Cecil eyes success Twice Over June 15, 2010 WHEN Desert Orchid’s trainer David Elsworth says a horse is Class with a capital C, I sit up and take notice. This is what he said after Swiss Dream won her maiden at Newmarket and she runs in today’s Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot. She was arguably unlucky not to win on her debut [...]
FOOTBALL TRADER June 15, 2010 SPAIN are seen by many as the likeliest winners of the World Cup and they will be confident of registering an opening victory against Switzerland. The Swiss made it to the second round in 2006, losing 3-0 in a penalty shootout against Ukraine after a goalless 120 minutes. In fact, that year they became the [...]
Byword to maintain France’s strong record in the Prince of Wales’ Stakes June 15, 2010 FRENCH trained horses have won two of the last three renewals of the Prince of Wales’ Stakes (3.50pm), the feature race on the second day of Royal Ascot, and BYWORD can maintain their hot streak. Andre Fabre landed this race back in 2007 with Manduro and has a brilliant record with the handful of horses [...]
the INSIDER June 15, 2010 The forecast for today looks fine, but I’m hoping that RAINFALL (3%) pours it on in the Jersey Stakes this afternoon. Mark Johnston has champion jockey Ryan Moore booked to ride this son of Oasis Dream and he can show a clean pair of heels to Red Jazz and Shakespearean. I will hopefully be quaffing [...]
IN-RUNNING TRADING HINTS June 15, 2010 Market leaders Antara and Strawberrydaiquiri were both given extremely positive rides last time out and I’d be surprised if Frankie Dettori and Ryan Moore weren’t equally as positive in the Windsor Forest Stakes (3.05pm) this afternoon. They both look sure to trade far shorter in-running on Betdaq when sent to the front in the home [...]
£1,376,000,000,000 The amount of debt Britain will be saddled with by 2015 June 14, 2010 THE national debt will hit a staggering £1.4 trillion by 2014-15, equivalent to £23,000 for every man, woman and child. The revelation came in Britain’s first official but independent set of fiscal forecasts, released by the newly-created Office for Budget Responsibility yesterday. Interest payments on the massive debt pile are set to soar to £67bn [...]
CGT CAMPAIGN GATHERS PACE June 14, 2010 ANOTHER influential investor body yesterday pledged their support for City A.M.’s campaign against the new government’s planned hikes to capital gains tax (CGT) – proposals this newspaper believes would unfairly punish private investors and derail enterprise and long-term investment in the UK. The Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMS) has already written [...]
Time is fast running out for ailing BP June 14, 2010 BP will be destroyed by US litigation – that, at least, was the shocking message forcibly conveyed to me by several senior US business executives at a high-powered dinner party last night. Guests were starkly divided by nationality: the Brits (correctly, in my view) highlighted the point that several US firms are deeply involved in [...]
Murdoch bids for BSkyB June 14, 2010 Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation approached BSkyB with a bid to take full control of the satellite broadcaster that valued the company at roughly £12bn, but was rebuffed, a source familiar with the matter said yesterday. BSkyB, which has News Corporation as its largest shareholder and Rupert Murdoch’s son James as its chairman, rejected the bid [...]
NEW WAYS TO BE HANDSOME June 14, 2010 THE idea of “getting a bit of work done” is no longer the preserve of ladies of a certain age – everyone’s at it, including men, from Simon Cowell and Gordon Ramsay to City gents who feel their features wilting under recessionary pressures. Any attempt to revitalise one’s looks should begin with a lifestyle reboot, [...]
