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1m2f Betfred Lester Piggott Handicap (Class 2) (3yo 0-100) A fiercely competitive three-year-old handicap here with Torito looking a potential pattern-level perfomer with his close second to Derby entrant Artistic Star looking like a particularly strong formline. However Torito has not gone unnoticed by the handicapper with a mark of…

1m4f (1m4f6y) Betfred Derby (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (No Geldings) (Class 1) (3yo) Not a vintage year – if the trials are anything to go by – but a good betting market as Auguste Rodin and Arrest are easy to take on. Soft ground can’t have been the issue…

1m4f (1m4f6y) Betfred Oaks (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Fillies) (Class 1) (3yo) Savethelastdance looks likely to go off a very short price and a 22l trial win is compelling, but she’s come from nowhere and has clearly surprised connections as she went off 20/1 and unfancied on her first…

1m4f Dahlbury Coronation Cup (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (4yo+) A really top renewal and nothing can be ruled out from this high quality five-runner field. Hurricane Lane is arguably better on softer ground and Emily Upjohn, despite being top-class, is having her first run of the season.…

1m Lanwades Stud Stakes (Group 2) (Fillies & Mares) (4yo+) Joseph O’Brien seems to have a firm grip on this contest running three out of the eight entrants. Jumbly could be a very interesting recruit for him from Roger Charlton, but she hasn’t run for almost a year and might…

5f Betfred Temple Stakes (Group 2) (Class 1) (3yo+) 1/5 1-4 There’s a good chance DRAMATISED is a class above these. She looked out of the ordinary as a juvenile before losing her way mid season, but returned to form with an excellent 2nd at the Breeders’ Cup. She’s very…

1m Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas (Group 1) (No Geldings) (3yo) The English Guineas form is well represented by the 2nd and 3rd placed Hi Royal and Royal Scotsman, but I’d have a slight stamina doubt about both of them over this stiff mile test. I’m firmly with Aidan O’Brien’s PADDINGTON here at…

1m2f BetVictor London Gold Cup Heritage Handicap (Class 2) (3yo) This race always tends to produce several Group class horses and there are plenty with fanciful future entries at the top of the market. Aiden O’Brien has a rare three-year-old handicap runner in this race in the shape of Bertinelli…

6f BetVictor Carnarvon Stakes (Listed Race) (Class 1) (3yo) Noble Style is a very warm order on his return to six furlongs. His stamina didn’t quite last home over the mile on soft ground at Newmarket two weeks ago in the 2000 Guineas, and it would be no surprise if…

1m (Row) Qipco 1000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo) I’ve backed Tahiyra for the Arc but a couple of comments from Dermot Weld have raised a red flag here. He said she hasn’t grown from two to three and that she needed this race to…