Author: Joel Roberts

7f (Row) Godolphin Lifetime Care Oh So Sharp Stakes (Group 3) (Fillies) (Class 1) (2yo) This race looks wide open despite there being a short priced favourite. I’ve learnt the hard way Salisbury form rarely translates to the top tracks and Skellet looks way too short on what might be softer ground than she’s…

I’ve backed Arc third ONESTO for Breeders’ Cup success at Santa Anita, where he’ll get similar fast ground to what was clearly a career best last time out at Longchamp. He ran the final 3f in exactly the same time as the brilliant winner Ace Impact, and that blend of…

1m4f Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Group 1) (3yo+ No Geldings) (Grande Course) (Turf) (3yo+) Not a vintage renewal. Ace Impact looks great and is the one horse that can win and make the race look a good one in hindsight, but he’s a bit keen and hasn’t proven…

1m Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac – Criterium des Pouliches (Group 1) (2yo Fillies) (Grande Course) (Turf) (2yo) A wide open race where it’s difficult to rule anything out completely. The one I like the most is LES PAVOTS who looks to want the step up in trip after finding the…

7f Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (Grand Criterium) (Group 1) (2yo Colts & Fillies) (New Course) (Turf) (2yo) It was pretty clear that ROSALLION didn’t handle the soft ground when well beaten at Doncaster, but the form of his Pat Eddery Stakes win at Ascot has been handsomely franked since and he has…

1m6f Qatar Prix de Royallieu (Group 1) (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Grande Course) (Turf) (3yo+) This looks really competitive and the 3/1 favourite Melo Melo will take some beating as her second to Warm Heart in the Vermeille is strong form. However, prior to that she only beat BAIYKARA a short neck…

6f (Row) Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes (Group 1) (Fillies) (Class 1) (2yo) Front runners dominated Friday’s Newmarket card and I suspect it’ll be more of the same on Saturday. Relief Rally has been excellent all season and is all speed, but we’re in September now and she’s not the biggest filly so it would…

1m (Row) Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes (Group 2) (Colts & Geldings) (Class 1) (2yo) A really competitive betting heat but the two big yards take the top two spots in the betting and I’m happy to take both horses on. I’m keen on two here and will be backing them both at 6/1 as…

1m Qatar Prix Daniel Wildenstein (Group 2) (3yo+) (Grande Course) (Turf) (3yo+) This looks like a good opportunity for EMBESTO to make a successful step up to Group Two level after dead heating with Mighty Ulysses last time out. He’s only been beaten once, and I’m not having his conqueror Nostrum’s blowout…

7f (Row) Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai Rockfel Stakes (Group 2) (Class 1) (2yo) This looks wide open if you can see past the clear form horse, Shuwari, who beat a subsequent Group One winner last time out. I’m never afraid to take on a short price favourite in a juvenile race as they’re all…