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7f Moyglare Stud Stakes (Group 1) (Fillies) (2yo) I’m happy to take on the twice raced Ylang Ylang even though there’s nothing about her chance I don’t like. I think it’s more open than the market suggests and I fancy Debuntante Stakes winner VESPERTILIO to reverse the form from earlier…

5f Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai Flying Five Stakes (Group 1) (3yo+) This is a race between two here in Highfield Princess and BRADSELL with slight preference for the latter based on value and performances over five-furlongs this season. Bradsell has already proven himself to be near the top of the…

6f Irish Stallion Farms EBF “Bold Lad” Sprint Handicap (Premier Handicap) (3yo+) This may go to one of the British sprinters who stack the top weights of the handicap here, all of them are capable of beating one another but after Albasheer and Summerghand‘s dead heat in a York handicap…

7f Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes (Group 1) (No Geldings) (2yo) It’s remarkable seeing Henry Longfellow such a big price as he’s been a hype horse and remains unbeaten, but stablemate City Of Troy is clearly fancied to beat him and Coolmore rarely get it wrong. Rather than second guess…

7½f (7f72y) Ballylinch Stud Irish EBF Ingabelle Stakes (Listed Race) (Fillies) (2yo) Content looks opposable in this race having failed to fire on quick ground in the Chesham Stakes and with it taking him three runs to get off the mark. I much prefer the credentials of Kitty Rose and…

1m Dullingham Park Stakes (Group 2) (3yo+) This doesn’t look like the strongest of Group 2’s so it may be worth taking a punt on TARAWA to get in to the frame here. This relative of top class mare Tarnawa has struggled to get her head in front this season,…

6f Betfair Sprint Cup Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo+) Shaquille is simply the best sprinter in the UK at the moment having claimed two Group 1’s on the bounce and whilst he does have the potential to throw this race away at the start of his…

1m4f Paddy Power Stakes (Group 3) (Registered as the Kilternan Stakes) Adelaide River is a short-priced favourite for this off the back of his two runner-up efforts in the Group 1 Irish Derby and the Grand Prix De Paris. The drop in class to Group 3 level looks like a…

1m KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes (Group 2) (Registered as the Golden Fleece Stakes) (2yo) Diego Velazquez is short in the betting for next year’s Derby, and that double was achieved by his stablemate Auguste Rodin this June. O’Brien clearly targets this race with top middle distance prospects so it’s difficult to see…

1m2f Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes (Group 1) (3yo+) A slightly odd betting market as race favourite King Of Steel is yet to win a Group One and the Derby form didn’t stand up well against the older generation in the King George. I like him a lot and this…