Ascot’s popular Shergar Cup takes place on Saturday with runners and riders from all over the world taking part. However, the true quality is elsewhere as we take in pattern racing from Haydock and Newmarket in the UK as well as top class action from the United States. There is British and Irish interest in […]
There’s a decent afternoon card at Musselburgh to help give us that weekend feeling on Friday and it should be run on fast ground for once. Newmarket and Haydock host cards likely to be run on soft ground in the evening to give us a slightly different flavour too. Here are the highlights: 2.30 Musselburgh […]
Thursday sees some decent handicap action, particularly at Sandown. Here are the highlights with ratings provided for the main contenders on a busy day of UK racing. 3.30 Brighton – Brighton Challenge Cup, 1m4f Handicap Sir Jack Not a great strike rate but running well generally, this course and distance has stretched him too […]
A busy day of racing finishes with a decent card at Chelmsford where we have four tips preceded by some nice info for Leicester and Catterick. 3.00 Leicester – 6f Fillies’ Nursery Handicap Mraseel All of her form is on quick ground and with underfoot conditions likely to soften right up by Tuesday afternoon that […]
After the glorious week just passed it’s back to the bread and butter of maidens and handicaps around the UK on Monday, but something has to win these races and betting opportunities still remain. Here are some of the highlights with main contenders noted. 2.15 Ripon – 6f Fillies’ Novice Stakes Elation Roger Varian brings […]
It’s Listed and Group race action all the way on Sunday with some fantastic European action. Here are the main contenders with ratings for the top races: 2.45 Deauville – Prix Maurice de Gheest, 6 ½f Group 1 Brando Conditions should be ideal for last year’s Ayr Gold Cup winner and recent July Cup third, […]
The Glorious Goodwood festival, as it should always be known, comes to a close on Saturday with the Gordon Stakes and the Stewards’ Cup the main features. There is also some good flat action at Newmarket to keep us entertained, here are the ratings for the main races: 2.05 Newmarket – Chalice Stakes, 1m4f Listed […]
The Galway festival continues on Friday, but we concentrate on UK flat action with day four of a soggy Glorious Goowood as well as action from Newmarket with ratings supplied. 1.50 Goodwood – Glorious Stakes, 1m4f Group 3 Frontiersman His last three runs of have been very impressive and working on the theory that the […]
The Ebor Handicap is a race that many trainers target for a long time, as it’s the most valuable handicap of the flat-racing season. Deriving its name from the Roman word for York (Eboracum), it was first run in 1843, and it is now the highlight of York’s prestigious Ebor Meeting in August. It is […]
A wonderful racing week continues and here are the highlights from the Goodwood and Galway festivals, with ratings included: 2.15 Galway – Guinness Open Gate Brewery Novice Chase, 2m2f Grade 3 Townshend Just steadily improving thus far over fences but won very easily last time and will peak over these obstacles here, does have a […]
