Author: Paul Davidson

6f Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo+) Orazio has been touted as the proverbial “Group horse in a handicap” all season having been sent off as favourite for the Wokingham (ground too fast) and for the Stewards’ Cup (ground too bottomless) in his last two…

1m6f Comer Group International Irish St. Leger (Group 1) (3yo+) Kyprios is a magnificant stayer on his day, but there has to be a lot of concerns around his general wellbeing for this race with his year-long layoff and from some of the comments coming out of the yard which…

5f Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai Flying Five Stakes (Group 1) (3yo+) This is a race between two here in Highfield Princess and BRADSELL with slight preference for the latter based on value and performances over five-furlongs this season. Bradsell has already proven himself to be near the top of the…

6f Irish Stallion Farms EBF “Bold Lad” Sprint Handicap (Premier Handicap) (3yo+) This may go to one of the British sprinters who stack the top weights of the handicap here, all of them are capable of beating one another but after Albasheer and Summerghand‘s dead heat in a York handicap…

7½f (7f72y) Ballylinch Stud Irish EBF Ingabelle Stakes (Listed Race) (Fillies) (2yo) Content looks opposable in this race having failed to fire on quick ground in the Chesham Stakes and with it taking him three runs to get off the mark. I much prefer the credentials of Kitty Rose and…

1m Dullingham Park Stakes (Group 2) (3yo+) This doesn’t look like the strongest of Group 2’s so it may be worth taking a punt on TARAWA to get in to the frame here. This relative of top class mare Tarnawa has struggled to get her head in front this season,…

6f Betfair Sprint Cup Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo+) Shaquille is simply the best sprinter in the UK at the moment having claimed two Group 1’s on the bounce and whilst he does have the potential to throw this race away at the start of his…

1m4f Paddy Power Stakes (Group 3) (Registered as the Kilternan Stakes) Adelaide River is a short-priced favourite for this off the back of his two runner-up efforts in the Group 1 Irish Derby and the Grand Prix De Paris. The drop in class to Group 3 level looks like a…

6f Sky Bet Constantine Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo+)  Both MUMS TIPPLE and LETHAL LEVI have got excellent course form at York and are extremely well-suited by fast underfoot conditions. Mums Tipple showed he was in great heart earlier this season with a striking run to finish 4th in the Wokingham…

1m4f Sky Bet Great Voltigeur Stakes (Group 2) (Colts & Geldings) (Class 1) (3yo) All of the hype obviously surrounds Gregory for the Great Voltigeur and whilst the current St. Leger favourite has clearly got a fantastic chance, I’m not overly convinced the drop back in trip from his Royal…