The BetVictor Gold Cup looks wide-open on the Saturday card at Cheltenham, so we’ve taken a closer look at the Grade 3 Handicap Chase at 13:50, with ever-present in these races Singlefarmpayment seemingly going to go off favourite again. He is likely to run his race, but he never quite…
1pt win Quel Destin @11/2, 12:40 Cheltenham, Saturday
Right then. The jumps are very much back as Cheltenham hosts its three-day November meeting – the biggest this side of Christmas. The hot and dry summer and lack of rain this autumn means ground conditions are unseasonably fast, with Cheltenham officially riding the slow side of good this weekend.…
2018 flat season performance summary
Godolphin’s Cross Counter capped off a very successful season of tipping on the flat when storming home at 8/1 to land the Melbourne Cup a little after 4am Tuesday morning – that’s Paul’s second winning selection for the race in the last three seasons. With just the December meeting in…
1pt each-way Magic Circle @8/1, 1pt each-way Cross Counter @8/1, Melbourne Cup, 4:00AM Flemington, Tuesday
The Melbourne Cup has transformed over recent years with the European bred stayers tending to dominate the home team in terms of the number of challengers. The prize money on offer has seen plenty of International winners with the Australian bred stayers not quite up to the level. Lloyd Williams…
1pt win Graffiti Master @9/2, 15:45 Newmarket, Saturday
The Breeders’ Cup is clearly taking centre stage this Saturday and John Gosden has an opportunity to make history with Enable later in the day. But closer to home, we like a three-year-old of his that’s running in the Price Bailey Ben Marshall Listed Stakes at Newmarket. GRAFFITI MASTER may…
Breeders' Cup Saturday selections: Fourstar Crook (9/1), Next Shares (25/1) and Thunder Snow (16/1)
Line Of Duty got Godolphin and Europe off the mark on the opening Friday of this year’s Breeders’ Cup, narrowly denying our 20/1 poke Uncle Benny and rightly surviving at stewards’ enquiry. We reload and go again for day two and plan to stick to the plan of favouring the…
Breeders' Cup Friday selections: Strike Silver (11/1) and Uncle Benny (20/1)
The Breeders’ Cup, America’s biggest meeting, kicks off today over at Churchill Downs and there’s a typically strong European team for the two days. I prefer backing the home team in these races, particularly over distances of a mile and under, as they simply go a different pace to European…
1pt win Busy Street @6/1, 14:55 Doncaster, Saturday
The flat season is beginning to wind down with just the Breeders’ Cup and Melbourne Cup of the big meets remaining. The feature race this Saturday at Doncaster is the juvenile Group 1 later on the card, which appears to possess several horses that can make their presence felt in…
Champions Day selections: Sands Of Mali (25/1), Roaring Lion (ap 8/1), Magical (15/2) and Capri (6/1)
Britain’s flat season climaxes on Saturday with Ascot’s Champions Day card hosting four Group Ones as well as the opening Group Two Long Distance Cup and closing Balmoral Handicap. It’s the best day of flat racing we have in this country and there’s no shortage of quality on show, with…
0.75pts each-way Exchange Rate @9/1, 0.75pts each-way Newcross @9/1, 16:25 Navan, Sunday
Willie Mullins is set up nicely to do a glorious Cesarewitch double with the Irish instalment of this cracking handicap taking place at Navan on Sunday. Another rampage of runners from the champion trainers’ yard here, fielding seven, with several possessing an interesting chance. But the pick of his bunch…