dettori bids for more big race success on the latest stage of his [...]
It could be easy for Al Aasy in Saturday’s Cumberland Lodge October 4, 2023 ANTE-POST betting is fraught with danger and I, like many, have had my fingers burnt plenty of times in the past, but if you get it right it can offer huge value. The bookmakers haven’t priced up many races this weekend, but I do like the way the Group Three Jim Barry Cumberland Lodge Stakes [...]
Simca stands out in run of the Mille Arc September 26, 2023 A COMBINATION of drying ground and a weaker-than-expected field for Sunday’s Group One Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (3.05pm) leaves the door ajar for an outsider. Market leader Ace Impact, a general 3/1 shot and as short as 5/2 with some firms, deserves his place at the head of the betting, but there is a [...]
Bopedro and Paradias catch the eye in the Cambridgeshire September 26, 2023 THERE is no doubt that the best betting race of the weekend is Saturday’s bet365 Cambridgeshire (3.40pm) where there could be as many as 35 runners declared to take their chance. The betting is currently headed by the very exciting Greek Order who heads to Newmarket on the back of impressive wins at Sandown and [...]
