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1m (Str) Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (4yo+) Palace Pier is the clear form horse and has 8lb in hand with the second highest rated, Lope Y Fernandez, so it’s hard to argue too much with odds-on quotes. I think with four places each way and only 12…

FTF. Follow those feckers. I’ve picked THUNDEROUS twice before and he’s never let me down, winning at Newbury as a juvenile and the Dante Stakes at three. This looks a nice betting market as he gets 3lbs from the favourite Al Aasy – of whom I’m a fan – while…

1m  (Row) Qipco 1000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Fillies)  (Class 1) (3yo) Yesterday’s 2,000 Guineas was a bit of a boil over with all the fancied horses bombing, including all of Aidan O’Brien’s, and it would take a real leap of faith to side with his Santa Barbara at 2/1 on…

LADY BOWTHORPE brings genuine patterm-level form to the table here with a career best 6/12 in the Group 1 Sun Chariot stakes over this course on heavy ground last October. The conditions weren’t ideal for Lady Bowthorpe on that occassion, but they look perfect for her today with faster ground…

This is a pretty tight looking Group 3 sprint, Lazuli appears to be a worthy favourite, but he isn’t the most straightforward and has to concede 3lbs to all of his rivals. Slight preference is for GARRUS who has some pattern-company form in the book including two places in a…

We now have runners, riders, likely going and the draw for Saturday’s 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, which kicks off the flat season proper. All the main protagonists have received fairly favourable draws except Master Of The Seas (2), so there’s not too much to say there unless you fancy the…

2m  Paddy Power Champion Hurdle (Grade 1)  (4yo+) Call me stubborn but good ground around this track should really suit EPATANTE and she’s a bet at 11/2 against Honeysuckle, particularly as the De Bromhead yard isn’t firing at the moment. The softest ground of the week was on the Tuesday at Cheltenham…

3m Irish Mirror Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo+) I was expecting TELMESOMETHINGGIRL to be a lot shorter than 13/2 for this after her really impressive Cheltenham Festival win. It’s surprising to see her over three miles but she hit the line incredibly strongly at Cheltenham and Rachael Blackmore had a hard time…

We have hit the crossbar in both the Irish and English Grand National with three places from four tips over the last couple of weeks. SOLDIER OF LOVE is our first stab at the Scottish edition. A classy-sort who made strong progress over fences on good ground earlier in the…

7f  (Str) Dubai Duty Free Stakes (Registered As The Fred Darling Stakes) (Group 3) (Fillies)  (Class 1) (3yo) This is very competitive and it’s hard to pick a winner with confidence, but the most eye-catching last time out was Roger Varian’s ZAAJIRAH who won with an impressive turn of foot at Kempton. This is…