Author: Joel Roberts

Gold Cup 1-2 Native River and MIGHT BITE face off in the Betfair Chase on Saturday, as Grade 1 action over jumps returns to Britain. With ex-star Thistlecrack and the up-and-coming Clan Des Obeaux also in opposition as well as last year’s runaway winner Bristol De Mai, it’s a seriously hot renewal.…

Ascot hosts a decent jumps card on Saturday and there’s a solid renewal of the Christy Chase to ponder. The favourite Politologue runs well fresh having won on his reappearance the last two years, and his Grade 1 winning exploits of last season make him the right favourite. There is…

The Hobbs yard is in flying form, in stark contrast to last season, when a bug in the yard plagued them all year. There’s more than a good chance that was to blame for 2017 Triumph Hurdle winner DEFI DU SEUIL‘s difficult season, and real reason to believe he’ll bounce…

Right then. The jumps are very much back as Cheltenham hosts its three-day November meeting – the biggest this side of Christmas. The hot and dry summer and lack of rain this autumn means ground conditions are unseasonably fast, with Cheltenham officially riding the slow side of good this weekend.…

Line Of Duty got Godolphin and Europe off the mark on the opening Friday of this year’s Breeders’ Cup, narrowly denying our 20/1 poke Uncle Benny and rightly surviving at stewards’ enquiry. We reload and go again for day two and plan to stick to the plan of favouring the…

The Breeders’ Cup, America’s biggest meeting, kicks off today over at Churchill Downs and there’s a typically strong European team for the two days. I prefer backing the home team in these races, particularly over distances of a mile and under, as they simply go a different pace to European…

Britain’s flat season climaxes on Saturday with Ascot’s Champions Day card hosting four Group Ones as well as the opening Group Two Long Distance Cup and closing Balmoral Handicap. It’s the best day of flat racing we have in this country and there’s no shortage of quality on show, with…

There’s Group One action at Newmarket with the Fillies’ Mile the feature of a high-class card. Pretty Pollyanna was 4/1 for most of this week and she’s miles clear on ratings, with her best form coming over six furlongs. This is a significant step up in trip but, visually, the way…

Will appear here around half an hour before the race, once the going is clearer after the forecast rain. If we’re going to take Enable on we need a horse with its optimum conditions, so check back at 2:30. Tweet