EP: 69 Newcastle, Newmarket, Curragh & Hong Kong June 25, 2021 The Curragh is the venue for the Irish Derby on Saturday where Aidan O’Brien looks to have a strong hand. The annual Northumberland Plate is run at Newcastle on the same day, whilst Newmarket stage some exciting Group 3 and Listed races on a busy afternoon of action. Trainer Charlie Fellowes is our special guest [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Last chance saloon for Here Comes Ted June 22, 2021 FOLLOWING horses that have proved unlucky in recent times can be an expensive hobby, but it may be worth giving HERE COMES TED one more chance when he lines-up in Division 2 of the Caine Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs. There is little doubt the New Zealand galloper should have won with Joao Moreira aboard [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Hong Kong looks a great Bet June 22, 2021 TRAINER Jimmy Ting hasn’t found it easy saddling winners this season. The former assistant to Francis Lui has had only 26 victories, which is well down on his previous two years since taking out a licence. It hasn’t been all doom and gloom for the yard however, with smart speedster Amazing Star winning the £450,000 [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Conditions should suit Fa Fa June 22, 2021 EXPECT umbrellas to be at the fore when a nine-race cards gets underway at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Heavy rain and possible thunderstorms are predicted at the inner-city track, making finding winners difficult, especially with the majority of gallopers in the territory not used to racing on rain-softened turf. One horse that won’t mind conditions [...]
Grand finish to a gruelling Queen Alexandra June 18, 2021 A GOOD few more millimetres of rain and a hundred or so hooves will have hit the track come the time of the final meeting of the week, the 2m5½f Queen Alexandra Stakes (6:10pm). You need to be on the lookout for rock-solid stayers with form on testing ground and THE GRAND VISIR stands out as an obvious [...]
Could be game, Seasett and match in Golden Gates June 18, 2021 IT’S GOING to be pretty tough going come the last few races on Saturday and it could pay to look for horses off low weights. One of those is SEASETT, who I fancy to give Richard Fahey a second winner of the week in the Golden Gate Handicap (5.35pm). The recent rain will have been music [...]
Art has the Power to shine brightest in Diamond Jubilee June 18, 2021 SOME wonderful sprinters have won the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (4.20pm) in the past, but it is going to be more about the ability to handle conditions than anything else on Saturday afternoon. The first place to start has to be with Dream Of Dreams who has tasted agonising defeat in this race for the last [...]
EP: 68 Royal Ascot – Saturday – Day 5 June 18, 2021 Saturday sees the final day of Royal Ascot 2021 where the sprinters take centre stage. The Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes, run over 6 furlongs is the feature race of the day. Our guest Ed Walker runs the exciting 4-year old Starman and Ed joins us to talk through his chances. City A.M. racing editor [...]
France can plunder Commonwealth June 17, 2021 THERE’S usually a good French horse that slips under the radar at Royal Ascot. Our friends across the Channel have bagged at least one winner at the meeting in four of the past six years and SUESA is fancied to complete a successful raid in the Commonwealth Cup (3:40pm). After a taking win first time up this [...]
Novemba to rain at Ascot June 17, 2021 WHEN the declarations were made for the Coronation Stakes (4.20pm) earlier in the week, I was desperately hoping that the German filly NOVEMBA would feature among the final field. The challenges of travelling anywhere in the world at the moment are tough for all of us, but pale into insignificance when you consider the difficulties of moving a [...]