Author: Joel Roberts

The most difficult thing when betting on Aidan O’Brien’s horses is generally knowing which of his have the best chances, as he is so often mob handed. So when PINK DOGWOOD was left in as the yard’s sole runner in the Prix Marcel Boussac, it stood out as a confident declaration. She’s lightly…

The improving BROOME looks the one to be on in the Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere on Arc day at Longchamp. 10/1 for the O’Brien yard’s number one hope looks simply too good to ignore, and he’s got to be well fancied given he’s his yard’s sole representative in a race they…

Limato has bounced back to form by winning back-to-back Listed races, but he’s still a long way below the Group One winner we saw a few years ago and there’s plenty of rain forecast for his assignment at Ascot today, which takes away from his chance. He’s still got a…

I’m not really sure what Charlie Appleby was thinking running LOXLEY in the St Leger, after saying he wouldn’t try the trip again after he was beaten at Newmarket earlier this season by Wells Farhh Go. I hope that non-staying St Leger performance hasn’t left a mark as I’m certain he’s the…

This looks a trappy renewal of the Sun Chariot Stakes, a Group One for fillies over the Guineas course and distance at Newmarket, as there are an awful lot of live chances and we have significant previous with the favourite. Wind Chimes has been our bogey horse this season as…

Connections have raised the possibility of star three-year-old ROARING LION running in the QEII on Champions Day at Ascot, which looks highly likely given he hails from the same yard as Cracksman, the reigning Champion Stakes champ, as it’s unlikely they’ll take each other on. A Group One win at a…

This is the time of year the Aidan O’Brien yard’s juveniles hit top gear, as his progeny of champion sire Galileo begin to boss the staying two-year-olds divisions. There’s top-class racing at Newmarket tomorrow and plenty of sons and grandsons of the late Scatt Daddy are amongst the favourites, including…

Newbury’s 2.20 can go to EXTRA ELUSIVE at a very backable price of 8/1. He beat some good horses on soft ground as a juvenile, so shouldn’t fear any rain, and looked dynamite last time out on the all-weather when quickening eye-catchingly well off a slow pace. This looks winnable as the…

NATURALLY HIGH can land the Group Two Prix Neil and put a disappointing run in the French Derby behind him. Returned home very sick from that encounter, I am drawing a line through that run and instead focusing on the promise he showed when coming from last to first in…

Karl Burke’s UNFORTUNATELY hasn’t had a great season, after promising so much as a juvenile when winning the Prix Morny. He missed the break in the Commonwealth Cup and couldn’t get competitive, while his Group One assignment at Deauville was more than underwhelming – he came home 10th in both…