There’s more top-class racing on Sunday’s Curragh card as the best two-year-old fillies clash in the Moyglare Stud Stakes over seven furlongs. This looks an excellent renewal and, as per usual, Aidan O’Brien holds all the aces from his strong-looking juvenile crop. We backed Clemmie at Royal Ascot to no…
1pt each-way Zhukova @12/1, 18:45 Leopardstown, Saturday
Last year’s winner Almanzor has been retired so there’ll be no defence of his Irish Champions Stakes today at Leopardstown, and Aidan O’Brien’s dual-Guineas winner Churchill is the clear favourite to inherit his crown. Beaten potentially by extremely fast ground at Royal Ascot and some serious class in the shape…
1pt each-way Qemah @7/1, 17:35 Leopardstown, Saturday
A massive weekend of racing lies ahead with day one of Leopardstown’s Irish Champions Weekend being Saturday’s highlight. We tipped the winner of both Group Ones last year with 6/1 Alice Springs in the Matron Stakes and 13/2 Almanzor, now sadly retired, landing a vintage renewal of the Irish Champion…
1.5pts win Benbatl @5/1, 15:35 Haydock, Saturday
There are further showers forecast at Haydock overnight with the ground already riding soft on Friday afternoon, so it looks set to be extremely testing conditions. The Group 1 Sprint Cup represents the main attraction on the card, but the 32Red Mile Group 3 later on looks a decent contest…
1pt win Tasleet @6/1, Haydock Sprint Cup, Saturday 9th September
There are Group races galore this coming weekend with Haydock’s Sprint Cup, Leopardstown’s Irish Champion Stakes meet and Chantilly’s Arc Trials card, so expect plenty of selections in the days ahead. We’ll kick off early with a nibble on TASLEET in the Sprint Cup’s ante-post market. 6/1 looks tempting for a horse…
1pt win Connect @ 13/2, 0.5pt win Arbalet @16/1, 14:25 Sandown, Saturday
In a wide-open race, Clive Cox’s CONNECT looks a good bet at 6/1 in Sandown’s Group Three Solario Stakes for two-year-olds. He was an impressive all-the-way winner over course and distance last time out, his second start, and a liking for Sandown gives him an excellent chance in this. By Irish Guineas…
1pt win Final Venture @5/1, 15:15 Beverley, Saturday
Take Cover looks set to blaze a trail from stall two in the Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes on Saturday. The last five winners of this race have been drawn in stall four or lower so he may have a small advantage after he bombed out in the Nunthorpe last weekend.…
1pt each-way Brametot in the Arc @16/1 with Bet365
Enable is the undisputed star of the European flat season so far, having landed the English, Irish and Yorkshire Oaks as well as the King George – all Group One races. She’s proven against colts, proven on all ground conditions and proven against older horses, so her participation in Europe’s…
0.75pt each-way Top Tug @11/1, 0.75pt each-way Dubka @11/1, 15:35 York, Saturday
Twenty entrants for the richest handicap race in Europe and Flymetothestars could have a great chance if transfering his all-weather form to the turf. The current 7/1 favourite is trained by Sir Mark Prescott, who is in great form having won the Nunthorpe with Marsha yesterday. He remains unexposed and…
1pt win Mondialiste @3/1, 13:55 York, Saturday
MONDIALISTE is the clear class horse in Saturday’s Group Three opener at York, having landed Group One races and generally performed above this level in the past. He’d been somewhat out of sorts of late before a return to form last time out in Group Two company behind Success Days…