2pts win

Success Days was a 4/1 winner yesterday while Ulysses was best of the rest behind flat racing’s new superstar Enable in the King George. A month of Sunday Group Ones at northern French track Deauville begins today, kicking off with the Prix Rothschild for the filly milers. With dual-Royal Ascot…

We’ve had some weak renewals of the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes in recent seasons but the ten declared for Saturday’s edition buck that trend. Much of the pre-race speculation has been around the participation of dual-Oaks heroine Enable from John Gosden’s yard, and despite only running as…

The King George at Ascot takes centre stage on Saturday, rightfully so. But there is a nice looking Group 2 contest taking place at York earlier in the afternoon. The race has a wide-open feel with the removal of Eclipse third Desert Encounter, and the current favourite Autocratic doesn’t appear…

There’s a good looking renewal of the Listed John Smith’s City Walls Stakes at York this afternoon, with plenty of Group One horses having a go. With Caravaggio, Lady Aurelia, The Tin Man, Limato, Tasleet and Harry Angel somewhat dominating the sprinting division right now, some good horses are forced…

John Gosden enters the unexposed four-year-old TASHWEEQ in the Bunbury Cup and he has very likeable claims. He ran extremely well to finish a close third from a tough draw in the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot last month, and is allowed to run off his same mark, officially 4lbs well-in. He picked…

Favourites have a poor recent record in the Old Newton Cup, and Shraaoh, could be another sort to join those ranks. He looks set to line-up as favourite after strong support in the ante-post market. His reappearance run was fairly underwhelming and he has yet prove the hype is true to…

We were out of luck last weekend with both tips sustaining injuries, presumably mid-race, with 40/1 Derby winner Wings Of Eagles sadly having been retired after a fracture. Sandown hosts Saturday’s big race where the three-year-olds clash with the older generation in the Group One Coral-Eclipse, run over the intermediate…

Over in Paris this afternoon, there must be a bet in the Group One Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud as last year’s winner Silverwave trades 4/1 favourite from a classy field. My gut says there are better horses behind him in the market, so he must be taken on. Last year’s…

It’s Irish Derby day at the Curragh and we’re treated to a quality international field featuring some of the leading players from the English and French equivalents. Andre Fabre sends over his French Derby second Waldgeist, a Galileo colt, to take on Aidan O’Brien’s five-strong home team, mostly also by…