Category: UK Racing

Fine FormBlue Betty HU – 1.26could bring a touch of class to Huntingdon as she steps out over hurdles for the first time in the PricedUp Daily Racing Boosts Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle.Fergal O’Brien’s daughter of Blue Bresil is held in the highest regard and looked a smart prospect when bolting up in her opening bumper…

Caldwell Potter and Jagwar 8/1 joint-favourites for the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday.The market leaders were both in winning action at the Festival in March, the former running his rivals ragged in the Jack Richards Novice Handicap Chase and Jagwar gettingthe better of Thecompanysergeant in the TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase.The Jukebox Man,…

Devon stops for racing today when Exeter Racecourse stages the county’s richest raceday, featuring the prestigious BetMGM Haldon Gold Cup.The spotlight will fall on JPR One as he bids to defend his crown.Trained in Dorset by Joe Tizzard, JPR One stormed to victory in last year’s renewal and now has the chance to etch his…

Spillane’s Tower is set to make his seasonal reappearance at Down Royal in just over two weeks, with trainer Jimmy Mangan identifying the BetVictor Champion Chase as the target – provided ground conditions are soft enough.Last season’s John Durkan Chase at Punchestown was one of the races of the year, not least because it looked…

Fine FormOmbudsman AS – 4.05can confirm his superiority over familiar foe Delacroix in the Qipco Champion Stakes, the feature event on a stellar today card at Ascot.Brought along steadily while winning each of his first four starts as a three-year-old last season, the John and Thady Gosden-trained Ombudsman met with defeat for the first time…

While commercial considerations mean we won’t see Delacroix race into his fourth year, his presence in the QIPCO Champion Stakes at Ascot today turns a brilliant race into an unmissable one.It might have been all over for him after Leopardstown. In the breathless minutes after his scintillating Irish Champion Stakes victory on September 13, his…

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…