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MONDIALISTE is the clear class horse in Saturday’s Group Three opener at York, having landed Group One races and generally performed above this level in the past. He’d been somewhat out of sorts of late before a return to form last time out in Group Two company behind Success Days…

The ominous Mullins-Ricci combination enter Thomas Hobson, who sits at the top of the market for the long-distance Lonsdale Cup on day three of the Ebor meeting. Thomas Hobson was a winner of the Class 2 Ascot Stakes at the Royal Meeting this year. Then he almost followed that up…

A wonderful looking few days of racing this week as the Ebor festival comes to the Knavesmire. We kick-off the week with a cracking Group 1 feature in the Juddmonte International Stakes where seven top-class runners go to post. It’s hard to imagine the likes of fully exposed Decorated Knight…

The Steward’s Cup has provided a couple of winners of the William Hill St. Wilfred Stakes over the last few years. Growl leads the market here, fourth at Glorious Goodwood with 5/1 still available at the time of writing. His trainer has an excellent recent record in this race, but he…

After a dire week at Goodwood we’re pleased to turn our attention elsewhere to Northern French track Deauville, where the 6.5-furlong Prix Maurice De Gheest is the feature race on Sunday’s card. Commonwealth Cup winner Caravaggio is the star name and trades odds-on despite meeting his first defeat last time…

It’s very difficult to get away from a bet on SIR DANCEALOT in the Steward’s Cup on Saturday afternoon. Three-year-olds have won the last two runnings of this frenetic sprint handicap, and he is officially 9lbs well-in if the handicapper has got him right – that is a considerable allowance.…

Frontiersman is by far the class horse in this race, and looks a tempting price at 10/3 based on what he has achieved so far this season, which includes running a close second to Highland Reel in the Coronation Cup. But I have some strong reservations about Frontiersman’s ability to…

It’s been a miserable week for punters and racegoers at Glorious Goodwood after torrential rain turned the track heavy and saw a sea of non-runners. Bookies have been having the best of things with huge-priced winners going in left, right and centre, and punting remains perilous going into the penultimate…

There were plenty of upsets yesterday at Glorious Goodwood with punters licking their wounds after the opening day of the meeting. It might not be any kinder for favourite backers on day two and Secret Adviser carries a few negatives that may mean he is worth taking on in the…

Glorious Goodwood starts on Tuesday and a large field of 15 go to post for the Group Two Lennox Stakes over the intermediate trip of seven furlongs. There’s no Group One in Britain over that trip and the prize money here is huge, which explains the presence of Henry Candy’s…