Breath Caught and Straight Right catch eye in tricky handicaps July 2, 2020 Looking at the rest of the Epsom card and there are only five runners in the opening Woodcote Stakes (1.50pm). Twaasol is favourite on the back of a decent win at Windsor last month, but I’d rather side with MODERN NEWS at 5/2 with Ladbrokes. He didn’t seem to stay the seven furlongs at Ascot [...]
Frankie can be the Darling of Epsom again July 2, 2020 TRAINERS Aidan O’Brien and John Gosden have saddled seven of the last eight winners of the Investec Oaks (3.40pm) and it is long odds-on that they will extend that sequence on Saturday as they are responsible for the first three in the betting. The betting suggests O’Brien should land the race for an eighth time [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: High Rev could find the Winning feeling again June 30, 2020 WEDNESDAY’S most intriguing contest is the closing Better Future Handicap (10.50am), a five-furlong dash over the straight course. This contest brings together some seasoned sprinting campaigners as well as a number of horses who have shown signs of potential in their first season in Hong Kong. The talented but frustrating Seven Heavens, Cue The Music, [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Moreira has an Excellent chance in six-furlong sprint June 30, 2020 IT’S all very much still to play for in both the Hong Kong jockeys’ and trainers’ title races as the action continues with a public holiday 10-race programme at Sha Tin on Wednesday morning. It couldn’t be any tighter in the trainers’ championship, with local trainers Ricky Yui (62 wins), Francis Lui (61) and Tony Cruz (58) all [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Power can add to Purton’s Total June 23, 2020 ALTHOUGH Joao Moreira will be desperate to cut into Zac Purton’s lead in the jockeys’ title race, it would be a brave man to expect the reigning champion to leave the track empty-handed. If ever a horse looks likely to have been ear-marked for a contest, it’s Purton’s mount TOTAL POWER, who carries top-weight, in the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Moreira could find Winning Method in Valley finale June 23, 2020 WHEN Joao Moreira arrives at Happy Valley today, he will surely know this could prove a pivotal week in his efforts to wrest the jockeys’ title back from arch-rival Zac Purton. With a full-book of rides on the nine-race card, he has to cut into the four-winner deficit he currently trails the Australian by, especially as the [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Speak In Colours looks Diamond bet at 25/1 in Jubilee June 19, 2020 THERE are a whopping eight races to get our teeth into on the final day of Royal Ascot on Saturday. Now that the rain seems to have gone, the ground will be drying out but it will still be pretty hard work. The Queen Mary Stakes (1.15pm) looks at the mercy of Aidan O’Brien and [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Wooded has the Power for France in the Commonwealth Cup June 18, 2020 AFTER all of the rain yesterday, the weather is set fairer for the penultimate day of the Royal meeting. We’ve seen the introduction of plenty of new races this week and none are more intriguing than the five furlong handicap which opens today’s card. There may be a huge field for the Palace Of Holyroodhouse handicap (1.15 [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Technician the only threat to Stradivarius’s hat-trick bid June 17, 2020 TRAINER John Gosden is already enjoying a terrific royal meeting having landed yesterday’s feature with Lord North and things could get even better today when Stradivarius bids for a Gold Cup (3.35pm) hat-trick. The six-year-old will be attempting to win at Royal Ascot for a fourth year on the trot having landed the 2017 Queen’s Vase and he [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Fantastic Fox looks Wolferton banker June 17, 2020 THAT man Aidan O’Brien has won the second race of the day for the last two days and may just fancy his chances of landing the hat-trick with Sir Dragonet in the Wolferton Stakes (1.50pm). He finished fifth in last year’s Investec Derby on only his third ever racecourse start and will be at home [...]