The horses were declared for today’s flat cards on Sunday on fast ground and we are likely to see a raft of non-runners after the rain of Monday which is sure to have eased underfoot conditions ahead of today’s racing.
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Grandeur Looking To Repeat In Foundation Stakes At Goodwood
Some top class action from Goodwood this afternoon including the listed Foundation Stakes over 10f where Grandeur (3.50) can follow up last year’s win in the corresponding race as long as the ground does not deteriorate too badly.
Bob Taken To Follow Up Doncaster Success At Newcastle
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
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
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.
Yarmouth and Ayr Gold Cup Highlights Of Today’s Racing
By Charlie McCann The final day of Yarmouth’s Eastern Festival and the first Day of Ayr‘s Gold Cup meeting are […]
John Musker Fillies’ Stakes Is Highlight Of Yarmouth’s Eastern Festival
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
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 Sprint Cup: Day Two
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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.
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