Catch Calico on return to Cheltenham Sport CHELTENHAM returns this week with the two-day Showcase Meeting signalling that the jumps season is getting into gear. It looks like there could be plenty of rain around, and the going may change dramatically from the current description of good, so it’s worth keeping a close eye on the forecast. There’s plenty of interest across [...]
A bet on Burke’s Burning will have you Up at Doncaster Sport DONCASTER on Saturday plays host to the final Group One contest of the flat season, the William Hill Futurity Trophy (1.30pm). Unsurprisingly, Aidan O’Brien currently has an embarrassment of riches in the contest, with 11 of the 17 entries being Ballydoyle representatives. Noble Exhibit is the current ante-post favourite, but with rain forecast towards the [...]
Calanda can again be Ascot Champion Sport ASCOT’s British Champions Day this Saturday provides a final chance for some of the stars of the Flat season to strut their stuff before the campaign winds down. On a star-studded card, the aim is to hunt out a bit of ante-post value and take on the many short-priced favourites set to line up. There [...]
Prepare for Talk Of New York on Ascot’s Champions Day October 13, 2026 THERE looks to be ante-post value to be had in two other British Champions Day contests, the QEII and the Balmoral Handicap. Starting with the competitive Group One mile contest (3.20pm), current favourite TALK OF NEW YORK looks the bet at this stage. As is often the case at this point in the season, some [...]
Take the Rising Mountain Road to Ces glory October 6, 2026 THERE are two days of high-class racing from Newmarket to look forward to this week, with Future Champions Festival beginning on Friday. The feature on day one is the Group One Fillies’ Mile (2.57pm), where unbeaten Godolphin filly Musical Times is likely to go off a very short price and take plenty of beating. Saturday’s [...]
No reason to mask Annaf’s chance on the Knavesmire October 6, 2026 AWAY from the action at HQ, there’s a typically competitive card at York alongside the first Premier Saturday meeting over the sticks at Chepstow. Looking at the racing on the Knavesmire, the most competitive race of the day is the Sky Bet Sprint Trophy Handicap (3.17pm). Specialist sprint trainer Mick Appleby has a strong hand [...]
Chance Poet and Bill to rise to Ascot challenge September 29, 2026 THERE is a feast of top-class racing this weekend in the UK and across the channel, with Sunday bringing the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe from Longchamp. On home soil, Saturday also brings Group One action with the Sun Chariot Stakes (1.35pm) from Newmarket, which looks to be at the mercy of favourite Blue Bolt. [...]
Not backing Maltese in Sunday’s Arc will leave you Cross September 29, 2026 ARGUABLY the showpiece of the European Flat season takes place on Sunday, in the form of the Group One Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (3.05pm). Ground conditions tend to be testing at Longchamp at the beginning of October, as they were last year when current favourite Daryz motored home to land the prize. However, the [...]
Have faith in Dalo and Djan to land field Cam September 22, 2026 THERE is a feast of action to get stuck into from Newmarket this week, with two Group One contests and the deeply competitive Cambridgeshire Handicap (3.40pm) headlining the bill on Saturday afternoon. The Cambridgeshire boasts the largest maximum field size of any Flat race in the UK with 35 slots up for grabs, which is [...]
Take Orthodox approach in wide-open Middle Park September 22, 2026 PUNTERS can put a line through ORTHODOX’S disappointing effort in France and should back him to return to winning ways in Saturday’s Group One Middle Park Stakes (3.00pm) at Newmarket. Clive Cox’s son of Havana Grey was beaten in the Prix Morny at Deauville last time, but there were excuses for that effort, with the [...]