Betting: Master Of Finance the best of Johnston’s treble investment June 2, 2016 Just like last year, Middleham trainer Mark Johnston throws three darts at Friday’s Investec Wealth & Investment Handicap (2.35pm) at Epsom. In fact, it’s the exact same trio of Fire Fighting, MASTER OF FINANCE and Sennockian Star that tried their luck last year. Fire Fighting performed best of the three to finish runner-up 12 months [...]
Betting: Stablemates are the biggest danger to Minding’s Oaks bid June 2, 2016 A field of nine go to post for Friday’s Group One Investec Oaks at Epsom (4.30pm) and if the bookmakers are right about Minding the other eight shouldn’t even bother turning up. Aidan O’Brien’s filly is a best-priced 10/11 with Betway to claim victory on the Downs, but there are just too many negatives to [...]
Betting: Stick with Cloth Of Stars and Port Douglas in Investec Derby June 2, 2016 Trainer Aidan O’Brien will saddle five of the 16 declared runners for Saturday’s Investec Derby (4.30pm) in his attempt to win the world’s most famous flat race for a sixth time. Ryan Moore has chosen to ride US Army Ranger in what looks to be the most open looking renewal for many a year. A [...]
The Punter: “I can still smell those Derby Day barbeques!” June 2, 2016 Bill Esdaile talks to former jockey Hayley Turner ahead of tomorrow’s Investec Derby and previews the famous race Widely considered Britain’s most successful female jockey ever, Hayley Turner will attend Epsom Downs this weekend as an ambassador having hung up her riding boots a little over six months ago with over 750 winners to her [...]
Four in ten men plan to skip work this summer in the name of watching live sport June 2, 2016 Productivity is set to take a big hit this summer as Britons plan to pull sickies to watch live sport. With the Rio Olympics, Euro Championships, British F1 and Wimbledon just some of the events taking place, it's no wonder that one in four men say they're planning to skive work to catch the action. Last week [...]
The City gears up for a very horsey weekend with the Investec Derby and Chestertons Polo in the Park May 31, 2016 'Tis the season of summer hats, high society and equestrian sport, but don't worry if you can't get out of London to watch the races. International polo is set to return to Fullham this Friday, with eight teams from around the world set to compete at this years' Chestertons Polo in the Park. The tournament [...]
Investec prepares for a summer of high society sports, being named sponsor of Chatsworth House one week before the Epsom Derby May 25, 2016 Staff at Investec are set to look well-groomed all summer long. With the Investec-sponsored Epsom Derby just one week away, the financial firm's wealth management arm has just become the newest sponsor of Chatsworth House. The deal, which will run to 2019, will see Investec Wealth & Investment help arrange a number of events at Chatsworth, not least its annual charity clay [...]
Investec Oaks is definitely the prize for O’Brien’s Minding May 24, 2016 Aidan O’Brien has confirmed the Investec Oaks will be the target for Minding as long as she recovers from a cut picked up in the stalls during last weekend’s Irish 1,000 Guineas. Minding finished second in the race behind Jet Setting after banging her head and doubts about her Epsom participation have since surfaced. However, [...]
Fabre’s Cloth of Stars set for Investec Derby May 24, 2016 Mickael Barzalona is confident Andre Fabre’s Cloth Of Stars has what it takes to give him a second Investec Derby success from just his second ride in the historic race. The Frenchman shot to fame aged 19 when he produced Pour Moi to win right on the line in the 2011 renewal, famously standing up [...]
What will Stelios say? EasyHotel first half profits fall on costs – but revenues climb above-expectations May 24, 2016 EasyHotel is enjoying the easy life: revenues were above expectations for the first half of the year – although profits more than halved on costs. The figures Total sales were up 10.4 per cent to £9.66m for the six months ended 31 March, while total revenues climbed 11.6 per cent to £2.59m, slightly ahead of the board's [...]