The Woodcote normally produces a couples of decent two-year-olds, and Marie’s Diamond is a worthy favourite for the in form Middleham Park Racing syndicate. He showed great promise to land a decent maiden on his debut before finishing a reasonable third in a conditions race over 6f at Newbury a…
1pt win Zihba @8/1, 16:10 Curragh, Saturday
The Curragh hosts Ireland’s first Classic of the 2018 flat season with the 2000 Guineas over a mile taking centre stage, where English Guineas fourth and sixth, Elarqam and Gustav Klimt re-oppose. The market has been topsy turvy in the last week as Ryan Moore has opted to ride champion…
1pt win James Garfield @11/2, 1pt win Emblazoned @16/1, 15:25 Haydock, Saturday
The race of the day this Saturday might be the Group Two Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock for three-year-old sprinters, a trial for next month’s Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot. It’s a tough task picking between the top four in the betting, as they’re all much of a muchness and…
1pt win Gilgamesh @9/2, 14:00 York, Saturday
So Beloved has been competing in better company and is expected to put in a decent enough showing off of top-weight whilst Eastern Impact also looks well-treated on his old form but both haven’t won for a while. Golden Apollo could appreciate the step back up in trip for Tim…
1pt each-way Stephensons Rocket @12/1, 19:05 Sandown, Thursday
STEPHENSONS ROCKET is a strong fancy on Sandown’s Thursday evening card, stepping back in trip to a mile – a particularly stiff mile I might add – having failed to get home last time out at Newmarket. He traveled like the best horse in the race in that ten-furlong affair, hitting…
1pt each-way Communique @10/1, 15:00 Newbury, Saturday
It could be a cracking day for Andrea Atzeni, and Masaarr is likely to be extremely popular with punters in a day where we are massively on Addeybb. This Roger Varian chestnut-colt has looked a decent prospect on his four starts of which he has won two. The step up…
Two bets in the Lockinge Stakes: Addeybb (13/2) and Deauville (16/1)
There’s Group One action at Newbury this Saturday as the older horses tackle the one-mile Lockinge Stakes, this year – unlike last – run on fast ground and without a clear Group One miler at the top of the market. It’s an interesting betting heat with 16 runners to consider,…
York Thursday tips: Nordic Lights (10/1) and James Cook (10/1)
We’ve not got a lot of evidence to go by, but NORDIC LIGHTS fits the profile of an improving, unexposed horse at a nice price in the Dante at York on Thursday. Unbeaten in two starts, he could be anything at this stage as he’s one of the first crop of three-year-olds…
York Wednesday tips: Tasleet (9/2) and Lubinka (6/1)
TASLEET has to be backed at 9/2 to record back-to-back successes in the Clipper Logistics Stakes at York on Wednesday. He bolted up on soft ground last year to earn a reputation for being a mudlark, but an excellent second on lightning fast ground at Royal Ascot rubbished that theory and…
French 2000 and 1000 Guineas selections: Olmedo (11/4), Barkaa (7/1) and Wind Chimes (9/1)
The newly refurbished and reopened ParisLongchamp – that’s not a typo, it’s one word now – hosts its first major meeting since the day Golden Horn won his Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe, with both the French 2000 Guineas and 1000 Guineas returning from their temporary home at Deauville. Arc…