The feature race at York this weekend is the 57th John Smith’s Cup with 20 set to go to post. At the time of writing, James Fanshawe’s Arthenus was sitting at the top of the market at a general price of 7/1. His run in the Wolferton was eye-catching as…
1pt win Muthmir @5/1, 1pt win Easton Angel @7/1, 16:50 York, Saturday
At the prices EASTON ANGEL looks worth a bet in this five-furlong York Listed sprint. She’s been very impressive in two winning starts this season and gets her favourite quick ground over a course and distance she’s won at before. On the whole her five-furlong form is excellent, with her standout defeat…
0.75pt each-way Jungle Cat @20/1 or best morning price, 16:35 Newmarket, Saturday
With 18 declared and the ground finally drying out to good-to-firm, this year’s July Cup looks a cracker. Last year’s winner and European champion sprinter Muhaarar has been retired, but there’s no shortage of class among the long queue of pretenders, with the winners of the first three British Group One…
1pt win Besharah @7/2, 16:00 York, Friday
We’re hoping it’s third time lucky for William Haggis’s talented filly BESHARAH at York today. She’s twice been advised here at big prices this season and, though those bets have yielded exactly nothing, today’s Group Three assignment looks much more winnable. She’s also been dropped in trip from a mile…
1pt win The Grey Gatsby @7/2 or best morning price, 15:15 Newmarket, Thursday
With his favourite good-to-firm ground, THE GREY GATSBY looks a straightforward value bet for this mile-and-a-half Newmarket Group Two. He’s up against Royal Ascot flop Exosphere, the mount of Ryan Moore, and claims by far the best form in the race. A French Derby and Irish Champion Stakes winner as a three-year-old –…
1.5pt win Amazing Maria @12/1, 16:15 Newmarket, Friday
At 12/1 AMAZING MARIA is once again a ridiculous price to land back-to-back victories in the Group One Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket on Friday. She won the race last year also at 12/1 – our first-ever winner at 2pts win – so clearly has the class and it looks like she’ll…
0.75pt each-way Hawkbill @10/1 or best morning price, 15:45 Sandown, Saturday
Apologies for the lack of tips last weekend – we were at Glastonbury and the going was certainly heavy. Sandown hosts its big flat card on Saturday, with the mile-and-a-quarter Group One Coral Eclipse the feature – traditionally a race where the Classic generation of three-year-olds meet their elders for…
1pt win Highland Reel @12/1, 15:40 Ascot, Saturday
Usual pilot Ryan Moore may have jumped off to ride easy Newmarket winner Exosphere for Sir Michael Stoute, but HIGHLAND REEL looks the class horse in this renewal of the Group Two Hardwicke Stakes and appears generously priced at 12/1. This is a Group One winner in two different continents – he…
0.75pt each-way Besharah @20/1, 0.75pt each-way Tanaza @20/1, 16:20 Ascot, Friday
In taking the notable scalp of Guineas and Oaks winning filly Minding at the Curragh, Jet Setting sets the form standard for this one-mile Royal Ascot fillies’ Group One. It might dry somewhat throughout the day but Jet Setting will certainly get her favoured softer conditions and will be very…
0.75pt each-way Clever Cookie @10/1, 16:20 Ascot, Thursday
On a day where England’s football team inject a dose of St George’s cross-clad over-the-top patriotism into the nation, Ascot, the epitome of British culture, hosts its biggest race in the marathon Ascot Gold Cup, with Aiden O’Brien’s Order Of St George, ironically named after a Russian military honour, trading odds-on favourite. This…