July Cup and Haydock Sprint Cup winner Harry Angel casts a long shadow over the market for Europe’s richest sprint, the Champions Sprint Stakes on Ascot’s Champions Day card. He was absolutely brilliant at Haydock and nothing even got close to him on the day, powering through the heavy ground…
1.5pts each-way Stradivarius @17/2, 13:25 Ascot, Saturday
Royal Ascot winning three-year-old STRADIVARIUS looks an outstanding bet at 9/1 in the opening Long Distance Cup on Ascot’s Champions Day card. Up against the last two winners of the Group One Ascot Gold Cup – Big Orange and Order Of St George – and despite being second favourite, he’s been…
0.75pts each-way Withhold @9/1, 0.75pts each-way Time To Study @14/1, 15:40 Newmarket
Thirty-four runners go to post in the Cesarewitch on Saturday with the jumps-trained John Constable the current 8/1 favourite. He is rated over 60lbs lower than his national hunt mark so he could be treated very nicely by the handicapper. With such great value on offer and eight places with…
1pt win Wafy @8/1, 1pt win Flag Of Honour @12/1, 14:25 Newmarket, Saturday
Ghaiyyath trades 2/1 favourite for the Autumn Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday but I’m not sure that’s the right price after just a course and distance maiden success. He looked pretty good and favouritism is fairly justified, but I’m happy to take him on with Charlie Hills’s WAFY at 8/1. He too…
1pt win September @15/2, 15:35 Newmarket, Friday
I rate Aidan O’Brien’s Royal Ascot-winning filly SEPTEMBER very highly, and at 15/2 she looks overpriced for Group One glory in today’s Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket. Her stablemates Magical and Happily, the latter now a dual-Group One winner, have finished in front of her in her previous two starts on soft ground…
0.5pt each-way Mendelssohn @50/1, Dewhurst Stakes, Saturday
Newmarket’s two big seven-furlong Group One races for two-year-olds take centre stage on Friday and Saturday, with the Dewhurst Stakes, primarily for the colts, on the latter usually the race to cement the following season’s 2000 Guineas favourite. Aidan O’Brien has bossed the race lately and is likely to be…
0.75pts each-way Straight Right @12/1, 0.75pts each-way Arcanada @18/1, 15:35 Ascot
Mojito has been very progressive this season, and this three-year-old may find himself in pattern company in the near future. The William Haggas colt has risen 21lbs this season and has to defy another 9lb rise here. With this being his toughest test to date, he is worth taking on…
22/1 Brametot each-way in the Arc
I won’t waste time telling you how worthy a favourite Enable is for this year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, as she has the best form in the race and fits the perfect profile for a potential Arc winner. She isn’t the only three-year-old filly to have easily beaten her…
1pt win Olmedo @5/1, 13:45 Chantilly, Sunday
Race two on Arc day and the two-year-old colts tackle a mile in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere – except Aidan O’Brien has declared his Group One winning filly Magical. She has a big chance and it’s probably worth waiting to see how the horse she narrowly beat last time out…
1pt win Narella @12/1, 13:10 Chantilly, Sunday
The opening Prix Marcel Boussac on Chantilly’s Arc card looks good for a bet, with the market leaning heavily towards the chances from the bigger yards. It’s clear to see that Aidan O’Brien’s Magical has a huge chance after she all but won a Group One on her previous start,…