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Bob Taken To Follow Up Doncaster Success At Newcastle

23 September 2014 0 comments

Some competitive midweek racing this afternoon and we begin at Newcastle where the BetVictor Racing Club’s Bob (4.20) is taken to follow up his Doncaster win two weeks ago over a mile dropping back in trip.

Game Show Can Land Opener At Kempton Park

22 September 2014 0 comments

The first five races on the BetVictor sponsored card at Kempton Park this afternoon are all juvenile events and Charlie Appleby, who saddled the winner of the corresponding 10f maiden 12-months ago courtesy of Devilment, can land the opener with Game Show (2.10).

High Church Tipped On Top Class Day Of Newbury Flat Racing

19 September 2014 0 comments

There’s top class flat racing from Newbury with High Church (2.25) fancied to go in again for the in-form Roger Charlton yard after scoring impressively just ten days ago at Leicester.

John Musker Fillies’ Stakes Is Highlight Of Yarmouth’s Eastern Festival

17 September 2014 0 comments

Excellent midweek racing on both sides of the Irish Sea including the middle day of Yarmouth’s Eastern Festival where the feature event is the listed John Musker Fillies’ Stakes over 10 furlongs.

George Baker Has Great Brighton Chance Aboard Fieldsman

8 September 2014 0 comments

Danny Tudhope and David O’Meara were the big winners on Saturday as G-Force won the Haydock Sprint Cup at connections to land both jockey and trainer their first success at Group One level.

Haydock Park Expect Dry Week In Run Up To Saturday’s Group One Sprint

4 September 2014 0 comments

Haydock Park play host to the first of their three-day September meeting on Thursday with the ground, at the time of writing, good to soft but a largely dry week is expected in the run up to Saturday’s big Group One sprint.

Wait Almost Over For Final English Classic St Leger

4 September 2014 0 comments

Like every year we have to wait around 3 months for the final English Classic – the St Leger – but this gap between the five races does at least give these 3 year-olds the opportunity to race in the King George against the older horses in July, or at least strengthen-up a bit more before tackling this longer 1m6f trip in September.

Franklin Roosevelt Tipped For Southwell Feature Handicap Hurdle

3 September 2014 0 comments

An excellent card of summer jumping brings further opportunity for AP McCoy to enter the winners’ enclosure after his excellent start to the new season.

Cartier Gets The Nod At Goodwood Ahead Of Mystic Jade

2 September 2014 0 comments

There is an excellent midweek card from Goodwood this afternoon including a mile fillies’ maiden to open the card. Mystic Jade is a half-sister to six winners and should appreciate the step up in trip having ran well when third over six furlongs here last month on debut despite not getting the best of runs.

Haydock Tipped Pearl Secret Starting To Live Up To The Hype

1 September 2014 0 comments

David Barron’s Pearl Secret bounced back to form landing the Beverley Bullet at the East Yorkshire track; cut to 12/1 (from 16s) to finally fulfil the hype that has surrounding the colt for oh so long now and land the G1 Sprint Cup at Haydock.

Sandown Weekender

29 August 2014 0 comments

There’s two excellent days racing at Sandown starting with the opener on the card’s opener, a nursery over the minimum trip and Clive Cox’s Profitable (2.00) fancied to defy the burden of top weight after an excellent second last time out at Haydock when beaten a neck.

Paul Hanagan Hoping To Continue Fine Record At Ffos Las

28 August 2014 0 comments

Paul Hanagan heads to Ffos Las for boss Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum seeking to build on his excellent strike-rate this term with three winners from four rides at the track this season.

Summer Times The One To Beat At Carlisle

27 August 2014 0 comments

Plenty of flat racing to sink our teeth into this afternoon with Carlisle staging a seven race card and Richard Fahey mob-handed with no less than six runners, four in second race, a maiden over six furlongs.

Here Now Expected To Land Maiden Mile At Epsom

26 August 2014 0 comments

The second of two excellent days racing at Epsom and Godolphin’s Here Now (2.50) fancied to appreciate the step up in trip to land the maiden over a mile.

Juddmonte Brings International Flavour To York

19 August 2014 0 comments

The Group One Juddmonte International is the feature race on day one of York’s Ebor meeting and it is an intriguing clash of the generations with the 3-year-olds represented by Derby winners Australia (English & Irish) and The Grey Gatsby (French) going head-to-head with two top-class older horses Eclipse winner Mukhadram and King George runner up Telescope.

Explosive Lady Reverts To The Minimum At Newbury

14 August 2014 0 comments

The feature race from this afternoon’s Newbury card is the Fillies’ Listed St Hugh’s Stakes and Explosive Lady (3.55) reverts to the minimum trip having finished third in the Group 3 Princess Margaret Stakes at Ascot over six last time.

Joe Fanning Can Continue Goodwood Form With Rocket Ship

6 August 2014 0 comments

Joe Fanning enjoyed an excellent week at Glorious Goodwood riding four winners for boss Mark Johnston and Pontefract bound this afternoon for four rides with Rocket Ship (3.40) his best chance of a winner in the feature mile and a half handicap.

Berland Fancied To Build On Debut Second Place At Catterick

5 August 2014 0 comments

Afternoon action comes courtesy of Ffos Las and Catterick with Berland (2.15) taken to give Michael Bell a rare winner in the Yorkshire track’s opener.

Glorious Goodwood Continues With Sussex Stakes

30 July 2014 0 comments

The Qipco Sussex Stakes is today’s feature on Day 2 of Glorious Goodwood and it is impossible to oppose Kingman (3.05) backed from 4/7 to ½ on Tuesday morning at BetVictor as he bids to give the classic generation their sixth win in the last seven years in the Group One Mile contest.

Lennox Stakes The Highlight Of Glorious Goodwood’s First Day

29 July 2014 0 comments

The feature of the first day of Glorious Goodwood is the Group 2 Lennox Stakes a race that has been won five times by the classic generation in the last seven years.

Unbeaten Taghrooda Becomes Favourite For Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe

28 July 2014 0 comments

John Gosden’s star filly Taghrooda maintained her unbeaten record in electric fashion, winning the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot and BetVictor make her the 4/1 favourite for the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp.

Musselburgh Can Be Second Time Lucky For Henrytheaeroplane

21 July 2014 0 comments

Musselburgh stage the flat action this afternoon and it will be disappointing if Henrytheaeroplane (2.30) can’t break his maiden at the second attempt having shaped with promise in a decent Haydock novice event won by a stablemate on debut earlier in the month.

New Story Backed To Take Haydock Opener

17 July 2014 0 comments

Haydock stage a most informative afternoon card and in the opener Idder is of interest for Roger Varian but as a son of Authorized he might be quite at his best on the forecast good to firm ground and he is overlooked.

Ryan Moore Looking For Upturn In Fortunes With Groor

16 July 2014 0 comments

We begin today’s preview at Leicester where Groor (2.25) is ridden by Ryan Moore for the first time in the opening nursery.

AP McCoy Eyes Up Martin Pipe’s 4191 Wins Record

15 July 2014 0 comments

AP McCoy heads to Uttoxeter and Worcester in pursuit of Martin Pipe’s record of 4191 career winners, the Champion Jockey just one behind his former boss and seven excellent rides on two excellent cards of summer jumping.

Grounds For Concern Ahead Of Saturday Card At Sandown

4 July 2014 0 comments

The state of the ground is fundamental to any turf race and with rain forecast at Sandown ahead of Saturday’s card the hope is that the ground doesn’t deteriorate too much from the good ground which Clerk Of The Course Andrew Cooper was describing the track on Friday.

Royal Ascot Winner The Fugue Drifts Out For Group One Feature At Sandown

3 July 2014 0 comments

Royal Ascot winner The Fugue is out to 9/4 at BetVictor for Saturday’s Coral-Eclipse after eleven were declared on Thursday for Saturday’s Group One feature at Sandown.

Haydock Host Wednesday’s Feature Card

2 July 2014 0 comments

Haydock play host to the feature afternoon card including the feature £25,000 1m 6f handicap for three-year-olds.

Racing Ahead July Issue Out NOW!

30 June 2014 0 comments

THE July 2014 issue of Racing Ahead is in your shops now! You’ll be able to find us in around 300 WHSmith’s as well as Martin McColl’s, Morrison’s Eason’s and TESCO Ireland, along with numerous independent retailers across the country. To check local stockists, please click here.

Classic Generation Handicap The Pick At Doncaster

27 June 2014 0 comments

Doncaster stage the pick of the afternoon action including a valuable Handicap for the classic generation over a mile. Only seven go to post but all have a chance including Moohaarib (3.35) who landed a Ripon maiden with the minimum of fuss last time.