Festivals
Galway selection Thursday 29th July The Galway Hurdle is today’s feature at the West of Ireland track and a horse bidding to land a bonus for winning at Bellewstown before coming here, can take the beating. Galway 6.15: Winner Takes Itall Still only rated 132, WINNER TAKES ITALL only...
Glorious Goodwood selections Thursday 29th July The focus on Thursday is largely on the youngsters at Goodwood, however the highlight is the Group 1 Nassau Stakes for fillies. The 3yo division showed in the Sussex yesterday their ability and they could come out on top again here. We had...
Glorious Goodwood selections Wednesday 28th July The ground is beginning to dry at Goodwood and we have a real spectacle for the Sussex Stakes with some top class 3yo’s expected to dominate the feature race of the entire week. On a strong card we have selections for three races....
Galway selections Wednesday 28th July The big race of the week at Galway and this is a race where I believe you need to be handy throughout and this tight, turning track. This renewal is also one of the classiest for a while – last year’s winner Early Doors...
Glorious Goodwood selections Tuesday 27th July The opening day at Glorious Goodwood, but it has been anything but glorious weather over the last couple of days and the meeting gets underway with heavy conditions. With horses declared on much quicker ground, there aren’t many soft ground specialists in the...
Galway selections Monday 26th July A big week for racing with Galway starting this evening and Goodwood tomorrow. The traditional lead contest at Galway is the QR Handicap for which a talented hurdler can take advantage of a low flat rating. Joseph O’Brien could be the man to follow...
Newmarket selections Saturday 10th July The final day of the July meeting on Newmarket’s July Course. The feature race of the week, the July Cup looks a cracking contest, but there is also the big handicap of the week, the Bunbury Cup as well. I have suggestions for both....
Newmarket selections Friday 9th July The middle day on the July Course and we have a nice mix of quality and quantity with solid fields throughout the day. Whilst the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes takes pride of place, I am once more concentrating on the big handicaps scheduled this...
Newmarket selections Thursday 8th July The opening day of Newmarket’s popular July meeting takes place today. This is certainly the lowest profile card, but there are two big field handicaps I am getting stuck into. Newmarket 3.00: Jadwal, Peerless & Akkeringa The difficulty with this contest is knowing if...
Royal Ascot was restored to something like normality this year with crowds of around 12,000 allowed each day, but there was the traditional eight Group 1 contests to highlight the meeting spread across the five day fixture. As usual Tuesday had three of the top level contests. PALACE PIER...
