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We’re looking four our fourth consecutive winning tip in the Epsom Derby, after 11/1 Harzand, 40/1 Wings Of Eages and 20/1 Masar last year. Here’s my thoughts on all the runners as well as my best bets. Line Of Duty Stall one virtually guarantees poor track position, while quick ground…

A typically competitive renewal for this three-year-old handicap with several horses holding leading claims. There is plenty of reason to think that Politicise can improve for the step up in trip here having plugged on well in both his starts over a mile this season. But he has been well…

Although Meydan form can be a little unreliable, OLD PERSIAN has looked a significantly improved horse out there this year with his form reaching a new level in the Dubai Sheema Classic. His beating of two Japanese raiders doesn’t read like top-class form, but he did it so easily and…

The Investec Mile Handicap raced on Oaks day has a wide-open look with the betting starting at prices of 7/1 currently. Hors De Combat ran a blinder on his reappearance run back in the UK and could run a big race for each-way punters once again at a nice price.…

Part of the undercard to the Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday features the Group 2 Greenland Stakes won by Merchant Navy last year for Coolmore. O’Brien enters St. Patricks Day for his first start of the season having failed to improve as a three-year-old. He isn’t the…

The Al Zubarah London Gold Cup Handicap tends to produce Group-level performers and there could be a couple of special horses lining up in this again. Recent winners have included the likes of Time Test and Cannock Chase, with the latters connections running an exciting prospect in the shape of…

With virtually the entire field rated within a few lbs of each other, Newbury’s Lockinge Stakes looks an ideal betting race. Against very exposed horses all around a similar level, I’m looking for something at a big price that’s on a progressive arc and comes into this race off the…

Too Darn Hot missed the 2,000 Guineas after a setback so trainer John Gosden has elected to start the champion two-year-old of 2018 in the 10f Dante Stakes, suggesting a u-turn on his view that he’s not a middle distance horse. Surely victory here would confirm his place in the…

There’s a decent looking fillies Group 3 race after the feature Oaks and Derby trials on Saturday. Pretty Baby is the current 9/4 favourite for William Haggas. She looked highly progressive last season, which culminated in a Group 3 win at Goodwood in August. She did well on that occasion…

Aidan O’Brien is in ridiculous form this season and has won virtually every single Derby trial so far, but I’ve serious doubts his Anthony Van Dyck is a good thing at close enough to even money for Lingfield’s Listed trial on Saturday. Make no mistake, he’s favourite for good reason…