Alan King could be in for a soft-surface double with his Flat horses at NottinghamThe vibe around the sales ring in Newmarket yesterday was that British horses are going to have a tough time winning the major British prizes on offer at the end of this Flat season. The Dewhurst, this Saturday, is bound for export to Ireland, I was told, while the Champion Stakes the following weekend will go to France. Continue reading...
Stars Over The Sea (Leicester 3.50) will be difficult to pass if jockey Joe Fanning can get his mount settled in frontThe £15,000 prize for the Squirrel Handicap at Leicester this afternoon has attracted an interesting field of eight runners and even Passover, the 20-1 outsider, has form in the book which would give him a chance. Related: Horse racing tips: Tuesday 4 October Continue reading...
Fair Power is one to watch at Windsor (4.20), while Wild Hacked can make an impression in the best race at the meeting (3.50)Jim Crowley’s extraordinary run of form during September seems to have put the jockeys’ title race to bed and he started October in similar style with a winner at Redcar on Saturday afternoon and two more under the lights at Wolverhampton a few hours later. Related: Horse racing tips: Monday 3 October Continue reading...
All the highlights from the Chantilly meeting featuring Europe’s premier horse race plus best bets and latest newsLimato stormed clear in the hands of Harry Bentley to claim the Prix de la Foret. Runner-up in the seven-furlong Group One 12 months ago, Henry Candy’s stable star has run over a variety of distances this season. Related: Makahiki can end Japan’s long wait for Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Related: Horse racing tips: Sunday 2 October Continue reading...
The Gallic runner Ervedya, a three times Group One winner last year, looks especially dangerous in Newmarket’s Sun Chariot StakesIt seems an odd coincidence that, on this weekend when so much of the best racing is in France, Britain stages a Group One which is dominated by French raiders. What are they doing over here when there’s so much good racing just down the road?Newmarket’s Sun Chariot Stakes must fit very nicely into the programme for French female milers because the race has been won five times in the past seven years by such a horse. Nor is this a one-man phenomenon. Three different French trainers have been successful in that time. Continue reading...