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William Haggas’ My Spirit Preferred For Feature Race At Newbury

24 June 2014 0 comments

One winner for Godolphin at Royal Ascot in a handicap last week was not a vintage return for the operation and I do not think they have covered themselves in glory since the “resignation” of Racing Manager of 22 years Simon Crisford earlier in the year.

Norfolk Stakes Kicks off Ladies’ Day At Royal Ascot

19 June 2014 0 comments

Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot kicks off with the Norfolk Stakes over 5f for juveniles and Aidan O’Brien has not saddled the winner of the race since Johannesburg back in 2001 but I think he will put that right courtesy of the unbeaten The Great War (2.30).

Opening Day Of Royal Ascot Finally Here

17 June 2014 0 comments

The eagerly-awaited first day of Royal Ascot is widely regarded as the best days flat racing in the calendar with three Group 1’s on the card including the opening Queen Anne Stakes over the straight mile.

Richard Hannon Looking To Win First Group One

17 May 2014 0 comments

Not the greatest weekend’s racing but the Scoop 6 is likely to be won and good luck to all getting involved. The Lockinge Stakes at Newbury is today’s feature event a Group One contest over the straight mile for four-year-olds’ and older horses.

Colour Catcher Can Strike Gold At Kempton

6 May 2014 0 comments

The Monday jumps card at Kempton gives way to all-weather action this afternoon and Colour Catcher (2.10) is taken to improve on his debut when green but running on strongly into third place in a decent little race.

Heisman Can Go One Better At Kempton

28 April 2014 0 comments

All flat action today and the Kempton draw could have been kinder to Heisman (2.40) who ran a cracker over C&D on debut before giving best to a useful sort of Godolphin’s here at the beginning of the month.

Sandown Marks End Of Jumps Season With A Bang

25 April 2014 0 comments

The 2013/14 Jumps season finishes with a bang at Sandown on Saturday with the Bet365 Handicap Chase the feature of a terrific card.

Sacred Act Can Continue Improvement At Sandown Park

24 April 2014 0 comments

Sandown Park stage a cracking flat card this afternoon on ground officially, at the time of writing, good to soft but there is more rain forecast for later today.

Unbeaten Kingman Made Favourite For 2000 Guineas At Newmarket

14 April 2014 0 comments

BetVictor make John Gosden’s unbeaten colt Kingman their 7/4 fav (from 6/1) for the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket next month after his magnificent win in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.

Scottish Grand National Caps Wonderful Day Of Racing

11 April 2014 0 comments

A quite wonderful days racing today with the Scottish Grand National from Ayr and the first two Classic Trials of the season at Newbury and we start on the flat with top class renewals of both the Fred Darling and Greenham.

Action Packed Saturday Starts At Newbury

21 March 2014 0 comments

A CRACKING jumps card at Newbury this afternoon beginning with a Novices’ Hurdle over the minimum trip and the progressive Sign Of A Victory (1.50) looks to have been very well placed by trainer Nicky Henderson and is taken to land his hat-trick having landed a Bumper at Kempton and a Novice Hurdle at Doncaster in his last two starts.

Fantastic Friday At Newbury

20 March 2014 0 comments

Excellent racing at Newbury this afternoon beginning with a maiden hurdle over an extended two-and-a-half miles where Call Me Vic (2.10) can go one better than when runner up at Doncaster back in January.