O’Brien’s Stone coming of Age for Derby Day May 9, 2022 Tom Marriott reports from Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle base ahead of the Cazoo Derby Festival IT’S ALL change at Ballydoyle. Not just the installation of floodlights and speedometers on the gallops at Aidan O’Brien’s already state of the art training establishment – the home of a record-breaking eight Derby winners – but most importantly with the horses set to [...]
EP: 128 Lingfield, Ascot, Haydock & Hong Kong May 6, 2022 The 2022 Cazoo Derby & Oaks trials take place at Lingfield on Saturday when the 3 year olds try to book a place for the big day at Epsom racecourse in June. On the same afternoon Ascot stages a seven-race card, featuring the Victoria Cup handicap, run over the straight 7 furlong course. The summer [...]
Caspar Fownes has a Rock-solid chance on Sha Tin’s dirt May 3, 2022 TRAINER Caspar Fownes is a past master of finding long-term targets for some of his gallopers – Senor Toba winning the Group Three Queen Mother Memorial Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday, springs to mind – and he looks to have found a suitable opportunity for THE ROCK in today’s feature race, the Yuen Long Handicap (3.50pm) [...]
Lor’s Legend set to make punters Happy May 3, 2022 FRANKIE Lor can extend his lead in the Trainers’ Championship race when Sha Tin hosts a nine-race programme – eight on the all-weather and one on turf – in Hong Kong today. A treble at Sha Tin on Sunday saw Lor put daylight between himself and 11-time Champion Trainer John Size, and he has bright [...]
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EP: 127 Newmarket Guineas Weekend & Hong Kong April 29, 2022 Saturday and Sunday provide flat racing fans with the first two Classics of the season for 3 year olds as Newmarket hosts the prestigious 1,000 Guineas for fillies and the 2,000 Guineas for colts this weekend. French trainer Francis-Henri Graffard sends two horses over to Newmarket. Malavath to contest the fillies classic over a mile [...]
French fillies to the fore in 1000 Guineas and Dahlia Stakes April 29, 2022 I’LL BE waving my French flag at Newmarket on Sunday as I’m keen on the chances of two fillies trained across the English Channel both of whom are trained by Francis-Henri Graffard. The first is MALAVATH in the Qipco 1000 Guineas (3.40pm), who I’m confident will put up a bold show in the first fillies Classic of [...]
Couple of outsiders might Trail Native home in the Guineas April 29, 2022 NEWMARKET’s Qipco 2000 Guineas (3:40pm) marks the first Classic of the season and also the first chance for UK Tote customers to bet on domestic action with the World Pool. A field of 15 runners are set to go to post, and other than odds-on favourite NATIVE TRAIL the race has an open look to it, so [...]
Fighter another Win Win for Lui after Golden Sixty’s Sunday success April 26, 2022 TRAINER Francis Lui must have breathed a huge sigh of relief following the scintillating success of HK champion Golden Sixty in the Champions Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday. Lui would have been under immense pressure for the people’s champion to deliver over the weekend, and it must have given him great pleasure to see [...]
Valiant Hewitson can pull off front-running heroics on Xponential April 26, 2022 FORMER South African Champion Jockey Lyle Hewitson can continue his run of good form when he teams up with mentor and trainer Douglas Whyte for three rides on a nine-race programme at Happy Valley today. Hewitson had his most successful days racing since his return to Hong Kong at the beginning of the season when [...]