Californiatotality can come Storming home May 24, 2024 WHILE the Tony Cruz stable are firing on all cylinders at present, having saddled eight winners since the beginning of the month, it would be a folly to ignore his host of challengers on the 10-race programme at Sha Tin. The formbook says the stable’s hat-trick seeking galloper CALIFORNIATOTALITY faces a tough task at the [...]
EP: 272 Haydock, Goodwood & Hong Kong May 24, 2024 The five-furlong Temple Stakes is the highlight at Haydock on Saturday, alongside the other Group 2 Sandy Lane Stakes. We speak to Epsom trainer Adam West as well as Australian visitor Henry Dwyer ahead of the Group 2 sprint. The beautiful setting of Goodwood racecourse course is also on Saturday’s racing menu, featuring the Height [...]
Vadream the value with rain likely to turn Haydock soft May 21, 2024 WE WERE caught out by the ever-changeable weather last week, as the predicted rain never arrived leaving Newbury’s ground on the quick side for Lockinge Day, which was never going to be any good for our soft ground favouring selections. With the weather so tough to predict at the moment, it makes ante-post betting even [...]
Channon’s Lad could be hard to pass in Brigadier Gerard May 21, 2024 THURSDAY night’s Brigadier Gerard card might lack a genuine showstopper, but there are some talents worth keeping an eye on. Hawaiian looks a potential Royal Ascot juvenile for Richard Hannon and will be hard to beat in the National Stakes (6.37pm), but at his likely short odds, he’s not a bet for me. Trueshan is [...]
Atomic could send his rivals Packing May 21, 2024 BANK on trainer Danny Shum to have a change of fortune at Happy Valley in Hong Kong, when the city track hosts a nine-race programme starting at 11.40am on Wednesday. 63-year-old Shum has been one of the most consistent performers in the territory over the past 20 years, training over 800 winners, and is renowned [...]
Now is the time for this Supremo to prove his Talents May 21, 2024 WITH the action at the Valley taking place on the C+3 track, meaning the width of the course measures less than the length of a cricket pitch, it is worth paying particular attention to the draw in six-furlong races. Past records show that the inside draw in stall one is the golden highway to follow, [...]
EP: 271 Newbury & Hong Kong May 17, 2024 The Group 1 Lockinge Stakes, won in the past by the likes of Frankel and Baaeed, is the feature race at Newbury on Saturday where you can, once again, bet into the unique Worldpool markets. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Newbury’s racing action with an eye on the Worldpool markets, [...]
Stay Loyal to Lor for a Super day at Sha Tin May 17, 2024 UMBRELLAS will once again come to the fore for racegoers, when racing gets underway with a 10-race programme at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday. Following a brief respite, with pleasant conditions at Happy Valley in midweek, the forecast of heavy rain and probable thunderstorms, points to surface conditions being soft or yielding once [...]
Hewitson confidence in Helene Warrior appears sky-high May 17, 2024 TOP HONG Kong pilot Lyle Hewitson has given a big vote of confidence to the chances of HELENE WARRIOR when he renews his association with the Danny Shum-trained son of Starspangledbanner in the Members Cup (9.10am), a handicap over a mile. Hewitson is renowned for his partnership with probable race-favourite Ching, having ridden the Michael [...]
I Spy the value with Catcher in York’s Clipper May 14, 2024 YORK’s Dante Festival begins today, where Oaks and Derby trials the Musidora and Dante take centre stage. Impressive Pretty Polly winner, Friendly Soul, is a strong favourite for today’s Musidora (3.45pm), while in tomorrow’s trial for the colts, Godolphin’s returning Ancient Wisdom heads the market. Neither look like great betting events though, and I’d rather [...]