GALILEO GOLD romped home to win the British 2000 Guineas on his seasonal début at Newmarket, with the odds-on and much-hyped Air Force Blue beating just one home. They renew rivalries in the Irish 2000 Guineas today and, such are the training talents of Aidan O’Brien, it’s no surprise to see the bookmakers…
0.75pt each-way Aeolus @28/1, 16:10 Haydock, Saturday
We’re spoilt for choice with this hot renewal of the Group Two Temple Stakes at Haydock, which looks well up to Group-One class. Overnight rain has forced the withdrawal of several big names, such as multiple-Group One winners Sole Power and Goldream, but it’s given the Nunthorpe winner Mecca’s Angel a…
1pt win Besharah @14/1, 14:15 Deauville, Sunday
At 14/1, William Haggis’s BESHARAH has to be backed in the French 1000 Guineas at Deauville. She was a high-class two-year-old and wasn’t at all disgraced on her seasonal reappearance behind Marenko at Chelmsford – a race only run on the all-weather due to Newbury having to abandon their Guineas Trials…
0.75pt each-way Dutch Connection @12/1, 15:55 Newbury, Saturday
Newbury hosts the Group 1 Lockinge Stage today. A race that has brought out the best in some fantastic milers over the years with the likes of Frankel, Canford Cliffs and Farhh all having tasted success. The clerks of the course spoke of a change in the going on Friday…
1pt win Foundation @7/1, 0.5pt win Choreographer @20/1, 15:15 York, Thursday
The Dante Stakes at York is probably the best trial for next month’s Derby at Epsom. Last year it produced the eventual winner in Golden Horn and, with the middle-distance three-year-olds division so far failing to sparkle, we hope this year’s renewal of the Dante can put forward another. Top of…
0.75pt each-way Dick Whittington @16/1, 15:15 York, Wednesday
Haydock Sprint Cup winner Twilight Son is arguably the class horse in this six-furlong Group Two at York. That Group One success saddles him with a 5lb penalty which, also considering this is his first run of the season, is asking an awful lot. The favourite is therefore Magical Memory,…
1pt EW Hold Tight @14/1, 0.5pt EW Mullionheir @20/1, 16:15 Ascot, Victoria Cup (UPDATE)
The weather has turned across the UK this week, and that means we are set to have an extremely quick Victoria Cup, where one of the first major big-field handicap prizes of the season is set to be won. There isn’t a huge draw bias at Ascot, but most of…
1pt win Ch'tibello @5/1, 14:10 Haydock, Saturday
We backed CH’TIBELLO for his 8/1 Scottish Champion Hurdle success last month and I’ve no interest in abandoning him in this two-mile Haydock handicap hurdle. His success at Ayr came after a winter break, so he might have been lacking in match fitness and I reckon he can improve for the run.…
1pt win Usherette @7/1, 14:25 Newmarket, Sunday
A really strong renewal of the Group Two Dahlia Stakes at Newmarket, with Group One winners Amazing Maria and Arabian Queen making their seasonal debuts. Neither are favourite though – that accolade goes to John Gosden’s Jazzi Top, who looks ridiculously short in the betting considering she’s not had a…
1pt win Lumiere @6/1, 15:40 Newmarket, Sunday
Aiden O’Brien’s Minding sets the clear form standard for this year’s 1000 Guineas – the female equivalent of the 2000 Guineas over the same mile trip at Newmarket. Yesterday his heavily-backed Air Force Blue got turned over as an odds-on favourite and Minding fits a very similar profile. They were…