Category: UK Racing

Fine FormEl Megeeth NO – 1.58can make a step up in trip pay dividends with victory in the PricedUp Daily Sports Boosts Fillies’ Handicap at Nottingham.Trained by Owen Burrows for the Shadwell operation, El Megeeth was a 375,000 guineas purchase as a foal, boasting a fine pedigree as a daughter of Ghaiyyath out of the…

Aidan O’Brien supplies six of the 14 six-day entries for Saturday’s Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket.They are headed by Gstaad, the Coventry Stakes winner who was second subsequently in the Prix Morny and National Stakes.His Curragh conqueror Zavateri is in line for a rematch on the Rowley Mile course at the weekend.The Ballydoyle sextet also…

Fine FormA cracking day two of the Cambridgeshire meeting at Newmarket could be headlined byTouleen NM – 2.25in the BoyleSports Home Of Early Payout Rockfel Stakes.Unbeaten and very impressive in two starts so far for Owen Burrows, this Group Two affair is obviously a step up in class – but the same could be said…

Connections of Zanthos are relishing a Newmarket rematch with Touleen after the Leicester rivals featured among the 16 confirmations for the Boylesports Home Of The Early Payout Rockfel Stakes.Simon and Ed Crisford’s €1million breeze-up buy created a deep impression in her July course debut but proved no match for Owen Burrows’ Touleen in the east…

Fine FormA couple of juvenile talents can light up Leicester’s card, withTouleen LE – 2.50looking a potentially useful runner in the Gascare Services EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes.Trained by Owen Burrows for her owner-breeder Shadwell, this Lope De Vega filly hails from a fine female line with her dam, Talaayeb, a Group Three winner from the…

KALOKALO – 3.20 Leicester (NAP)He’s started at 8/1, 28/1 and 33/1 in three outings to date and KALOKALO is an interesting handicap debutant.He slots into this contest off the ceiling rating of 60 and was an eyecatcher on his final qualifying run, staying on under hands and heels into third behind Queen Tamara. He promises…

Sweet William will face a maximum of seven rivals in defence of his Betfred Howard Wright Doncaster Cup title on Friday.John and Thady Gosden’s charge prevailed in the two-and-a-quarter-mile event last term and has been holding his own once again in the staying division this term, chasing home stablemate Trawlerman in the Lonsdale Cup last…

Fine FormHigh Degree AS – 4.40can do the honours in the Ascot Iron Stand Membership Handicap.Trained by William Haggas, the Too Darn Hot colt progressed nicely through maidens and novices before making his handicap debut in the Kincsem Handicap at Goodwood.There he was a respectable fifth of 18 when stepping up to 10 furlongs for…

Today selectionsPERSUASION – 4.55 Haydock (NAP)PERSUASION rates a bet off top weight back at Haydock where his career form reads 13221. He acts on all types of ground conditions but his most recent win came on an easy surface up at Musselburgh in April this year and he’s only rated 1lb higher now so is…

Two Ballydoyle heavyweights in Illinois and Jan Brueghel are on a collision course in the Comer Group Irish St Leger at the Curragh on Sunday week.Illinois finished second to Trawlerman in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot in June and was then beaten by younger stablemate Scandinavia in the Goodwood Cup.Jan Brueghel beat Illinois by…