EP: 221 Ascot – Shergar Cup Day August 11, 2023 Saturday is Shergar Cup Day at Ascot where 4 teams of jockeys from all over the world compete to become both team and individual champions. Each of the 6 races has a maximum field of ten runners in this unique competition, with leading jockeys from Hong Kong, Japan, & France taking on the British based [...]
EP: 220 Glorious Goodwood – Saturday August 4, 2023 The Group 2 Lillie Langtry Stakes and the highly competitive Stewards’ Cup Handicap sprint are the feature races on the final day of Glorious Goodwood 2023. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Saturday’s racing action from the West Sussex track. Hosted by Chris Barnett. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City [...]
Blue Rose Cen looks Head and shoulders above Nassau rivals August 2, 2023 PANAMA hats, strawberries and cream, and overseas raiders are the three certainties of Glorious Goodwood year-on-year. And despite this year’s persistent rain which has kept ribboned headwear and fruit bowls away, international runners have still hit our shores to try and take a swing at the best we have to offer. However, in this year’s [...]
I spy a soft ground lover in Espionage August 2, 2023 STAMINA will come to the fore at Goodwood on Thursday. The usual sight of sun beating off the rolling Sussex Downs at this time of year has been replaced with grey clouds and lashing rain, and that’s seen track conditions quickly deteriorate. Having started the five-day meeting on the good side of good-to-soft, the going [...]
Emaraaty can leave Alice in wonderland after Richmond August 2, 2023 GOODWOOD was blasted with heavy rain yesterday which will ensure the ground will be testing again this afternoon. That poses a challenge for the two-year-olds lining up in the Group Two Markel Richmond Stakes (2.25pm). Sketch, one of the market leaders, is yet to race on anything slower than good, while plenty of the others [...]
Beckett’s Promoter looks box office in Goodwood opener August 2, 2023 IT’S ANYONE’S guess what the ground will be like ahead of the opening Kincsem Handicap (1.50pm) today, but it’s almost certain that it’s going to be hard work. It looks a very tricky puzzle to solve, but I think I’ve found one who ticks plenty of boxes in the form of PROMOTER. Ralph Beckett is [...]
EP: 219 Glorious Goodwood – Thursday August 2, 2023 Glorious Goodwood is the venue for many top races this week, but the much-anticipated Qatar Nassau Stakes on Thursday will, for many, be the highlight of the festival. Brilliant young French trainer Christopher Head runs his very exciting filly Blue Rose Cen in this Group 1 contest and he is our special guest on today’s [...]
Profit from Balding’s Bermuda instead of Sussex Stakes duel August 1, 2023 YOU DON’T need a bet in today’s Group One Sussex Stakes (3.35pm) to enjoy what should be a thrilling battle between this season’s top three-year-old, Paddington, and classy four-year-old filly, Inspiral. Earlier in the week, Inspiral made a bit of appeal as an each-way bet-to-nothing at 9/2, but that quickly disappeared and she’s a best-price [...]
Pic Dream to deliver in Oak Tree puzzle August 1, 2023 GROUND conditions are one of the imponderables facing punters at Goodwood today and the going will be testing should the forecast heavy rain arrive, so it looks a day to tread carefully. Finding the winner of a competitive 16-runner Group Three Oak Tree Stakes (2.25pm) doesn’t look a task for the faint hearted and the [...]
Well-bred Amleto holds obvious chance in opener August 1, 2023 BIG-PRICED handicap winners have been a regular occurrence during this year’s Flat season from start to finish. Rebel Territory in the Victoria Cup, Saint Lawrence in the Wokingham Stakes, and Baradar in the International Stakes on Saturday prove the point. However, sometimes a favourite has such an obvious claim that they can’t be ignored, and [...]