Author: Paul Davidson

The international raiders will be hoping to dominate proceedings at Flemington, with a strong set of challengers bidding to take the trophy back to the Northern hemisphere. The Mullins/Ricci combination look mightily dangerous having targeted this race with Max Dynamite, and although 8/1 is plenty short for a contest of…

There are a number of horses sliding down the handicap that have been entered in to this race with two-time winner Dungannon, Robot Boy, and Confessional boasting a chance on the pick of their handicap form. They have all been running below par this season and it’s hard to be…

A cracking handicap to round off Champions Day with last season’s victor Brone Angel looking to reclaim his crown. This is an extremely competitive mile race with some seasoned handicappers and his revised mark looks a little stiff to capture this again. Buckstay did superbly to collar Gabriel’s lad last…

Frankie Dettori rides another Anthony Oppenheimer horse one week on from his triump in the Arc. Ooty Hill was fancied for great things this season and having finished second to pattern filly Star of Seville at Newbury in April, he came back off a five month break to finish behind Eagle Top…

Jack Naylor has been contesting the toughest fillies races this season, and has an opportunity to get off the mark for the first time as a three-year-old dropping back in trip. Jessica Harrington’s filly never got on terms in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks last time, and her best run of…

In the penultimate month of the official flat racing campaign, the Ayr Gold Cup, as per usual presents itself as one of the trickiest handicaps of the season. History tells us that three-year-olds generally don’t fair well having last won at that age in 2002, and that carrying more than…

A highly competitive renewal in a race in which three year olds have generally struggled to make an impression over recent years. Suzi’s Connoisseur finished a close second last week to Majestic Moon and has been threatening to win a big field handicap such as this. He has risen 3lbs…

Freddie Head is a strong handler of fillies and he saddles Pearly Steph in what looks like a wide open Grp 3 race. She has been racing well in Grp 3 / Listed contests in France this season and is completely unexposed over 7f having won over 8f in listed company.…

In a weekend where emerging three year old sprinters have trounced older opposition, we may be about to see another episode in the pick of Sunday’s card at York. Sole Power’s trainer, Ed Lynam, travels over to Great Britain with Fort Del Oro making her fourth start for the sprinting…