Beauty could be heading for Eternal glory over Spangle October 13, 2023 ALL RACING fans will have their eyes focused on Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday, when local superstar California Spangle makes his eagerly-awaited return in the feature race of the day, the £540,000 Group Two Sha Tin Trophy (9.05am), a handicap run over a mile. The ‘Spangle’ has created a huge fan-club over the [...]
David Hayes hoping to Snaffle some Luck at Sha Tin October 13, 2023 LEGENDARY 60-year-old Australian trainer David Hayes will arrive at Sha Tin on Sunday with high expectations of coming away with at least a double from his half-a-dozen raiders on the card. It hasn’t been easy for former dual HK champion trainer Hayes since he returned to the territory a few seasons back, and he desperately [...]
EP: 233 Newmarket, York & Hong Kong October 13, 2023 The Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes and the big field Cesarewitch Handicap feature on the second day of the Dubai Future Champions Festival at Newmarket on Saturday. Trainer David Pipe runs both Wordsworth and Bashful Boy in the Cesarewitch and joins us on today’s podcast. We also look at York on Saturday – their final meeting [...]
Grand National chiefs take swipe at protestors after making radical changes October 12, 2023 The Grand National field will shrinking from 40 to 34 horses as race organisers make sweeping changes for 2024.
Forecast rain enough to tempt Temporize Cesarewitch chance October 10, 2023 PUNTERS’ eyes will be alighting on the Cesarewitch (2.40pm) this Saturday, one of the biggest betting handicaps of the Flat season, and always a spectacle with a field of 34 runners embarking on a 2m2f trip over Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Course. National Hunt trainers have had a strangle hold on this race in recent times, [...]
Plenty to Gain by backing Real in strong Darley Stakes October 10, 2023 GUESSING how much rain might fall at Newmarket this weekend isn’t easy and if the upper levels of what is forecast hits Cambridgeshire, then connections of the heavy odds-on Dewhurst Stakes (2.00pm) favourite City Of Troy may be forced to reconsider their plans. Aidan O’Brien has already said on record that he won’t risk the [...]
Ho and Fownes to leave Valley with great Pride October 10, 2023 WITH Typhoon Koinu, which forced Sha Tin to be cancelled on Sunday, having safely blown away into the South China Sea, it’s back to normal service for Hong Kong racing fans, with the action returning to Happy Valley for an eight-race programme today. Despite the furore surrounding the 10-meeting ban handed out by the stewards [...]
A bit of Luck could send Golden Bolting home to win October 10, 2023 WITH racing at Happy Valley taking place on the ‘A’ track, bettors should pay close attention to draw numbers, especially in races over six furlongs and the extended mile course. Records over the last three seasons show that gallopers drawn low or close to the rails have a decided advantage over their rivals on the [...]
Code to go Dancing towards another win now up in trip October 6, 2023 UNFORTUNATELY, weather conditions are going to play an important role in determining winners when racing gets underway with a 10-race programme at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday. With a tropical cyclone set to unleash plenty of rain and thunderstorms over the city this weekend, racegoers are going to be in for an uncomfortable [...]
Fighter looks to have made himself a winning Deal October 6, 2023 NORMAL service was resumed at Happy Valley last Wednesday when reigning champion jockey Zac Purton produced a masterclass with a winning treble, putting him back on top of the leader board in his quest for a seventh jockeys’ title. Purton will have numerous winning chances to extend his lead at Sha Tin, with a couple [...]