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Haydock Park Expect Dry Week In Run Up To Saturday’s Group One Sprint
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Lynam Has Upper Hand For Today’s July Cup
Irish handler Eddie Lynam holds all the aces in this afternoon’s July Cup with both Royal Ascot winners Sole Power […]
Falmouth Stakes
Sir Michael Stoute’s filly Integral (2.40) heads a field of seven for this afternoon’s feature Falmouth Stakes the famous red […]
Newmarket’s July Cup Kicks Off
Newmarket’s three-day July Cup meeting kicks off this afternoon with Sir Michael Stoute poised for a good day, the trainer […]
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
One of the most prestigious races in the flat calendar, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is always a real […]
Grounds For Concern Ahead Of Saturday Card At Sandown
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
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
Haydock play host to the feature afternoon card including the feature £25,000 1m 6f handicap for three-year-olds.
Alutiq Can Bounce Back From Royal Ascot Disappointment At Pontefract
Saturday’s Irish Derby proved a stroll in the park for Epsom winner Australia, the Ballydoyle colt that was bred for classic success completed the double with the minimal of fuss and heads the betting as the 3/1 favourite with BetVictor for the Prix De L’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October.
Racing Ahead July Issue Out NOW!
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