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While he may be out of the 2000 Guineas trail, Kingsbarns remains firmly pointed towards the Epsom Derby after being ruled out of the first classic of the year thanks to a foot infection.
Aidan O’Brien spoke to the media today and declared that the promising colt is back on the gallops cantering around and will be expected to contest a Derby trial, but won’t be ready for the May 4 showpiece.
Last year’s Racing Post Trophy winner has been heavily-hyped throughout the build-up to this year’s flat season and many are expecting him to build up...
Ballabriggs is obviously fancied for a reason and he’s been trimmed slightly to 22/1 from his original price of around 25/1. He has his supporters but hasn’t offered up too many clues as of late that he’s really coming into form at the right time.
Roberto Goldback’s odds have been yo-yo’ing pretty significantly as he was originally trading at 33s and was subsequently clipped down to 25/1 and has been recently taken back into 33s....
Chicago Grey has been relatively heavily-raced this year and seems to be coming into form at just the right time. He won his last time out and has been on the improve after some lackluster efforts earlier in the season. His price has been steadily dropping from 16s and is now floating around a 12/1 listing. Expect him to remain competitive going forward and don’t rule out a run on his price on the day.
There has been plenty of swings in the betting markets over the past year as punters have done their best to extract as much value as possible from the 2013 Grand National ante post market. As we get closer and closer to the build-up for the race itself and the start of the Aintree National meeting this week there has been even more movement - especially amongst the leading fancies.
The current choice, On His Own, has been trimmed down to 7/1 with most major bookmakers after floating at a price of around 8/1 for the past few weeks, he’s...
Star Empire looks to be the second choice here with a 6/1 shot and he’s proven near this distance with a score back in February at 1.75m. He couldn’t quite keep on when it really mattered last time out but you also reckon they didn’t want to push him 100% in that March 2nd race as their eye was likely fixed on a much bigger potential payday here.
The 12/1 price on Verema is interesting, especially because he ships in for this contest to kick off his campaign after a busy fall season at Longchamp. If he can genuinely get the...
Alpha, the Travers Stakes winner from 2012, gets a solid 15/1 price tag but he’s really gone off the boil in his last few with three significant defeats since his big moment at Saratoga. Much of the talent in his generation was either retired or pointed elsewhere for the Travers so it lacked the luster that past Travers winners have enjoyed.
One of the sharp selections appears to be Surfer, who is sitting at a 6/1 morning line price but doesn’t really boast the flashy recent results that some of the other ones in his price range have. However, he has been tipped as the main...
The biggest day in horse racing is nearly upon us and punters the world over are giving the Meydan past performance sheets a thorough going over today. We have a top notch selection of big money purses and some of the finest flat racing you’ll see anywhere.
Speaking of Coolmore, Kingsbarns had been widely talked up for quite some time about having a serious tilt at the 2000 Guineas but his price is starting to cool off after O’Brien declared that he faces a race against time to get the horse another run prior to the Guineas. He is undefeated from both starts but will need something under his belt after winning the big money Racing Post Trophy at the end of his 2YO campaign.
Undefeated Dawn Approach, the pride of the high-flying Jim Bolger yard, has been trimmed down to as low as 15/8 with several major bookmakers for the widely-anticipated 2000 Guineas.
After a smashing performance in the Coventry Stakes against 21 of the best contenders in the UK, he backed that up with a Group 1 score at the Curragh when sent off as the prohibitive 2/5 betting choice.
His perfect score in the Dewhurst make it six from six and the son of New Approach was the benefit of a stellar day for the Bolger yard as they took a pile of races at the Curragh on the...
The only entry Prince De Beauchene has for the Aintree meeting is in the National so punters can back him with confidence. You’ll find him trading around 10/1 with most major bookmakers though some do offer him at 12s.
Seabass is an intriguing sort and comes in with a typically high rating. He was third to Roi Du Mee in the aforementioned Grade 2 contest at Fairyhouse. He hasn’t won in either of his races this year but really has shown plenty of verve in the past. You reckon that he wasn’t really sent out to necessarily win either of those efforts earlier this year as it...
