Author: Joel Roberts

6f  Princess Margaret Keeneland Stakes (Group 3) (Fillies)  (Class 1) (2yo) This race has been kind to me in recent years and I fancy ATTAGIRL could keep that going. She’s 15/2 and I really liked the way she quickened last time out at Haydock. The form is there to be shot at but…

7f  (July) bet365 Superlative Stakes (Group 2)  (Class 1) (2yo) I like MR MCCANN‘s chance here at 11/1 as he gave plenty of weight away on his turf debut and won impressively, pulling clear of Triple Time. That gives him a fairly favourable collateral formline with the favourite here Dhabab, who is being backed…

ART POWER (17) 14/1 He’s been banging on the door in Group One sprints but only when the ground is softer, which must be by design. He’ll need rain and even then will probably come up short again. BRANDO (1) 80/1 Past his best and on the downgrade. CHIL CHIL…

7f  Chesham Stakes (Listed Race)  (Class 1) (2yo) The heavy ground might be against the favourite Port Lonsdale here and there’s a nice shape to the market with only ten runners. I’m firing two darts as I think both NEW SCIENCE (7/1) and GREAT MAX (10/1) should be shorter in the betting. Both…

6f  Albany Stakes (Group 3) (Fillies)  (Class 1) (2yo) Flotus couldn’t have been more eye catching on debut and looks a worthy favourite for this 6f sprint, but the race is so competitive she’s worth taking on at the prices with EVE LODGE, who was down to run earlier in the week but…

5f  Norfolk Stakes (Group 2)  (Class 1) (2yo) Thunderstorms failed to materialise over Ascot last night and only 3mm of rain fell so good to firm remains and now looks the right time to side with Wesley Ward’s LUCCI at 6/1, who won’t have wanted any rain. Ward made no secret that the…

5f  Queen Mary Stakes (Group 2) (Fillies)  (Class 1) (2yo) 22 run but there’s hope as we’ve found the winner twice in the last five renewals, both times with Wes Ward raiders – although his Twilight Gleaming looks extremely short for this so is best avoided this time. I like DESERT DREAMER the…

6f Coventry Stakes (Group 2) (Class 1) (2yo) As ever, this looks really tricky with 17 mostly unexposed and improving two-year-olds so it’s not a race to get carried away with. I’m going to throw a few darts and back one from each side of the track, both from the Richard Hannon yard.…

1m  (7f213y) (Rnd) St James’s Palace Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Colts)  (Class 1) (3yo) This is the race of the day, given the competitiveness and no standout. The three Coolmore horses have fared well, drawn on the inside in 2, 3 and 4, so they’re likely to try and dictate things with Ontario…

1m4f  (1m4f6y) Cazoo Derby (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Entire Colts & Fillies)  (Class 1) (3yo) I was very keen to back High Definition before he and all the Coolmore horses bar Bolshoi Ballet were withdrawn, but their absence does no harm to this year’s renewal of the great race as a betting proposition.…