Author: Paul Davidson

2m Lexus Melbourne Cup (Group 1 Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf) (3yo+) I normally like to try and find a winner lurking at bigger odds than our selection in the Melbourne Cup this coming Tuesday. But such is the confidence and expectation about VAUBAN, I think it’s almost impossible to oppose him…

1m7½f (Inner) Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo+) This time five weeks ago it would have been hard to see how TRUESHAN could go and win a fourth Long Distance Cup, but a Group 2 Doncaster Cup win and Group 1 Prix…

6f Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo+) The depth of the sprinting division has been questionable all season and with Shaquille out of proceedings the Champion Sprint looks fairly wide-open to me. Kinross could be the best chance of a winner on the…

2m2f (Row) Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo+) A race dominated by the Irish, National Hunt horses and Willie Mullins in particular in recent years, but the master jumps trainer is probably heading to Newmarket more in hope than in expectation given the credentials of his runners.…

6f John Guest Racing Bengough Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) (3yo+) Not much separates this group of sprinters with any number holding strong claims. But at the weights it might just be ANNAF that shades it here. Already proven at Group 1 level having finished third in the King Stand…

1m2f Prix de l’Opera Longines (Group 1) (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) Blue Rose Cen has already got three Group 1’s on her CV and looked top class when winning the Prix Marcel Boussac on this card last year. She’s clearly a talented filly, but she has shown some cinks in…

5f Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp Longines (Group 1) (2yo+) Highfield Princess is an exceptional mare, but she hasn’t exactly been banging in the Group 1’s this campaign and has had a very busy season. The fact she is favourite for this gives an extremely open look to the betting…

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…