Jack Hobbs can master all at Epsom June 5, 2015 RACE 5 4.30pm Investec Derby TRAINER Aidan O’Brien saddles three of the 12 runners in this afternoon’s Investec Derby (4.30pm) in an attempt to land the world’s most famous horse race for a record fourth consecutive year. Giovanni Canaletto, Hans Holbein and Kilimanjaro are the chosen three tasked with following in the hoofprints of Camelot [...]
Your indispensable horse-by-horse guide to the 2015 Investec Derby June 5, 2015 Carbon Dating Hasn’t won in four outings or got closer than 12 lengths to a winner. Finished flat last of 11 behind Gleneagles when priced at 150/1 in the Irish Guineas. He’s 250/1 this time and, to be blunt, has no chance, even if the rain stays away. A nice day out for connections but [...]
Cool customer set for Derby Debut June 5, 2015 Robin Hutchison talks to jockey Pat Dobbs ahead of his first ride in the Investec Derby AS THE son of a construction worker from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Pat Dobbs knows a thing or two about laying good foundations. But after building a successful, if unsung, career over the last 20 years he will finally put [...]
Oasis Fantasy to prove out of the ordinary in tricky handicap June 5, 2015 RACE 6 5.15pm Investec Out Of The Ordinary Handicap IN big field handicaps at the high-profile race meetings it can be tempting to ignore the first few in the market in search of a longer-priced alternative. That will be the view of many punters when they take a look at today’s Investec Out of the [...]
Ashpan Sam well-handicapped in Derby Day Finale June 5, 2015 RACE 7 5.50pm Investec Asset Management Handicap ASHPAN SAM was an electric winner of the last race on today’s card 12 months ago and John Spearing’s six-year-old looks primed to go close in his repeat bid. That came off a mark of 100 and he went up to 105 for that 1 1/2 length triumph [...]
Johnson Matthey bottom line lifted by benign UK tax regime June 5, 2015 Sustainable tech firm Johnson Matthey said its annual results were in line with expectations yesterday as falling revenues failed to stop growth at the bottom line. The UK-based company, which is the world’s largest of autocatalysts, reported strong growth in sales of its emission control technologies and processing technologies. However, these gains were offset by weak [...]
Greece shocks IMF by holding back €300m June 4, 2015 The standoff between Greece and its creditors intensified last night when the embattled Mediterranean state refused to cough up €300m (£218m) owed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The payment, due today, is one of several instalments in June which Athens now says it will bundle into one transfer at the end of the month. [...]
Bonds rocked again after Mario Draghi’s volatility warning June 4, 2015 European traders faced extraordinary levels of volatility yesterday, just a day after European Central Bank (ECB) chief Mario Draghi’s warning that markets should “get used to it”. The volatility of the German bund, an interest-paying IOU from the German government, was the biggest surprise, given that it is one of the more stable bonds. The [...]
Wages in London grow faster than in the rest of the country June 4, 2015 Wages in the capital are increasing faster than they have in nearly a year, according to a new survey out today. The survey, carried out by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation and KPMG, found that wages for permanent employees in London increased for the twenty-fourth successive month in May, marking an uninterrupted, two-year trend of successive [...]
Treasury to sell £1.5bn of Royal Mail June 4, 2015 CHANCELLOR of the exchequer George Osborne announced plans for a £13bn round of privatisations yesterday, as he added the sale of £1.5bn of Royal Mail to the £11.8bn sale of Lloyds Bank currently underway. And if he brings forward plans to sell down the government’s holdings in bailed-out bank RBS, he could add tens of billions of [...]
