Author: Paul Davidson

6f Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo+) Great Ambassador and Commanche Falls fought out a great finish in the Stewards’ Cup with the latter getting on top late on back in August. They represent the top two favourites in the market but both have been…

Lots of familiar names in the Irish St. Leger and who would put is passed Search For A Song winning three in a row. She should be primed for this although has certainly had a much lighter campaign leading into this race than most years. Twilight Payment also looked in…

This is a good looking renewal of the Group 1 Flying Five at The Curragh. Winter Power is a warm order favourite following her Nunthorpe win and would have been for this even without the boost given to that form from Emaraaty Ana’s win in the Group 1 Sprint Stakes.…

The pace appears to be drawn on either wings of the track whereas the main market principals are all drawn in the centre of the course. I think the stands’ side rail is where you want to be with fresher ground however only time will tell. Not a single horse…

1m (July) Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Fillies & Mares) (Class 1) The Falmouth Stakes looks like a really competitive affair and represents the first occassion where the Classic generation take on their elders. However 9lbs is a lot of weight for the older horses to give…

An interesting looking fillies race where Statement is a very warm order at shorter than 2/1. She undeniably has the pick of the form running Alcohol Free close in the Fred Darling but besides that she hasn’t been the most consistent and she got turned over at 7/4 last time…

6f Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) Dream Of Dreams is a worthy favourite for the Diamond Jubilee, but he has bombed out on soft ground over this course before and it’s he never always does waht you want him to do in these big Group…

6f Wokingham Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) It doesn’t look the deepest of renewals for the Wokingham Stakes with several non-runners bringing the field down to a modest number of 24. One that has the potential to materially improve beyond his current mark is the James Fanshawe trained FRESH, who…

2m4f Gold Cup (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) Stradivarious has been the dominant player in this division for the last four years now and he looks primed for another big performance today. He might just turn out to be too good once again at the tender age of…

1m6f Queen’s Vase (Group 2) (Class 1) Aidan O’Brien, John Gosden and Mark Johnston have had a strangehold on this race in recent memory and they saddle more than 50% of the runners for what looks an incredibly strong renewal of the Queen’s Vase. I fancy Coolmore to pick this…