Newmarket hosts its Cambridgeshire meeting and Friday’s card contains two Group Twos – the first of which, the Rockfel Stakes, looks worth a play. Fair Eva, sired by the mighty Frankel, lost her unbeaten record to another Frankel filly, Queen Kindly, last time out in the Lowther Stakes at York…
1pt win Robin Of Navan @11/4, 13:45 Newbury, Saturday
Just the one pick this weekend, with ROBIN OF NAVAN backed to bounce back to form at Newbury. Some 70cm+ rain has fallen at the track this week and the soggy going is right up his street, as he was a Group One winner last season on a similar surface.…
2pts win Yorker @9/4, 15:50 Sandown, Wednesday
Excuse the late selection, but I’ve just seen YORKER is running in a Listed race at Sandown this afternoon, and he looks big at 9/4. A Grade 1-winner in South Africa, he’s been switched over to William Haggis’s yard in England and made a fine reappearance behind Scottish at York’s Ebor meet.…
1pt win Mehmas @11/4, 16:15 Curragh, Sunday
The Group One Vincent O’Brien National Stakes has been won by some exceptional colts in the past, and the winner here could be a serious contender for the Classics next season. It’s difficult to look beyond the first two in the betting, with Aiden O’Brien’s Churchill (three from four), and…
1pt win Midterm @6/1, 14:00 Chantilly, Sunday
A trial for the Arc itself, the Group Two Prix Neil runs at Chantilly on Sunday and Japanese Derby winner Makahiki is a tight odds-on price to advertise his claims for the Arc itself, where he is up with the favourites. He looks like Japan’s leading hope this year but…
1pt win Zarak @5/1, 15:50 Chantilly, Sunday
It’s been a fantastic month for us with plenty of winners and two more added on Saturday’s Leopardstown card, with Alice Springs (6/1) and Almanzor (15/2) landing the Group Ones. The Almanzor form looks rock-solid now so we’ve got to back ZARAK in Sunday’s Prix Moulin at Chantilly, a trial for the Foret…
1pt each-way Alice Springs @6/1, 17:35 Leopardstown, Saturday
The Group One Matron Stakes, a mile race for fillies, looks an excellent race this year. Qemah sets the clear form standard after winning the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Prix Rothschild at Deauville – both Group Ones. She’s 7/4 and that’s a fair price, perhaps even a big…
1pt win Almanzor @15/2, 18:45 Leopardstown, Saturday
A fantastic renewal of the Irish Champion Stakes and one of the best fields I’ve seen assembled outside the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Serial-Group One-winning filly Minding finally takes on the colts and trades favourite, however such a short price has to be taken on in a field as…
0.5pt each-way Sweet Selection @20/1, 15:40 Doncaster, Friday
I’m taking a chance on SWEET SELECTION in the Group Two stayers race (15:40) on Friday’s Doncaster card. She steps right up in trip from 16 furlongs to 18 and is unexposed at this distance. A recent run in handicap company at York certainly suggested she has bags of stamina as she…
1pt win Lumiere @7/2, 13:55 Doncaster, Friday
Simple Verse was a 9/2 winner on Thursday at Doncaster, and the opening Sceptre Stakes on Friday’s card looks a decent betting heat. A Group Three over seven furlongs, Nemoralia trades odds-on favourite after an impressive August win at York that’s earned her a weight penalty for this. She’s very good…