Back Green Book to add a new chapter to Williams purple patch February 3, 2022 LEOPARDSTOWN takes centre stage this weekend, but there is still some good action closer to home at Sandown, Wetherby and Musselburgh. Having said that, punting opportunities look few and far between with a number of small fields. At Wetherby, Ahoy Senor should get back on the winning trail in the Grade 2 William Hill Towton [...]
Leopardstown at mercy of Mullins and Elliott again February 3, 2022 THERE have been 60 races run over four years since the launch of the Dublin Racing Festival back in 2018 with Willie Mullins (22) and Gordon Elliott (11) responsible for 33 of those winners. The pair once again appear to hold all the aces ahead of this season’s two-day renewal which gets underway at Leopardstown [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Teetan can provide Shum with Lightning compensation  February 2, 2022 DANNY Shum may be the hottest trainer in town at present, as he has saddled six winners from his last 31 runners, but one moment that would have given him nightmares was LIGHTNING BOLT getting beat on his debut at Sha Tin last month. Connections are surely going to be looking for swift compensation when this son [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Moreira and Purton to ensure Year of the Tiger starts with a roar February 2, 2022 JOCKEYS Joao Moreira and Zac Purton will take centre-stage when Hong Kong’s most popular day in the racing calendar, the Chinese New Year Raceday, gets under way at Sha Tin on Thursday from 4.30am. With around £2.4 million added to the exotic raceday betting pools, the local population, from large-stake bettors to market-stall holders, will [...]
EP: 109 Cheltenham, Doncaster & Hong Kong January 28, 2022 Cheltenham Trials Day offers five graded races for us to enjoy on Saturday, whilst Doncaster showcase a handful of high quality jumps races on the same afternoon. Trainer Harriet Graham runs Aye Right in the Cotswold Chase on Saturday and she joins us to discuss his chances. City A.M. racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best [...]
Look no further than Galahad in Quest for a winner January 27, 2022 FRODON and Siruh Du Lac were both recent winners of the Paddy Power Cheltenham Countdown Podcast Handicap Chase (1:55) before going on to success at the Festival, proving how invaluable Cheltenham experience can be. The one horse who has better course form than most is Paul Nicholls’ Magic Saint, with a win and two places [...]
The time looks right to take on Hendo’s House January 27, 2022 TRIALS Day at Cheltenham is a final chance for Festival hopefuls to have a spin around Prestbury Park and lay down a marker for March. The easiest race to solve could be the Cleeve Hurdle, where Champ is rightly odds-on to follow up his Long Walk win from before Christmas and confirm himself as a [...]
Whyte to follow up Sunday’s Group One win with Big Two January 25, 2022 FORMER 13-time Champion Jockey Douglas Whyte is probably still celebrating his first Group One triumph in his short career as a trainer, after Stronger caused a shock when winning the Centenary Sprint Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday. Whyte reckoned that victory gave him as much satisfaction as many of his multiple Group One winning [...]
Maldives for a Triple win under Purton January 25, 2022 FORTUNE looks to have favoured the David Hall-trained MALDIVES, who has landed the plum inside draw in the competitive Conduit Handicap (2.15pm) over the extended mile at Happy Valley today. Racing is once again on the dreaded ‘C +3’ track, measuring only just over 19 metres wide and leaving little room for jockeys to manoeuvre when they [...]
EP: 108 Ascot, Haydock, Lingfield & Hong Kong January 21, 2022 The City A.M. Punter Podcast A terrific weekend of racing awaits, starting with the Grade 1 Clarence House Chase at Ascot on Saturday where the current top rated chasers in the UK & Ireland take on last year’s winner First Flow over 2 miles and a furlong Kim Bailey, First Flow’s trainer joins us as [...]