13:55: British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1), 6f Dream Of Dreams has been excellent this season and loves a stiff 6f but ground this soft isn’t absolutely certain to suit and there are a few unexposed horses who can have a big say. Unbeaten sprinters are a rare breed, and,…
1pt win Maximal @13/2, 14:20 Newmarket, Saturday
1m (Row) Emirates Autumn Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) (2yo) MAXIMAL looks overpriced at 13/2. He improved plenty for stepping up for a mile last time and can reverse form with One Ruler. Soft ground should be okay and he looks very classy – being very closely related to Frankel. Akmaam is another to…
1pt win Wembley @11/1, 1pt win Etonian @16/1, 14:55 Newmarket, Saturday
7f (Row) Darley Dewhurst Stakes (Group 1) (Class 1) (2yo) A really competitive renewal with plenty of betting angles. I really like Chindit but he’s opposable on this ground at the kind of undulating track he’s unproven on. The ground is a big concern for the pacey Thunder Moon and there are a couple…
1pt win Isabella Giles @11/2, 14:25 Newmarket, Friday
1m (Row) bet365 Fillies’ Mile (Group 1) (Class 1) (2yo) Good race, this. We’ve tipped Shale ante-post at 33/1 for the 1,000 Guineas over this course and distance next May, and I really want her to win with that in mind. The soft ground is concern enough to not wade in again at 7/2,…
1pt each-way Tropbeau @16/1, 16:55 Sunday, Longchamp
Andre Fabre has won two Prix De La Foret’s with three-year-olds and TROPBEAU could be the next to do it for the master trainer. This daughter of Showcasing should relish the bottomless conditoons and put in a career best last time out. She finished close behind Earthlight in the Qatar…
1pt win Air De Valse @12/1, 16:25 Sunday, Longchamp
5f Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp Longines (Group 1) Glass Slippers ran out a surprise 20/1 winner of the Abbaye last year in similar conditions from stall 3. That wasn’t the strongest looking renewal with Battash bombing out and the form of that race hasn’t looked great this year either.…
Arc day tips: Sealiway (5/1), Harajuku (10/1), La Jonction (20/1), Tickle Me Green (14/1 ew)
Sunday is Arc day in Paris, meaning no less than six Group Ones to get stuck into. Enable goes for her third Arc at her fourth attempt after getting outstayed in the mud last year, but the ground will be potentially even worse this time and it might be a…
1pt win Billesdon Brook @10/1, 14:45 Newmarket, Saturday
1m (Row) Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes (Group 1) (Fillies & Mares) (British Champions Series) (Class 1)(3yo+) A very competitive race and I’m backing two-time Newmarket Group One winner BILLESDON BROOK to land back-to-back renewals. Soft ground should be okay and she is brilliant at Newmarket. Her form this season has been…
1pt win Ebaiyra @7/1, 14:15 Longchamp, Saturday
1m6f Qatar Prix de Royallieu (Group 1) (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Grande Course) (Turf) (3yo+) As races go, this is wide open. I wouldn’t want to put you off backing Manuela De Vega or Pista but it’s difficult to argue either should be any shorter in the betting as heavy ground is…
1pt win Milltown Star @8/1, 14:05 Haydock, Saturday
1m (1m37y) Close Brothers Handicap (Class 2) There is some nice racing over at Newmarket, but one that stands out over at Haydock is MILLTOWN STAR for Mick Channon in a handicap. The Close Brothers is often won by three-year-olds and he remains unexposed having shaped pretty well on his…