Author: Joel Roberts

There’s an open feel to the Group-One Sun Chariot Stakes this year. Favourites have a good record in the race with Integral and Sky Lantern landing the odds in recent years, yet Andre Fabre’s Esoterique (5/4) looks a shade vulnerable given her best form – winning the Prix Jacque Le…

A horse-by-horse preview of Sunday’s Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp: the world’s most prestigious horse race. Run every year on the first weekend of October, the Arc is Europe’s richest horse race and typically attracts a high-class international field, yet this year it’s the French, Irish and British…

We fancied Light Up Our World to win at Doncaster earlier in the month when stepped up to a mile. Back to seven furlongs on a day where course and distance form is holding firm and with ground to suit, she looks good value to go close again at 9/2. 1pt…

Aiden O’Brien’s Deauville looks terrible value as an even-money favourite for this seven-furlong Group Two. He made hard work of his Leoparstown win in July – form that’s been franked by second-placed Sanus Per Aquam winning earlier in the week – but it was a run that hardly screamed class and he’s…

Long odds-on shot Shalaa (2/5) is unbackable despite looking an exceptional two-year-old. He’s beaten the re-opposing Gimcrack Stakes winner Ajaya as well as his owner’s other star juvenile, subsequent Flying Childers Stakes winner Gutaifan, so looks the one to beat in the Group One Middle Park Stakes. Coventry Stakes winner…

Despite the drying ground, Besharah should open her Group One account at Newmarket tomorrow and looks a solid bet at 11/4. She went down a short-head to the unbeaten and re-opposing Illumitate over course and distance in July, but given her clear progression since – getting the better of Lumiere…

The ground looks to be drying out and that can only play into course specialist Tupi‘s hands. He has plenty to find on form with Time Test but this looks like his best trip and 18/1 seems very generous against just three runners. A small bet is advised. Tweet

Thursday is the first day of Newmarket’s Cambridgeshire meeting, which hosts plenty of Group-level action over the coming days. First up is the Group Three Tattersalls Stakes over seven furlongs. The ground is good to soft after plenty of rain and we fancy Godolphin’s Steady Pace to outrun both his…