You must have a few Bob on Olinger in the Ballymore March 16, 2021 WHAT a race we have in store to kick off Wednesday’s card. The Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle (1.20pm) has produced some fantastic horses over the years like Istabraq, Hardy Eustace and Faugheen. And one of the best may well turn out to be last year’s victor Envoi Allen – then under the care of Gordon Elliott [...]
Negra looks Champion bet against Chacun Pour Soi March 16, 2021 DESPITE training over 70 Cheltenham Festival winners, Willie Mullins has yet to win the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase (3.05pm) but has a serious chance of rectifying that with Chacun Pour Soi. The nine-year-old was favourite for the race 12 months ago before being ruled out on the day of the race itself. He has [...]
Allmankind has speed to shake-up Shishkin March 15, 2021 PLENTY had billed the potential match-up between Shishkin and Energumene in the Sporting Life Arkle (1.55pm) as the race of the 2021 Cheltenham Festival. Sadly, the news emerged late last week that the latter had met with a set back in training and the duel of the meeting was off, clearing the way for Shishkin [...]
Silver looks a golden bet in Champion Hurdle March 15, 2021 ONLY the 10 runners have been declared for the Unibet Champion Hurdle (3.05pm), but a genuine case can be made for all of them. Not So Sleepy is the rank outsider of the field at 66/1 but could run well if given an uncontested soft lead. The obvious starting point is with the two mares [...]
Remastered to strike for Master of Pond House March 15, 2021 ROYAL Pagaille switching to Friday’s WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup has given a completely different complexion to the Sam Vestey National Hunt Chase (4.50pm). Galvin, recently moved from Gordon Elliott to Ian Ferguson, heads the market at 2/1 with Fitzdares and it’s easy to see why after his impressive performance at Cheltenham in October. Second to [...]
Fox Chairman looks a Dream of a bet at Windsor August 27, 2020 AFTER the razzmatazz of York’s Ebor Festival last week, it’s unsurprising the action this weekend is of a slightly lesser note. There’s still a decent card at Goodwood, though, with the Group Two Celebration Mile (3:35pm) the standout contest. All eyes will be on Benbatl who makes an eagerly-anticipated return having been off the track [...]
Glencadam looks a monster price for Glory at 33/1 August 20, 2020 AFTER three days of cracking action, the feature race on the final day of York’s Ebor Festival is the Sky Bet Ebor (3.40pm) with £250,000 up for grabs. Fujaira Prince deserves his place at the top of the market having won the Copper Horse Handicap over this trip at Royal Ascot on his only start [...]
Koeman might manage to land day three opener August 20, 2020 MARK Johnston looks to hold the key to day three’s opening 1m4f handicap (1:45pm) with Zabeel Champion. He looked to be crying out for this step up to 12 furlongs last time when outpaced early on before making eye-catching late headway to take second. However, connections would have wanted the rain clouds to linger for [...]
Ubettabelieveit, Power set to test Battaash August 20, 2020 FRIDAY’S feature is the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (3.15pm) and given how impressive he’s been so far this season, it’s unsurprising Battaash is as short as 1/2 to win the race he won in such devastating fashion last year. He broke Dayjur’s 29-year record 12 months ago and looks quicker than every this year, but given [...]
Give the Lowther a Miss August 19, 2020 THERE’S plenty of rain about up in York this week and the fillies lining up for the Group Two Lowther Stakes (1:45pm) on day two of the Ebor Festival may encounter the most testing ground of the entire week. That shouldn’t be a problem for Irish raider MISS AMULET, a daughter of Sir Prancealot who won [...]
