Author: Joel Roberts

MONDIALISTE is the clear class horse in Saturday’s Group Three opener at York, having landed Group One races and generally performed above this level in the past. He’d been somewhat out of sorts of late before a return to form last time out in Group Two company behind Success Days…

After a dire week at Goodwood we’re pleased to turn our attention elsewhere to Northern French track Deauville, where the 6.5-furlong Prix Maurice De Gheest is the feature race on Sunday’s card. Commonwealth Cup winner Caravaggio is the star name and trades odds-on despite meeting his first defeat last time…

It’s been a miserable week for punters and racegoers at Glorious Goodwood after torrential rain turned the track heavy and saw a sea of non-runners. Bookies have been having the best of things with huge-priced winners going in left, right and centre, and punting remains perilous going into the penultimate…

Glorious Goodwood starts on Tuesday and a large field of 15 go to post for the Group Two Lennox Stakes over the intermediate trip of seven furlongs. There’s no Group One in Britain over that trip and the prize money here is huge, which explains the presence of Henry Candy’s…

Success Days was a 4/1 winner yesterday while Ulysses was best of the rest behind flat racing’s new superstar Enable in the King George. A month of Sunday Group Ones at northern French track Deauville begins today, kicking off with the Prix Rothschild for the filly milers. With dual-Royal Ascot…

We’ve had some weak renewals of the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes in recent seasons but the ten declared for Saturday’s edition buck that trend. Much of the pre-race speculation has been around the participation of dual-Oaks heroine Enable from John Gosden’s yard, and despite only running as…

We were out of luck last weekend with both tips sustaining injuries, presumably mid-race, with 40/1 Derby winner Wings Of Eagles sadly having been retired after a fracture. Sandown hosts Saturday’s big race where the three-year-olds clash with the older generation in the Group One Coral-Eclipse, run over the intermediate…

Over in Paris this afternoon, there must be a bet in the Group One Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud as last year’s winner Silverwave trades 4/1 favourite from a classy field. My gut says there are better horses behind him in the market, so he must be taken on. Last year’s…

It’s Irish Derby day at the Curragh and we’re treated to a quality international field featuring some of the leading players from the English and French equivalents. Andre Fabre sends over his French Derby second Waldgeist, a Galileo colt, to take on Aidan O’Brien’s five-strong home team, mostly also by…