Author: Joel Roberts

With a profitable flat season over until the spring, we’re turning to Wincanton and specifically COEUR DE LION to get our jumps season of to a big start. Race fit after placing second in the Cesarewitch trial at Newmarket and putting in a good performance in third at York –…

With the late withdrawal of Ulysses, suddenly the Group One Breeders’ Cup Turf looks a lot weaker, but last year’s winner and current favourite Highland Reel is back for more after running a blinder on ground he’d have hated at Ascot on Champions Day. He has a great chance back…

The 2017 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf looks a cracker, with Europe holding a strong hand by sending over five Group One winners. The draw has been unkind to Rhododendron, Aidan O’Brien’s dual-Group One winner, as she’s parked out in stall 14 and has it all to do from…

Europeans dominate the betting for the Group One Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf over a mile at Del Mar, San Diego. Amusingly, the 5/1 favourite is Mendelssohn for Aidan O’Brien, who you may remember we selected at 50/1 – before he drifted to 80/1 – to win the Dewhurst Stakes at…

With the 7/2 unbeaten favourite Rushing Fall drawn wide in stall 11, there surely must be a bet in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar on Friday night. Del Mar receives ten inches of rain all year, so we can expect rattling fast ground and a real emphasis…

Aidan O’Brien broke Bobby Frankel’s long-standing record for most Group One wins in a season on Saturday, and he’s now out to extend that record with runners in France today. Nelson, whose sire Frankel is named after the legendary trainer, had his form comprehensively franked in Saturday’s record-breaking Racing Post Trophy…

Aidan O’Brien looks to break Bobby Frankel’s world record for Group One victories on the flat this Saturday, sending four over to Doncaster to tackle the mile-long Racing Post Trophy for two-year-olds. Chief hope according to both jockey bookings and the betting market is the Japanese-bred Saxon Warrior, with Ryan…

July Cup and Haydock Sprint Cup winner Harry Angel casts a long shadow over the market for Europe’s richest sprint, the Champions Sprint Stakes on Ascot’s Champions Day card. He was absolutely brilliant at Haydock and nothing even got close to him on the day, powering through the heavy ground…

Royal Ascot winning three-year-old STRADIVARIUS looks an outstanding bet at 9/1 in the opening Long Distance Cup on Ascot’s Champions Day card. Up against the last two winners of the Group One Ascot Gold Cup – Big Orange and Order Of St George – and despite being second favourite, he’s been…

Ghaiyyath trades 2/1 favourite for the Autumn Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday but I’m not sure that’s the right price after just a course and distance maiden success. He looked pretty good and favouritism is fairly justified, but I’m happy to take him on with Charlie Hills’s WAFY at 8/1. He too…