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We are just about to kick off Glorious Goodwood and some of the best flat racing of the summer season is now finally upon us. We have a stellar line-up of contests set to unfold over the next couple of days and you can bank on the perennial feature contests like the Sussex Stakes and the Nassau Stakes continuing to intrigue.
The race for top jockey at Goodwood is always an interesting wager and this year it looks like an absolute dead-heat between Ryan Moore and Richard Hughes with the bookmakers floating both of them at 2.25 prices to win more races than...
Coral Eclipse winner Mukhadram is emerging as one of the key contenders in Sheikh Hamdan’s operation and he triumphed at a considerable price of 14/1 over Trading Leather and a host of other top Group 1 international stars. He has shown his ability to handle this type of company and always seems to run his best around this time of year. He is very live at a price of around 5/1 or 6/1 depending upon which bookmaker you are wagering with.
Sheikh Hamdan also saddles Taghrooda for this one and she comes into this as her first effort against colts and geldings after triumphing in the Epsom Oaks back in early June. The...
The ante post market for the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes is well under way and, even though this race generally only draws a short field each year, there are a number of really talented runners in the mix for this one so not only should we see a fantastic betting market we should also see a really interesting race unfold as well. There is a lot to like about the way this one is shaping up and we already have a few clear contenders emerging at the outset.
The Breeders’ Cup might be a ways off right now when you consider that it will run on Halloween and November 1st of this year in Los Angeles, but the American season has really begun to heat up following the end of the Triple Crown season that saw California Chrome nearly make history at Belmont, only to lose to Tonalist by less than two lengths after grabbing a quarter coming out of the gate.
The Breeders’ Cup Classic is the de facto Superbowl of American racing and is open to both male and female horses 3yo+ going 1m2f on the dirt surface at...
A disappointing run at Meydan in the Dubai Duty Free (where she was 11th from 13 - losing to Japanese sensation Just A Way) is likely the reason why she went off at such a nice price at Royal Ascot and many will expect her to come back nicely here as she tends to run well when turned out again quickly.
Three-year-old winner of the 2000 Guineas - Night of Thunder - is here getting plenty of respect and looming large as the second place favourite. He is currently trading at a 3/1 price and that is a heck of a lot shorter than his 40/1 odds when he produced the...
We are only a week out from one of the best races you will find anywhere in the summer flat season - the July Cup at Sandown. With final declarations still a few days off, it’s worth taking a look at things now in an effort to pick up any better odds if we have a genuine chance to do so.
There is plenty to like about this 1m2f race and a full selection of talented runners are set to contest the race.
The odds currently being floated on a few sites look a bit random - with a number of extremely short-priced Coolmore runners being listed. If only some of them were actually going to run in the race. They...
Looking at Leading Light, you have to respect that the only real blemish on the record was a poor finish in last year‘ Arc De Triomphe but this distance will suit him much better and Joseph O’Brien should be able to deploy just enough throughout the race to ensure that the horse still has plenty of gas left when things really get down to business.
Last year’s winner Estimate returns for another kick at the can but isn’t getting the same type of respect as last year, though many of those wagers were sentimental ones that wound up looking really good after the horse actually stayed on - to the...
William Haggas trains Mutakayyef for Sheikh Hamdan and Paul Hanagan will be in the irons as usual. Look for these two to link up in a very interesting 1m2f contest here at the Group 3 level.
Cannock Chase trades at 9/4 right now while Mutakayyef can be backed at 5/1 while 6/1 Barley Mow could be an interesting outsider - having beaten Mutakayyef two races back.
Vazira attracts the betting attention in the Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes for three-year-old fillies but with a deep field like this it’s tough to really lump on serious dosh on a 3/1...
We have another great day of racing ahead of us at Royal Ascot once again and there are two really good races set to unfold - the feature contest the Ascot Gold Cup and the opening race the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes. There is also the Tercentenary Stakes, a Group 3 affair coming up on the heels of the Norfolk, along with the Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes for three-year-old fillies.
The Britannia Stakes, a big money Heritage Handicap race with 30 declared runners and the King George V, also a Heritage Handicap race, but with a miniscule field of only 19 runners....
This made Preakness runner-up Ride On Curlin the de facto second choice here but it remains to be seen whether he will be able to replicate that late charge he demonstrated on the stretch run at Pimlico. He is a 5.50 shot right now and looks like an interesting outside option for some people but many are convinced that he left his Belmont race in Baltimore.
Commanding Curve was the second place finisher in the Kentucky Derby and he either made or broke a tremendous amount of tickets to finish second and still deliver a tote-board exploding price of about $172...
