Stormy Blues has the form to rise to the occasion at Windsor (8.15) while Regulator is the pick at Ayr (1.55)No one can complain about the quantity of runners at Monday’s four meetings, and at the two evening fixtures at Beverley and Windsor in particular, where the field sizes average above 12 and 10 respectively. Quality, as would be expected on a Monday, is spread a little more thinly. But on pedigree at least there are several interesting runners in the 10-furlong maiden at Windsor, including Stormy Blues (8.15), a half-brother to this year’s Ascot Gold Cup winner, Big Orange.Stormy Blues is one of three runners for the Godolphin operation in the 16-strong field, along with Adjacent, a half-brother to...
Racing’s chief medical adviser foresees a future without saunas at the track but accepts it is a long-term visionUnexpectedly, saunas have become a source of tension within racing this summer. Twice this month, I’ve heard from jockeys worried about suggestions that racecourse saunas are to be removed, perhaps to be replaced by the healthier alternative of exercise bikes. Related: Sarah Harrison the punters’ champion at the Gambling Commission Related: Frankie Dettori scales back race riding to be fit for Glorious Goodwood Continue reading...
Lewinsky, a daughter of Famous Name, looks the standout bet of the day in a Wolverhampton maiden tonightIt is a typical Monday offering today with four meetings that have been put together to keep the betting shops open and the bookies happy. But having just put the brilliant July Meeting to bed I suppose it is asking a lot to keep up the standard. Related: Sarah Harrison the punters’ champion at the Gambling Commission Continue reading...
Quicker ground brings the best out of Roly Poly (3.35) and after creditable runs in both the French and Irish 1,000 Guineas, conditions will suit her again on FridayAidan O’Brien will pass £4.5m in prize-money for the 2017 season if Roly Poly (3.35) wins the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket on Friday, and will also register his 11th Group One success of the year, an remarkable total when you consider that the success of Alice Springs in the same race last year was O’Brien’s sixth of the campaign. John Gosden, his closest pursuer, has yet to pass £2m in prize money in Britain this year, and has landed only a single Group 1 success.It is turning into another record-breaking season for...
A 7lb rise for Goodwood Crusader (3.00) is unlikely to stop him in the best betting race on the first day of Newmarket’s July meetingThere are no Group One events on the first afternoon of Newmarket’s July Festival meeting, but there is still something for pretty much everyone in the four televised events (on ITV3) including the Coventry Stakes winner Rajasinghe’s attempt to see off a fresh set of juvenile opponents in the July Stakes and a St Leger trial at the top of the card, but the race that offers the deepest, and potentially most rewarding, puzzle is the three-year-old handicap at 3.00, which is always one of the strongest of its type all season.There is a long list of...