Author: Paul Davidson

6f Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (No Geldings) (Class 1) (3yo) The market is priced up based on last season’s juvenile sprinting form and I’m not so keen on following those horses that have tried their luck in a Guineas contest over a mile this season. Little Big…

1m4f (1m3f211y) King George V Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo 0-105) So many promising three-year-old middle distance horses race in the King George V Stakes handicap. It’s very hard to call, but a cracking betting heat. Sometimes in a handicap you just have to go with a horse who…

1m2f Betfred Lester Piggott Handicap (Class 2) (3yo 0-100) A fiercely competitive three-year-old handicap here with Torito looking a potential pattern-level perfomer with his close second to Derby entrant Artistic Star looking like a particularly strong formline. However Torito has not gone unnoticed by the handicapper with a mark of…

1m4f Dahlbury Coronation Cup (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (4yo+) A really top renewal and nothing can be ruled out from this high quality five-runner field. Hurricane Lane is arguably better on softer ground and Emily Upjohn, despite being top-class, is having her first run of the season.…

1m Lanwades Stud Stakes (Group 2) (Fillies & Mares) (4yo+) Joseph O’Brien seems to have a firm grip on this contest running three out of the eight entrants. Jumbly could be a very interesting recruit for him from Roger Charlton, but she hasn’t run for almost a year and might…

1m2f BetVictor London Gold Cup Heritage Handicap (Class 2) (3yo) This race always tends to produce several Group class horses and there are plenty with fanciful future entries at the top of the market. Aiden O’Brien has a rare three-year-old handicap runner in this race in the shape of Bertinelli…

6f BetVictor Carnarvon Stakes (Listed Race) (Class 1) (3yo) Noble Style is a very warm order on his return to six furlongs. His stamina didn’t quite last home over the mile on soft ground at Newmarket two weeks ago in the 2000 Guineas, and it would be no surprise if…

4m (3m7f176y) Coral Scottish Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) Although they are both trading at the top of the market, I think the two best handicapped horses in the race are MONBEG GENIOUS and YOUR OWN STORY. Both of the horses are connected with…

4m2½f (Grand National) Randox Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (7yo+) It’s as if in the last week the punters have forgotten the credentials of the ante-post favourite in the aftermatch of the Cheltenham festival, Corach Rambler. Corach Rambler is effectively 10lbs well-in and has now…

4m2f Boulton Group Midlands Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) Another gruelling edition of the Midlands National is in store for us to cure our post-Cheltenham hangover and I think this can go the way of a previous Welsh National winner. This season’s winner, The…