Brando looks a Threat to all in the July Cup at whopping 25/1 July 10, 2020 AFTER non-stop rain for most of the week, sadly Saturday’s July Cup (3.35pm) will be run on what looks pretty soft ground, so the ultimate test of speed becomes more of a test of stamina. Golden Horde deserves to be favourite on the back of an impressive win in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot, and he [...]
Enable could well be Eclipsed on her return July 4, 2020 AFTER the thrill of the Investec Derby and Oaks on Epsom Downs on Saturday, the action comes thick and fast for racing fans with more Group One action at Sandown on Sunday. John Gosden’s wonder mare Enable returns to defend her Coral Eclipse (3.35pm Sandown) crown and its great to see her back as a [...]
Ed Walker updates on leading Investec Derby contender English King July 2, 2020 Trainer Ed Walker, trainer of leading Investec Derby hope English King, has given an update on his star colt ahead of next week’s Classic at Epsom. “He (English King) has come out of Lingfield very well, it was the perfect prep. I always wanted to go to Lingfield because I think it mimics Epsom really [...]
Andrew Balding updates on leading Investec Derby contender Kameko July 2, 2020 Trainer Andrew Balding has updated fans on his Investec Derby hopeful Kameko, who aims to win the second colts’ Classic of the season having won the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket earlier this month. “We are really pleased with the way that Kameko came out of Newmarket, he is a very laid back horse. He slept [...]
O’Brien to rewrite the record books with eighth Investec Derby success July 2, 2020 EPSOM is ready to stage the 241st running of Saturday’s Investec Derby (4.55pm) behind closed doors. The build-up has been like no other with the global coronavirus pandemic forcing the race to be delayed by a month. A dramatically revised racing schedule means that the majority have taken unorthodox routes to Epsom and plenty have [...]
Breath Caught and Straight Right catch eye in tricky handicaps July 2, 2020 Looking at the rest of the Epsom card and there are only five runners in the opening Woodcote Stakes (1.50pm). Twaasol is favourite on the back of a decent win at Windsor last month, but I’d rather side with MODERN NEWS at 5/2 with Ladbrokes. He didn’t seem to stay the seven furlongs at Ascot [...]
Frankie can be the Darling of Epsom again July 2, 2020 TRAINERS Aidan O’Brien and John Gosden have saddled seven of the last eight winners of the Investec Oaks (3.40pm) and it is long odds-on that they will extend that sequence on Saturday as they are responsible for the first three in the betting. The betting suggests O’Brien should land the race for an eighth time [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Speak In Colours looks Diamond bet at 25/1 in Jubilee June 19, 2020 THERE are a whopping eight races to get our teeth into on the final day of Royal Ascot on Saturday. Now that the rain seems to have gone, the ground will be drying out but it will still be pretty hard work. The Queen Mary Stakes (1.15pm) looks at the mercy of Aidan O’Brien and [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Wooded has the Power for France in the Commonwealth Cup June 18, 2020 AFTER all of the rain yesterday, the weather is set fairer for the penultimate day of the Royal meeting. We’ve seen the introduction of plenty of new races this week and none are more intriguing than the five furlong handicap which opens today’s card. There may be a huge field for the Palace Of Holyroodhouse handicap (1.15 [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Technician the only threat to Stradivarius’s hat-trick bid June 17, 2020 TRAINER John Gosden is already enjoying a terrific royal meeting having landed yesterday’s feature with Lord North and things could get even better today when Stradivarius bids for a Gold Cup (3.35pm) hat-trick. The six-year-old will be attempting to win at Royal Ascot for a fourth year on the trot having landed the 2017 Queen’s Vase and he [...]
