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1m4f (1m3f211y) King George V Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo 0-105) So many promising three-year-old middle distance horses race in the King George V Stakes handicap. It’s very hard to call, but a cracking betting heat. Sometimes in a handicap you just have to go with a horse who…

5f Queen Mary Stakes (Group 2) (Fillies) (Class 1) (2yo) Two darts this year for a notoriously difficult race. Richard Fahey’s Dark Angel filly MIDNIGHT AFFAIR did everything right on debut, quickening past her opponents without ever being asked for maximum effort. I suspect she’s a good deal better than the bare form…

6f Coventry Stakes (Group 2) (Class 1) (2yo) Two horses dominate the betting after highly impressive trials that attracted plenty of media attention. Both deserve short prices and I’d be more keen on the favourite, River Tiber, as he’s by my favourite sire Wootton Bassett and has clearly been well backed by those…

1m4f (1m3f175y) Sky Bet Lester Piggott Stakes (Registered As The Pinnacle Stakes) (Group 3) (Fillies & Mares) (Class 1) (4yo+) An odd look to the betting as the favourite won a novice stakes on the all weather last time out and is 2/1 against fillies with proven Group form. The…

1m2f Betfred Lester Piggott Handicap (Class 2) (3yo 0-100) A fiercely competitive three-year-old handicap here with Torito looking a potential pattern-level perfomer with his close second to Derby entrant Artistic Star looking like a particularly strong formline. However Torito has not gone unnoticed by the handicapper with a mark of…

1m4f (1m4f6y) Betfred Derby (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (No Geldings) (Class 1) (3yo) Not a vintage year – if the trials are anything to go by – but a good betting market as Auguste Rodin and Arrest are easy to take on. Soft ground can’t have been the issue…

1m4f (1m4f6y) Betfred Oaks (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Fillies) (Class 1) (3yo) Savethelastdance looks likely to go off a very short price and a 22l trial win is compelling, but she’s come from nowhere and has clearly surprised connections as she went off 20/1 and unfancied on her first…

1m4f Dahlbury Coronation Cup (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (4yo+) A really top renewal and nothing can be ruled out from this high quality five-runner field. Hurricane Lane is arguably better on softer ground and Emily Upjohn, despite being top-class, is having her first run of the season.…

1m Lanwades Stud Stakes (Group 2) (Fillies & Mares) (4yo+) Joseph O’Brien seems to have a firm grip on this contest running three out of the eight entrants. Jumbly could be a very interesting recruit for him from Roger Charlton, but she hasn’t run for almost a year and might…

5f Betfred Temple Stakes (Group 2) (Class 1) (3yo+) 1/5 1-4 There’s a good chance DRAMATISED is a class above these. She looked out of the ordinary as a juvenile before losing her way mid season, but returned to form with an excellent 2nd at the Breeders’ Cup. She’s very…