Day: 2 June 2023

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…