I couldn’t have been more impressed with Albert Bartlett winner STAY AWAY FAY‘s jumping on chasing debut at Exeter. It was silky smooth and will give him an excellent chance in Grade 1 chases. We know this horse stays all day from his hurdling days and he has the massive…
3pts win Vauban @5/2, 4:00AM Flemington, Tuesday
2m Lexus Melbourne Cup (Group 1 Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf) (3yo+) I normally like to try and find a winner lurking at bigger odds than our selection in the Melbourne Cup this coming Tuesday. But such is the confidence and expectation about VAUBAN, I think it’s almost impossible to oppose him…
1pt win Caravel @6/1, 23:25 Santa Anita, Saturday
5f Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (Grade 1) (3yo+) (Turf) (3yo+) I’m keen to take on Live In The Dream, the surprise Nunthorpe winner, purely on the grounds the European 5f division is poor at the moment and he was beaten on his first start in America. On balance that was a good…
1pt each-way Gina Romantica @12/1, 20:30 Santa Anita, Saturday
1m FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile presented by Permanently Disabled Jockey Fund (Grade 1) Super competitive. The form horse is Songline who bagged two domestic Grade 1s over the summer, but she’s a big mare who likes to come from off the pace and she’s going to have to from her…
2pts win Warm Heart @3/1, 19:10 Santa Anita, Saturday
1m2f Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (Grade 1) (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Hillside) (Turf) (3yo+) WARM HEART should be favourite for this race over the mercurial Inspiral, who to my eye has a lot to prove at this trip. Inspiral can sulk and her tendency to completely blow out…
Breeders' Cup 2023 Friday tips: Buchu (1p 10/1), Can Group (0.75pew 11/1)
1m Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (Grade 1) (2yo Fillies) (Turf) (2yo) The European challenge in this race looks weak this year after Opera Singer wasn’t entered and Aidan O’Brien only sends the disappointing Content, who needed every yard of the soft ground mile to win last time. Carla’s Way and Porta…
1pt ante-post win Buchu @10/1, Juvenile Fillies Turf, Friday 3rd November 2023
The European challenge in this race looks weak this year after Opera Singer wasn’t entered and Aidan O’Brien only sends the disappointing Content, who needed every yard of the soft ground mile to win last time. Carla’s Way and Porta Fortuna – along with plenty of the American team –…
1pt win Trueshan @5/2, 13:15 Ascot, Saturday
1m7½f (Inner) Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo+) This time five weeks ago it would have been hard to see how TRUESHAN could go and win a fourth Long Distance Cup, but a Group 2 Doncaster Cup win and Group 1 Prix…
1pt win Sense Of Duty @12/1, 1pt win Sandrine @12/1, 13:50 Ascot, Saturday
6f Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo+) The depth of the sprinting division has been questionable all season and with Shaquille out of proceedings the Champion Sprint looks fairly wide-open to me. Kinross could be the best chance of a winner on the…
1p win King Of Steel @4/1, 15:45 Ascot, Saturday
1m (Str) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored By Qipco) (Group 1) (British Champions Mile) (Class 1) (3yo+) The switch to the inner track favours those who don’t want a bog and for that reason Mostahdaf deserves favoritism. A line through Nashwa suggests he has a slender collateral form edge over…