Cheval has the X Facteur on heavy ground October 15, 2024 SINCE being introduced in 2011, Ascot’s British Champions Day fixture has provided the chance to see many stars of the Flat season for a final time before attention turns to the Jumps. Recent rain has turned the Ascot going soft and with up to 17mm of rain forecast for Friday, the conditions could be attritional [...]
More rain the better for Iresine and Quantanamera October 15, 2024 SATURDAY’S feature race, the Group One Champion Stakes (3.55pm), sees an intriguing clash between the hugely exciting Economics and emphatic Royal Ascot winner Calandagan. The former broke through at the highest level in the Irish version of this last time, while the latter was the only one to ruffle City Of Troy’s feathers in the [...]
Can’t Go wrong backing Poon for Happy Valley Gold October 15, 2024 IT HAS been good to see the stable of Frankie Lor back amongst the winners recently after a sequence of 42 losers that contributed to a dreadful start to the season. With four winners in the past 10 days for the yard, it’s safe to say that normal service has resumed. Lor sends seven gallopers [...]
Healthy chance that General wins again for in-form Fownes October 15, 2024 WITH the weather good and track conditions perfect, racegoers can look forward to another exciting and competitive eight-race programme at Happy Valley today. With racing taking place on the ‘B’ track, make a note of horses that like to race up with the early pace from the off, as past records show fast-starting gallopers have [...]
Young Jamie Richards can Achieve more in Hong Kong October 11, 2024 THIS could be the day of reckoning for the much-hyped John Size-trained galloper Wunderbar who seeks to make it six wins from seven races in the Artistic Gymnastics and Triathlon Handicap (10.55am) over six furlongs. The Australian import had the distinction of twice beating present local sprinting sensation Ka Ying Rising last January, before a [...]
Lui and Chancheng can grab Glory at Sha Tin October 11, 2024 RACEGOERS in Hong Kong are in for a treat at Sha Tin on Sunday, when a galaxy of equine stars line-up for the feature event on the 10-race programme, the £535,000 Group Two Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (9.10am) run over a mile. Last season’s Group One Stewards’ Cup winner, Voyage Bubble heads the weights, conceding [...]
Dawn ready to Rise in the Cesarewitch October 8, 2024 AFTER Longchamp’s Arc weekend the top-class racing continues this week, with Group One contests on both Friday and Saturday’s cards at Newmarket. Saturday’s Dewhurst traditionally provides key Classic clues for next season and, at the moment, Ballydoyle and Godolphin hold seven of the eight entries. With Aidan O’Brien accounting for five, and most of those [...]
Stoute’s Anna set to deliver Fillies’ Mile Swan song October 8, 2024 SIR Michael Stoute’s career has been littered with remarkable training performances, but managing to win a Group One with one of his final top-level runners would be some feat. The master of Freemason Lodge is set to retire at the end of the season and is due to run the unbeaten ANNA SWAN in Friday’s [...]
Wings Of War Can soar on his return to action October 8, 2024 BETTORS look set for a tough time at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today, as the city track serves up a low-key affair for its eight races. The programme includes a couple of Class Five handicaps, and four Class Four contests where the majority of gallopers race against one another almost every fortnight, and it’s a [...]
Unicorn has Super chance of first win in Hong Kong October 8, 2024 TRAINER Frankie Lor must have breathed a huge sigh of relief when his stable’s Master Trillion broke a 45-runner losing sequence at Sha Tin last Sunday. Former champion trainer Lor must have wondered where his next winner was going to come from, with a series of short-priced favourites getting turned over, and a number of the [...]