Wally Pyrah previews the 2025/26 Hong Kong season September 1, 2025 WITH the start of the 2025/26 Hong Kong racing season approaching at Sha Tin on Sunday, it’s time to find out what the all-important crystal ball is foretelling for the months ahead. However, you don’t need to be a soothsayer to predict that reigning champion jockey Zac Purton will have a good chance of landing [...]
Troy can lay Siege on York and land Ebor August 22, 2025 ALL eyes will be on the Willie Mullins-trained Hipop De Loire who is a warm order to land the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap (3.35pm) at York on Saturday. The eight-year-old was an unlucky fifth in this contest 12 months ago and connections have cleverly plotted their way back here off just a three-pound higher mark. [...]
Handshakes all round for Royal winner at York August 22, 2025 BOTH Andrew Balding and William Haggas have had weeks to remember on the Knavesmire and look set for further success on the last day of the meeting. The pair are responsible for the front two in the betting for the Melrose Handicap (2.25pm) with the exciting prospects Tarriance and Royal runner GOLDEN HANDSHAKE. The former [...]
Quinault value at 20/1 to upset York big guns August 22, 2025 THERE is a mouthwatering line-up for the Sky Bet City Of York Stakes (3.00pm) on the final day of York’s four-day Ebor Festival. A field of 11 are set to go to post for the newly promoted Group One with a whopping £377,122 to the winner. Rosallion looks the one to beat on the back [...]
Nayyir can follow Trawler home in Lonsdale Cup August 21, 2025 ASIDE from the headline Group One Nunthorpe Stakes (3:35pm), the Group Two Lonsdale Cup (2:25pm) is an intriguing staying contest, with a handful of the protagonists in the division facing off. Ascot Gold Cup winner TRAWLERMAN is difficult to see past in this company and he’s undoubtedly the likeliest winner. Quotes of 4/6 are well [...]
Do Not desert Wonder and Blaze at York August 21, 2025 FRIDAY’s feature at York is the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes (3.35pm), where a field of 17 are set to blaze a trail over the flying five furlongs. There’s a murky picture to the sprint ranks this season with nothing really stamping their authority on the division. With two progressive two-year-olds in Lady Iman and Spicy [...]
Asgard’s turn to deliver Captain’s performance on the Knavesmire August 21, 2025 FINDING the winner of the opener (1:50pm) on day three of York’s Ebor Festival looks a tricky task, and I think it might pay to think a bit laterally in our quest for success. You don’t need to think particularly laterally to see that MOUNT ATLAS will be hard to keep out of the frame, [...]
Alice can leave punters in wonderland August 20, 2025 THURSDAY’s feature at the York Ebor Festival is the G1 Yorkshire Oaks (3.35pm). That said, this year’s renewal doesn’t exactly offer an outstanding betting angle. Aidan O’Brien’s Minnie Hauk looks very hard to oppose, and from a punting perspective there’s not a great deal of juice in the market. The value may lie elsewhere on [...]
Apiarist bound for sweet Northern success August 20, 2025 WHEN William Haggas has an unexposed handicapper heading to a big York handicap it often pays to take notice. His Bullet Point looks to hold obvious claims in Thursday’s Clipper Handicap (3.00pm), having already won two valuable handicaps at Newmarket and Ascot this season, either side of just being touched off in the Royal Hunt [...]
Keep the Faayth as Lowther fillies go to Wor August 20, 2025 DAY TWO of York’s Ebor Festival kicks off with the Group Two Lowther Stakes (1.50pm), where punters are faced with a tricky proposition. Royal Fixation tops the betting and possibly has the best form on offer after she finished second to Venetian Sun at Newmarket, who’s one of the top juvenile fillies in training. However, [...]