I feel the season is starting to really get underway and the horses are looking a lot better, a lot of them coming into their coats now having had a little sun on their backs, Richard Fahey is worth noting with his two year olds […]
Aidan O’Brien confirmed over the weekend that Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck and Epsom fourth Broome would be his main hopes for a 13th Irish Derby success at the Curragh on Saturday. The classic winner is 5/4 favourite with BetVictor with Derby runner up Madhoom […]
The ground is likely to be on the soft side of good for today’s flat card at Chepstow. There is a terrific Mile Novice event and the filly Bint Soghaan made a promising debut when runner up at Kempton over 7f for Richard Hannon. Connections […]
Frankie Dettori’s brilliant 447/1 four-timer lit up Royal Ascot on Thursday and it was so nearly five with Turgenev shooting clear two furlongs out only to be run out of it close home. He may be 48-years-of-age, but the Italian is riding as well as […]
The opening race on Day 4 of Royal Ascot is the 6f Albany Stakes for two-year-old fillies. At the time of writing Wesley Ward has had a frustrating meeting and Kimari would surely have won the Queen Mary had the rains not arrived on Tuesday […]
The feature race on day three of Royal Ascot is the most famous and prestigious race of the week – the Gold Cup. Favourite Stradivarius is looking to win this famous two-and-a-half-mile contest back-to-back and he won a £1m bonus last year for winning the […]
Day two of Royal Ascot begins with the Gp 2 Queen Mary Stakes over five furlongs and 28 juvenile fillies go to post on ground described as good, at the time of writing, but likely to be on the soft side of good if the […]
Day one of Royal Ascot and there is now the distinct possibility of showers – some heavy – in the area for the opening couple of days of the five-day meeting. The ground was described as good with a couple of good to soft areas […]
Favourites to watch at Ascot Royal Ascot takes place this week and it will be exciting to watch many of the world’s finest sprinters and stayers battle it out for glory. It is the richest and most prestigious meeting in the calendar and it […]
The declarations came through on Sunday for tomorrow’s opening day of Royal Ascot and Mark Johnston’s Newmarket winner Visinari was a significant defection from the Coventry Stakes. The once-raced colt had been 5/1 second favourite with BetVictor and very well supported. Aidan O’Brien’s Arizona is […]