Author: Joel Roberts

CLAN DES OBEAUX is a deserved favourite for Saturday’s Caspian Caviar Gold Cup over two-and-a-half miles around Cheltenham. His novice chasing form is working out really well with Whisper, who has beaten him less than a length on two occasions in the past year, going so close in the Ladbrokes…

If the Tingle Creek this year doesn’t look the deepest of renewals, the Grade 1 Henry VIII Novices’ Chase earlier on the card looks vintage with four of the top ten in Cheltenham Festival’s Arkle market going to post. I was a little surprised to see Nicky Henderson’s Brain Power…

For the second year running Willie Mullins and his star chaser Douvan have let down ante-post punters by flirting with participation in the Grade 1 Tingle Creek… before pulling the plug at final declarations. Zzz. Sadly it’s left just Fox Norton as a truly top-class participant in this year’s renewal.…

Grade 1 action returns to Britain this Saturday as the opening top-level race of the season, the Betfair Chase, takes centre stage at Haydock. Three-time winner Cue Card would usually be favourite for this race but he’s pushing twelve years old and has fallen on two of his previous three…

The jumps season slips into top gear tomorrow as Cheltenham hosts the biggest meeting this side of Christmas, the three-day November meeting where many big names will be returning to the track. I think there’s a bet in the closing novices’ hurdle on Friday’s card as the second-favourite Calett Mad,…

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…