Horse racing betting: Rainfall means Time faces his biggest Test yet June 30, 2016 All eyes are once again on the weather ahead of Saturday's Coral Eclipse (3.45pm), the most valuable race run in Sandown’s 130-year history. Aidan O’Brien’s French Guineas winner The Gurkha is as short as evens with Betway for the £525,000 Group One with rain-softened ground unlikely to harm his chances. Investec Derby disappointment Deauville and [...]
Horse racing betting: Duretto can land Old Newton Cup for in-form Balding June 30, 2016 Trying to find the winner of Saturday's Old Newton Cup (2.50pm) at Haydock is a pretty unenviable task, particularly now the rain has arrived. The Lancashire track was hit by 17mm on Wednesday and, with more forecast, the ground will ride soft. Andrew Balding’s DURETTO, available at a best-priced 5/1, has proved himself over the trip and on [...]
Racehorse Owners Association to launch syndicate drive to tackle falling ownership numbers June 27, 2016 British horse racing chiefs will on Tuesday launch a drive to reinvigorate the industry by encouraging more people to sign up for syndicates and group ownership. Royal Ascot winner Quiet Reflection and Cheltenham hero Sire de Grugy are both group-owned, and the Racehorse Owners Association (ROA) hopes to halt a decline in active owners by [...]
Horse racing betting: Look out for Gang Warfare at Newcastle racecourse June 23, 2016 Despite all the protest and petitions, Newcastle’s flat turf course was replaced with a new Tapeta track at the back end of last year, meaning that Saturday’s Northumberland Plate (4.15pm) will be run on an all-weather surface for the first time. However, any concerns that the ‘Pitmen’s Derby’ would fail to attract its usual level of [...]
Horse racing: Bet on Simcock’s Breton to Rock Criterion rivals at Newmarket June 23, 2016 Although it was the summer solstice on Monday, the ground at Ascot last week and at Newmarket this weekend will be more akin to Newbury or Cheltenham in December. The forecast for next week looks better, but there’s been plenty of rain recently at HQ and conditions are certain to be testing on Saturday. The [...]
Aidan O’Brien hailed as one of the greats after Order Of St George lands him a seventh Gold Cup at Royal Ascot June 16, 2016 Jockey Ryan Moore hailed Aidan O’Brien as “one of the greats” after Order Of St George earned the trainer a seventh Gold Cup win at Royal Ascot yesterday/on Thursday. The 10/11 favourite hit the front late in the two-and-a-half mile race and beat Mizzou into second by three lengths, with Sheikhzayedroad third. Order Of St [...]
Horse racing betting: Keep it Quiet in the Commonwealth Cup June 16, 2016 They may be outnumbered in Friday afternoon’s Commonwealth Cup (3.40pm), but I’m backing a filly to come out on top in the battle of the three-year-old sprinters. Only three fillies stand their ground against nine colts in the second running of one of the feature races on the penultimate day of Royal Ascot. However, in [...]
Horse racing betting: No Coronation for China Horse Club’s £1.3m Jet Setting June 16, 2016 Impressive Irish 1000 Guineas winner Jet Setting heads the betting for the Coronation Stakes (4.20pm) on Friday having changed hands for £1.3m at the Goffs London Sale on Monday. The China Horse Club, the filly’s new owners, will be delighted about all the rain that has fallen at Ascot as the softer the ground the better for [...]
Horse racing betting: Memory to cap a Magical few days for flying Frankie June 16, 2016 Despite the soggy conditions Royal Ascot has once again been a feast of world class racing. The resurgence of Frankie Dettori has been a fantastic story for the sport and I expect him to end a wonderful week with victory in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Saturday, 4.20pm) on MAGICAL MEMORY. Successful 12 months ago in [...]
Shock Dream Boat win at Royal Ascot keeps Adam Kirby buoyant June 15, 2016 Jockey Adam Kirby admitted struggling to come to terms with a whirlwind week after continuing his Royal Ascot success with victory on 16/1 shot My Dream Boat on Wednesday. Kirby, who tasted glory on Tuesday just hours after his partner had given birth to a boy, added a second Group One winner in as many [...]