Lope to storm the Palace June 14, 2021 IT’S FAIR to say that favourites have a pretty solid record in the Queen Anne Stakes (2.30pm), with five of the last 10 market leaders obliging and many expect Palace Pier to continue the sequence. Make no mistake, John and Thady Gosden’s colt is the most likely winner and based on his win in the Lockinge at Newbury [...]
Destiny and Arecibo monster prices against King’s Stand big guns June 14, 2021 THERE could easily be a changing of the guard when it comes to sprinting honours in the King’s Stand Stakes (3:40pm) with the flying three-year-old filly Winter Power strongly fancied to shake-up sprinting superstar Battaash. Last year’s winner has had plenty of well documented hiccups in his preparation and looked odds-against to even make the line-up a [...]
EP: 64 Royal Ascot – Tuesday – Day 1 June 14, 2021 This week we are releasing special, daily podcasts previewing each of the five days racing at Royal Ascot. Trainer Marco Botti joins us today to discuss the chances of Felix, who runs in the Listed Wolverton Stakes on the opening day. City A.M. racing editor Bill Esdaile previews all of Day One’s racing action alongside [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Larson looking to bounce back for Lor June 8, 2021 WITH just 10 race meetings left of the 20/21 season in Hong Kong, trainer Frankie Lor looks set to surpass his best total of 65 winners. With his present tally standing at 58 winners, and plenty of ammunition to fire before the season’s end, the former assistant to John Size can look back on another [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Witness with an Explosive chance at the Valley June 8, 2021 LEADING trainer, Caspar Fownes, has seen the pendulum swing in his favour in the Trainers’ Championship race. The Australian, looking for his fourth Hong Kong title, secured a double at Sha Tin on Sunday, taking him to 68 winners for the season and matching his previous best total set 12 years ago. With his nearest [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Cheers to reach the Happy Valley Summit June 8, 2021 ANTICIPATE reigning champion jockey Zac Purton to put his injury woes behind him when he arrives at Happy Valley with a full book of rides on Wednesday. The Zac-Man hasn’t been firing on all cylinders over the past couple of months, with niggling injuries causing him as much mental pain as physical. Nevertheless, that hasn’t [...]
Duke could be Diomed in the rough June 4, 2021 BEFORE Frankie Dettori bids to ride his third Derby winner, DUKE OF HAZZARD could provide him with the perfect warmup in the Diomed Stakes (3:10pm). A bit like his rider, he’s a battle-hardened performer with plenty of experience, and on the pick of his form he should be bang there. The Oliver & Paul Cole-trained five-year-old is [...]
Sunday can make it a great Saturday June 4, 2021 IT WILL be a case of blink and you’ll miss it when it comes to the World Pool Dash (3.45pm) on Saturday. The 20-strong field will take less than a minute to surge down the five-furlong straight at Epsom and as usual, this year’s renewal is a fiercely competitive affair. Stone Of Destiny should go well, but it’s often hard [...]
Friday rain muddies Cazoo Derby picture June 4, 2021 IT WAS Jimmy Cliff who sang that he could ‘see clearly now the rain is gone’, but I’m afraid yesterday’s deluge at Epsom has only muddled the Cazoo Derby (4.30pm) picture for me. With the sun blazing and temperatures soaring at the beginning of the week, we were all set for a fast ground Derby [...]
Snowfall lights up rainy Epsom with astonishing Cazoo Oaks display June 4, 2021 RAINFALL was the word of the day at Epsom on Friday, that was until Snowfall obliterated her Cazoo Oaks rivals by a record 16 lengths to give Aidan O’Brien his ninth success in the race. O’Brien has now won both fillies’ Classics this season following Mother Earth’s win in the Qipco 1000 Guineas, with both [...]