Anmaat and Aeronautic can sprout wings at Leopardstown September 12, 2025 IRISH Champions weekend begins with a high-class card at Leopardstown on Saturday, where World Pool will be in operation for all nine races. The feature is the Irish Champion Stakes (5.30pm), a race that is often considered one of the best middle-distance races on turf anywhere in the world. The race has an international flavour [...]
Fallen Angel to shine brightest in Matron Stakes September 12, 2025 ALONGSIDE the showpiece Group One Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday, the Group One Matron Stakes (4.25pm) headlines the supporting card for the Irish Champions Festival opener. Run over a mile, it’s attracted a good field of 11 fillies and mares and looks a good betting heat with World Pool in operation. There are [...]
Size’s charge Must Go and get back in winners’ enclosure September 12, 2025 SHA TIN in Hong Kong hosts a 10-race programme on Sunday, including a couple of contests on the all-weather surface. The Class Three Oi Tung Handicap (10.10am) over six furlongs on dirt is the most intriguing race on the card, with a number of all-weather specialists lining-up, and very little between them, judged on the [...]
Lucky and Joy could be Jubilant Winners at Sha Tin September 12, 2025 ZAC PURTON’s fan club will be out in force again at Sha Tin on Sunday, after their hero filled their pockets with plenty of dollars when bagging five winners a week ago. The Zac-Man is on a quest of his own this season, seeking to bring up another milestone in the city, by partnering a [...]
Keep Carmers at Doncaster to carry on making Cash September 9, 2025 SATURDAY’s St Leger (3.40pm) is the final Classic of the season and provides the chance to see horses with more of a stamina-laden pedigree grind it out down the long Doncaster home straight. With the going currently described as good-to-soft and not a huge amount of rain forecast to hit Town Moor before the weekend, [...]
Rosario and Apollo the Ones for puzzling Portland September 9, 2025 WHILE the St Leger is undoubtedly the feature race on Saturday, the Portland Handicap (2.25pm) is a contest with a rich history and is always a real puzzle for punters. This year’s renewal looks no different, albeit we have a relatively outlying favourite in the shape of Air Force One. Geoff Oldroyd’s sprinter did win [...]
Richards’ Dragon can Storm home at the Valley September 9, 2025 RACING at Happy Valley returns today with an eight-race programme that features the Wan Chai Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs. With no racing at the iconic Hong Kong Island venue for the past eight weeks due to the summer break, it is guaranteed the racecourse will be jam-packed with fans flocking through the turnstiles. Despite [...]
Mighty Ho has right Steed to continue his winning return September 9, 2025 IT WAS great to see jockey Vincent Ho back in the limelight at Sha Tin on Sunday, when partnering The Heir to victory for his old boss Caspar Fownes. It has been well documented that 35-year-old Ho was seriously injured when his horse fell in a race back in February, suffering head, shoulder and neck [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 47: St Leger, Irish Champions Weekend and Happy Valley September 9, 2025 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile preview the week’s racing from Doncaster, headlined by the final classic of the season, the St Leger, as well as a look at Irish Champions Weekend. Wally Pyrah returns to take a look at Happy Valley’s season opener in Hong Kong. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated [...]
General can shine brightest on seasonal return September 5, 2025 HONG Kong racing is back as the 2025/26 season gets underway at Sha Tin on Sunday with a 10-race programme, featuring the eagerly awaited HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup (7.00am), a handicap over six furlongs. All eyes will be on one horse, the world’s highest-rated sprinter Ka Ying Rising, as he steps out on to the [...]