Epsom Downs in Surrey, England – is home to the famous Epsom Derby.
Epsom selections Saturday 1st June Derby Day at Epsom and in truth this does not look a vintage renewal of the feature race with favourite City of Troy having blotted his copybook in the Guineas and several other fancied contenders having fallen by the wayside in recent weeks for...
Epsom selections Friday 31st May The opening day at Epsom sees the Oaks as the featured attraction and the meeting will take place on ground that will be much less of a quagmire than might have been feared at the start of the week. The Aidan O’Brien team have...
Epsom selections Saturday 3rd June The final year of Frankie Dettori’s career as a jockey could not be going much better with a Group 1 double on Friday and his golden touch can continue in the Derby today. I have selections from four races on the card that starts...
Epsom selections Friday 2nd June As we all know Frankie Dettori is in his final season as a jockey and has already snared the 2000 Guineas as part of his farewell tour. Already the winner of six Oaks, he has a huge chance to add number seven today. The...
Epsom selections Saturday 4th June Derby Day at Epsom, forming part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, and the big race itself has more runners than in most recent years – and with a smaller than normal Irish contingent. I have selections from the final four races on the Epsom...
Epsom selections Friday 3rd June Oaks day at Epsom and the field sizes are very healthy today throughout the card which is not always the case. I have a selection for the big race to take on the market leaders, plus selections for the two big handicaps on the...
CORONATION CUP – Winner Pyledriver Owner: La Pyle Partnership Trainer: William Muir & Chris Grassick Jockey: Martin Dwyer Odds: 8/1 One of the best stories from Epsom was the win of PYLEDRIVER from a largely unheralded yard and a small group of owners whose decision to repeatedly turn down...
OAKS – Winner Snowfall Owner: Smith, Magnier & Tabor Trainer: Aidan O’Brien Jockey: Frankie Dettori Odds: 11/2 A modest 2yo by Ballydoyle standards, SNOWFALL is making an early claim to be racehorse of 2021 after an extraordinary 16l demolition job of the Oaks field. An all the way winner...
The two day Epsom fixture last weekend brought us two wide margin classic winners and a cracking duel for the Coronation Cup. We managed to pick out placed horses each-way in the Classics with Divinely (20/1) and Hurricane Lane (6/1). But how did those races rate against previous renewals?...
Epsom selections Saturday 5th June Derby Day and we have an unusual situation for the big race with Aidan O’Brien saddling just one runner for the first time since Galileo won in 2001. Does that suggest he thinks favourite Bolshoi Ballet is unbeatable, or are his crop of 3yo...
