Author: keith
-
Horse Racing Tips: Nap of the Day andbest bets from around the tracks
Today selectionsKINGS MERCHANT – 2.45 Ripon (NAP)KINGS MERCHANT was beaten a neck in a six runner race over C&D on his only previous visit and has live claims of going one better in this consolation race. He moved stables after struggling at the start of this season and didn’t show a great deal on his…
-
Witness Stand readyfor Hungerford examination
Witness Stand will bid for back-to-back Group Two wins in the Visit Malta Hungerford Stakes at Newbury today.A surprise 25-1 winner of the Lennox Stakes at Goodwood late last month, the four-year-old will get the opportunity to prove that success was no fluke for the training partnership of Dr Richard Newland and Jamie Insole ahead…
-
Flowerhead TO BLOOM AT NEWBURY
Fine FormFlowerhead NB – 4.45can bloom again for Charlie Clover in the Sequoia Hair & Spirit St Hugh’s Stakes at Newbury.The two-year-old bay filly, who is by the emerging sire Starman, sports the purple silks of Amo Racing and ran encouragingly in two maiden events before stepping up sharply in grade at Royal Ascot.There she…
-
Newbury Saturday entries: Charlie Appleby stars left in Hungerford Stakes
Charlie Appleby has left both Shadow Of Light and Notable Speech in tomorrow’s Visit Malta Hungerford Stakes at Newbury.The former was a late absentee from Sunday’s Prix Maurice de Gheest because of the prevailing fast ground and the Sky Bet City Of York is another potential target for him.The Ebor Festival feature and Prix Jacques…
-
French Selections Friday 15th
R1 CLAIREFONTAINE [R-H] C1 – PRIX GRAND JEU DE L’ETE GENYBET (PRIX TIP MOSS) – 2400m (a1m1/2) – TURF – Class 2 Race – Flat – EUR € 24,700 C1 – PRIX DES AMATEURS – 2875m (a2m) – Class G Amateur Drivers Race – Harness – EUR € 6,000 C1 – PRIX VICHY-REINE DES VILLES…
-
French Selections Wednesday 13th
R1 ENGHIEN [L-H] C1 – PRIX DE NOUZONVILLE – 2150m (a1m1/4) – Class D Race – Harness – EUR € 40,000 C1 – PRIX CHARLES DE VEAUCE – 2400m (a1m1/2) – TURF – Class 3 Race – Flat – EUR € 14,600 C1 – PRIX DE LA LONDE LES MAURES – 2650m (a1m1/2) – Class…
-
GOLDEN CAN SHINEAT HAMILTON
Fine FormExpensive purchaseGolden Horse HM – 6.40is entitled to come on a bundle for his debut and should take plenty of beating in the David and William McHarg Memorial Maiden Stakes at Hamilton.The William Haggas inmate cost 425,000 guineas at Tattersalls in October 2023 but did not make it to the track at two and…
-
previews & race by race tips
ALNAYEF – 3.15 CarlisleALNAYEF figures off a handy mark and ran his best race for Jim Goldie when second at Hamilton earlier this month. He makes plenty of appeal. Paper Doll and Marbuzet rate the principal dangers.STAR MARIAN – 3.32 LingfieldNot as competitive as the numbers suggest and this looks a good opportunity for STAR…
-
Loughnane: 200 winners the aim this year
Teenage sensation Billy Loughnane has set his sights on 200 winners for the year following a maiden Group 1 victory on Sunday.The 19-year-old, son of trainer Mark Loughnane, was champion apprentice in Britain in 2023 and All-Weather Champion Jockey in 24/25 and has become a household name, with Rashabar’s 80/1 triumph in the Coventry Stakes…
-
Joe Fanning booked for Nunthorpe favourite Lady Iman
Joe Fanning has been booked to ride Goodwood winner Lady Iman in the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York later this month.The two-year-old filly will have to be supplemented for the Group One sprint but after winning the Molecomb Stakes – Lady Iman’s fourth victory in five career starts – owners the O’Callaghan family…