Author: Joel Roberts

I won’t waste time telling you how worthy a favourite Enable is for this year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, as she has the best form in the race and fits the perfect profile for a potential Arc winner. She isn’t the only three-year-old filly to have easily beaten her…

Race two on Arc day and the two-year-old colts tackle a mile in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere – except Aidan O’Brien has declared his Group One winning filly Magical. She has a big chance and it’s probably worth waiting to see how the horse she narrowly beat last time out…

The opening Prix Marcel Boussac on Chantilly’s Arc card looks good for a bet, with the market leaning heavily towards the chances from the bigger yards. It’s clear to see that Aidan O’Brien’s Magical has a huge chance after she all but won a Group One on her previous start,…

I’m very keen on BATTAASH‘s chances in Sunday’s Prix de Abbaye at its temporary home of Chantilly. Last year’s winner Marsha – who has since won the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes this season when beating the selection – is back for another go but will encounter ground far softer than 12…

At 6/1, Aidan O’Brien’s SIOUX NATION simply looks overpriced to notch his second Group One of his short career in the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket. He’s sired by Scatt Daddy, whose progeny generally go on softer ground so I’m not sure that’s a realistic negative as some pundits suggest, and those…

The Group Three Legacy Cup Stakes at Newbury has the feel of a rematch between Desert Encounter and Second Step. Perhaps the class horse is My Dream Boat, though, after he beat the subsequent Arc winner in a Group One at Royal Ascot last year, but he’s been running well…

Waterlogging has forced the abandonment of Ayr’s big Gold Cup card, but it’s good ground at Newbury where there are three Group races to get stuck into. The sprint at 16:00 looks a good betting race with plenty of known quantities. Muthmir is one of them and has to saddle…

Earlier on the Doncaster St Leger card the Champagne Stakes could provide Classic clues for next season’s 2000 Guineas. Raced over Doncaster’s flat seven furlongs with forecast good-to-soft ground, the betting looks tricky as plenty have chances. None more so than the favourite MYTHICAL MAGIC – a big horse who’s two-from-two…

We’ve an above-average field for this year’s St Leger at Doncaster, the third and final English Classic race for three-year-olds this season. I’m not sold on joint-favourite Crystal Ocean’s credentials given he’s unproven at Group One level and over this staying trip. He won a Group Three on dire ground…