Joyful looks a Sure thing for Guyon at the Valley Sport RACING in Hong Kong returns to Happy Valley today, with a nine-race programme on the C+3 track which features several exciting and competitive Class Two contests. With the action reaching the halfway stage of the season, Mark Newnham continues to send out winners on a regular basis. He leads the Trainers’ Championship race with 34 [...]
Hayes and Purton can continue Amazing partnership Sport DAVID Hayes has been a trainer to follow in the past fortnight in Hong Kong, with the stable firing in winners left, right and centre. Whisper it quietly, but the legendry Australian Hall of Fame inductee has put himself in a position to make a strong challenge in the trainers’ title race, which he last [...]
Time for All In You to show true Couleurs for Greatrex Sport KNOWN as Super Saturday, Newbury’s card this weekend features a host of quality contests, including the valuable William Hill Hurdle (3.20pm), a race that is often considered the best handicap hurdle run outside the Cheltenham Festival. Having already advised an ante-post selection in this race a few weeks ago, hopefully many readers are sitting on [...]
Tough to see others Passing the Wife in Martin Pipe February 3, 2026 RESULTS from the Dublin Racing Festival have thrown the cat amongst the pigeons in several of the ante-post markets for the Cheltenham Festival. The likes of Majborough and Fact To File delivered imperious performances, seeing them shoot to the head of the Champion Chase and Gold Cup markets. Narciso Has stamped his authority on the [...]
Paradise worthy of Attention in Hong Kong Classic Mile January 30, 2026 LOCAL horse racing fans can look forward to the beginning of the three-race Four-Year-Old Classic Series at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday, with the £1.2m Hong Kong Classic Mile kicking off the series at 8.05am. A field of 14 of the best young gallopers in town line-up in this fascinating contest and many [...]
Purton and Robot to be the Stars of the show January 30, 2026 INTERESTINGLY champion jockey Zac Purton stays loyal to the Manfred Man-trained ROBOT STAR in the Long Valley Handicap (7.30am) over a mile. The partnership came from a mile back to get up on the line and defeat Strathpeffer over seven furlongs three weeks back and picked up a six-pound penalty for that win. This looks [...]
Episode 67: Dublin Racing Festival, Musselburgh and Sandown January 29, 2026 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are back to preview the Group 1 action from the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown, with selections from Saturday’s cards at Musselburgh and Sandown and Wally Pyrah returns with his best bets on Wednesday’s Happy Valley card. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for [...]
Sights on Man and Ridge to land spoils in Sandown mud January 27, 2026 THERE’S plenty of high-quality action to look forward to this Saturday, with the first of two days from the Dublin Racing Festival as well as strong domestic cards from Sandown and Musselburgh. At Leopardstown, Willie Mullins’ Galopin Des Champs has the chance to make history by winning a fourth straight Irish Gold Cup (3.30pm) to [...]
Devil’s the numero Uno pick for the Albert Bartlett January 27, 2026 WITH Cheltenham Trials Day now in the rear-view mirror, we grow ever closer to the Festival, with the next meeting at Prestbury Park the big four days in March. Last Saturday’s action in Gloucestershire was informative on several fronts from an ante-post perspective, but it’s a race from Doncaster that has thrown up a Festival [...]
McMonagle to continue Hong Kong Romance at the Valley January 27, 2026 RACING in Hong Kong is back with another all-action nine-race programme at Happy Valley today, including the highly competitive Class Three O’Brien Handicap (2.15pm) over nine furlongs. You can guarantee the celebrations in trainer David Hayes’ household would have gone on long into the night following the success of superstar Ka Ying Rising at [...]