Friday looks a tough betting day with not a lot of obvious value about, mainly as the two feature Group Ones are dominated in the betting by two of Aidan O’Brien’s best three-year-olds. There seems little point taking on Winter in the Coronation Stakes after her brace of 1000 Guineas…
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0.75pt each-way Gracious Diana @18/1, 15:40 Ascot, Thursday
I’m taking on the favourite, Mori, in the Ribbesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot on Thursday. Favourites are having a pretty good week and the bookies are feeling it, but I can’t quite see why the horse that easily beat Mori in a maiden earlier in the season, GRACIOUS DIANA, is several…
1pt win Mcerin @5/1, 0.5pt each-way Sioux Nation @16/1, 14:30 Ascot, Thursday
Qemah and Le Brivido combined to bag us two winners on Wednesday’s Royal Ascot card, both favourites, and market leaders are having a good week. American trainer Wes Ward is having a good week with two winners and a close second, so it’s hard not to like the claims of MCERIN in…
1pt win Le Brivido @10/3 or best morning price, 14:30 Ascot, Wednesday
Tuesday’s Queen Anne Stakes winner Ribchester won the opening Jersey Stakes on day two of Royal Ascot last year after placing third in the 2000 Guineas, and Classic form again looks key to unlocking the 2017 renewal as horses from the 2000 Guineas, 1000 Guineas and French 2000 Guineas top the market.…
1pt win Murillo @7/1, 15:05 Ascot, Tuesday
Royal Ascot’s second race each year, the Coventry Stakes for two-year-olds, is a really tough one to call with such little form in the book. I think the favourite Brother Bear is easy to take on on this ground as he’s by Kodiac, whose progeny generally appreciate some cut. His…
0.75pt each-way American Patriot @25/1, 14:30 Ascot, Tuesday
We deliberately kept our powder dry over the weekend in anticipation of a big week’s punting at Royal Ascot, which kicks off tomorrow in hot summer weather. As with every year, three Group One races punctuate the Tuesday card, starting with the Queen Anne Stakes in which Richard Fahey’s top-class…
Two ante-post tips for Royal Ascot's Prince of Wales's Stakes
Royal Ascot starts a week today and we’re keen to play a couple of cards early, starting with a couple of French raiders in Wednesday’s Prince of Wales’ Stakes. Christophe Ferland’s four-year-old HESHEM is 14/1 non-runner-no-bet with SkyBet at the time of writing, which on the strength of his fine Group One-second in…
Our selection Wings Of Eagles wins the Derby at 40/1
Scenes yesterday as our three tips for the Epsom Derby finished 1st, 2nd and 5th, with the winner, Wings Of Eagles, drifting to a whopping starting price of 40/1. We were expecting Aidan O’Brien’s Cliffs Of Moher to be the one to beat, and he put up a mighty performance…
2017 Epsom Derby selections
The Epsom Derby looks a tough nut to crack this year with 19 runners and no stand-out favourite. That said, this is the type of betting heat that makes me love the flat, as you could make a case for more than most. Luck will be a factor with so…
0.75pt each-way Intricately @16/1, 15:25 Curragh, Sunday
I’m backing Joseph O’Brien’s and INTRICATELY to land the Irish 1000 Guineas today at Curragh. He’s a Group One winner at the track and the form of that Moyglare Stud Stakes win gives him a big shout in this, particularly as the rain has come. He’s by Fastnet Rock, whose progeny appreciate…