Picks from the Paddock for Cheltenham, Grand National & more

Picks from the Paddock

This is where you will find all of Racing Ahead’s Picks from the Paddock for race meetings, Cheltenham Festival, the Grand National, the Epsom Derby Meeting, Glorious Goodwood and Royal Ascot.

DOUBLE POWER A REAL HANDFUL

20 January 2025 0 comments

Andy Ayres casts an eye over what lies ahead for his pick of the paddocks Sir Gino A-Z OF PADDOCK […]

Hidden Ace can come up trumps

23 December 2024 0 comments

Andy Ayres casts an eye over the paddocks after last month’s track action.

EYECATCHERS – Andy Ayres’ horses for your tracker

25 November 2024 0 comments

Racing Ahead columnist Andy Ayres picks out some horses that have caught his eye in recent times and may be worth following.

GO COSMIC NEXT YEAR

28 October 2024 0 comments

Andy Ayres shares his pick of punting prospects from the autumn action Gardener and Kielan Woods, centre. Inset: Cosmic year, […]

THERE’S GOLD IN THIS FIELD

23 September 2024 0 comments

Andy Ayres is hot on the trail of Gosdens’ rising stable star WINDSOR August 19 (good-firm) 1m2f maiden (Class 5) […]

GAMBIT READY FOR A PAY DAY

25 July 2024 0 comments

Andy Ayres draws a ‘star ’ in his notebook alongside Harry Charlton’s top colt King’s Gambit and William Buick, right […]

ECONOMICS LOOKS SOUND AS A POUND

30 May 2024 0 comments

Andy Ayres casts an expert eye over the hottest prospects as they hit the track KEMPTON April 17 (standard to […]

APPLEBY’S SPEECH STRIKES RIGHT NOTE

21 April 2024 0 comments

Andy Ayres has keen eye on Guineas fancy KEMPTON March 13 (standard to slow) 1m3f three-year-old novice (Class 5) Small […]

KALIF’S ALL SET FOR NEXT LEAP FORWARD

17 March 2024 0 comments

Andy Ayres takes a fresh look at how the hottest prospects are shaping up Jubile Express LINGFIELD February 13 (soft) […]

VENETIA CAN BRING HOMME THE GOLD

18 February 2024 0 comments

Andy Ayres has been out and about to scour the courses for the up and coming in-form stars LINGFIELD January […]

QUEENS CAN LAND A GAMBLE

21 December 2023 0 comments

Andrew Ayres likes the look of a mare being aimed at a big Cheltenham Festival prize Gary Moore KEMPTON November […]

SUNNY STREET HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE

23 November 2023 0 comments

PICKS FROM THE PADDOCK Andrew Ayres mixes Flat and jumps to bring us his latest horses to follow KEMPTON October […]

KING’S READY TO REIGN

26 October 2023 0 comments

Andrew Ayres with late shiners from the Flat season SANDOWN September 20 (soft, heavy in places) 7f two-year-old novice (Class […]

BIOGRAPHER WORTH NOTING

25 September 2023 0 comments

Andrew Ayres has added more entries to his winner-packed notebook Andrew Balding KEMPTON August 23 (standard to slow) 7f two-year-old […]

Royal can wear the crown

31 August 2023 0 comments

Andrew Ayres with his latest horses to follow from around the country WINDSOR July 17 (good) 1m2f handicap (Class 5) […]

Savvy Money on Kingdom

27 July 2023 0 comments

Andrew Ayres starts this month’s report with a promising maiden who can go on to better things WINDSOR June 26 […]

Tommy’s ready to rock & roll

29 June 2023 0 comments

Andrew Ayres was impressed by Sir Mark Todd’s youngster who got off the mark in style at Windsor Roger Varian […]

Stars ready to shine

25 May 2023 0 comments

Andrew Ayres has spotted at least one horse going to Royal Ascot with a fighting chance KEMPTON April 12 (standard […]

Outlaw can pay his way

27 April 2023 0 comments

Andrew Ayres likes the look of a Paul Nicholls runner who is ready to go over fences KEMPTON March 18 […]

COP A LOAD OF BALDING HANDICAPPER

23 March 2023 0 comments

Andrew Ayres likes the look of two horses from a decent Kempton maiden KEMPTON February 15 (standard to slow) 6f […]

KINGDOM LOOKS READY TO REIGN

23 February 2023 0 comments

Andrew Ayres has spotted some nice prospects on his travels this month KEMPTON January 19 (standard to slow) 7f novice […]

LARGE LOOKS A REAL GROWER

26 January 2023 0 comments

Andrew Ayres thinks Venetia Williams’ chaser will be bouncing back from his fall soon Marco Botti LINGFIELD November 15 (soft) […]

WIGMORE CAN WIN MORE RACES

26 January 2023 0 comments

Andrew Ayres has been keeping them peeled at tracks around the country Tom Scudamore riding Panic Attack to win The […]

Large looks a real grower

22 December 2022 0 comments

Andrew Ayres thinks Venetia Williams’ chaser will be bouncing back from his fall soon Marco Botti LINGFIELD November 15 (soft) […]

SPAROWE CAN FLY TO VICTORY

24 November 2022 0 comments

Andrew Ayres was impressed by John Butler’s handicapper who he thinks will be collecting soon KEMPTON October 26 (standard to […]

EL ORO CAN STRIKE GOLD

27 October 2022 0 comments

Andrew Ayres has been filling his notebook with more horses to follow KEMPTON September 21 (standard to slow) 6f two-year-old […]

NO BARRIER TO SUCCESS FOR BALDING

29 September 2022 0 comments

Andrew Ayres thinks the Royal colours will soon be carried to victory by a nice juvenile filly KEMPTON August 16 […]

KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON NOSTRUM

25 August 2022 0 comments

Andrew Ayres likes the look of a Sir Michael Stoute youngster SANDOWN July 21 (good-firm) 7f two-year-old maiden (Class 5) […]

Land a nice win with cox

28 July 2022 0 comments

Andrew Ayres with his latest report from parade rings up and down the country Anatomic WINDSOR June 20 (good-firm) 6f […]

FANTASY CAN BECOME REALITY

30 June 2022 0 comments

Andrew Ayres has plenty more horses to watch from his travels around the country Bay Bridge A-Z OF PADDOCK POSITIVES […]