2m Lexus Melbourne Cup (Group 1 Handicap) Aidan O’Brien looks to have sent some of his best ever chances in a bid to claim his first Melbourne Cup over in Australia. Anthony Van Dyke is a worthy favourite for his yard but has to carry top-weight of 58.5kg. No horse…
1pt each-way Baradar @25/1, 14:55 Doncaster, Saturday (1-4, 1/5)
1m (Str) Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes (Group 1) (Class 1) (2yo) We put up Wembley for the Dewhurst and run that race again ten times and he probably wins half of them, but so long as he’s a hold-up horse he’ll never be a prolific winner in Group One company. He looks the right…
1pt win Away He Goes @15/2, 16:10 Newbury, Saturday
1m4f Pravha Stakes (Registered As The St Simon Stakes) (Group 3) (Class 1) Raymond Tusk looks a bit of a soft favourite at 7/2 in the Group 3 middle-distance contest over at Newbury. He needs to bounce back to form off a very long break and I don’t see it…
Champions Day 2020 tips: Starman (9/1), Frankly Darling (18/1), The Revenant (11/2ew), Japan (16/1), Pyledriver (18/1)
13:55: British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1), 6f Dream Of Dreams has been excellent this season and loves a stiff 6f but ground this soft isn’t absolutely certain to suit and there are a few unexposed horses who can have a big say. Unbeaten sprinters are a rare breed, and,…
1pt win Maximal @13/2, 14:20 Newmarket, Saturday
1m (Row) Emirates Autumn Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) (2yo) MAXIMAL looks overpriced at 13/2. He improved plenty for stepping up for a mile last time and can reverse form with One Ruler. Soft ground should be okay and he looks very classy – being very closely related to Frankel. Akmaam is another to…
1pt win Wembley @11/1, 1pt win Etonian @16/1, 14:55 Newmarket, Saturday
7f (Row) Darley Dewhurst Stakes (Group 1) (Class 1) (2yo) A really competitive renewal with plenty of betting angles. I really like Chindit but he’s opposable on this ground at the kind of undulating track he’s unproven on. The ground is a big concern for the pacey Thunder Moon and there are a couple…
1pt win Isabella Giles @11/2, 14:25 Newmarket, Friday
1m (Row) bet365 Fillies’ Mile (Group 1) (Class 1) (2yo) Good race, this. We’ve tipped Shale ante-post at 33/1 for the 1,000 Guineas over this course and distance next May, and I really want her to win with that in mind. The soft ground is concern enough to not wade in again at 7/2,…
1pt each-way Tropbeau @16/1, 16:55 Sunday, Longchamp
Andre Fabre has won two Prix De La Foret’s with three-year-olds and TROPBEAU could be the next to do it for the master trainer. This daughter of Showcasing should relish the bottomless conditoons and put in a career best last time out. She finished close behind Earthlight in the Qatar…
1pt win Air De Valse @12/1, 16:25 Sunday, Longchamp
5f Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp Longines (Group 1) Glass Slippers ran out a surprise 20/1 winner of the Abbaye last year in similar conditions from stall 3. That wasn’t the strongest looking renewal with Battash bombing out and the form of that race hasn’t looked great this year either.…
Arc day tips: Sealiway (5/1), Harajuku (10/1), La Jonction (20/1), Tickle Me Green (14/1 ew)
Sunday is Arc day in Paris, meaning no less than six Group Ones to get stuck into. Enable goes for her third Arc at her fourth attempt after getting outstayed in the mud last year, but the ground will be potentially even worse this time and it might be a…