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…
0.75pts each-way Low Sun @9/1, 0.75pts each-way Here And Now @25/1, 15:40 Newmarket, Saturday
A typically strong renewal with Willie Mullins holding plenty of cards by launching a seven-pronged attack. His long-time favourite Stratum has been dethroned in the last 12 hours with plenty of support for Aiden O’Brien’s St. Leger third Southern France. I like this colt, but he is now terribly short…
Newmarket Friday bets: Poetry (7/1), Heartwarming (10/1) and Mankib (13/2)
There’s Group One action at Newmarket with the Fillies’ Mile the feature of a high-class card. Pretty Pollyanna was 4/1 for most of this week and she’s miles clear on ratings, with her best form coming over six furlongs. This is a significant step up in trip but, visually, the way…
Our Arc selection
Will appear here around half an hour before the race, once the going is clearer after the forecast rain. If we’re going to take Enable on we need a horse with its optimum conditions, so check back at 2:30. Tweet