Category: UK Racing

Last year’s St Leger runner-up Illinos heads a select field of six for the Ladbrokes Big-Value You Can Bet On Ormonde Stakes, the £140,000 feature race on Boodles May Festival Ladies Day at Chester today.Aidan O’Brien shares the mantle of most successful trainer in the Group Three contest with recently retired Sir Michael Stoute, the…

Fine FormIllinois CS – 3.05can make his class tell as he lines up in the Ladbrokes Big-Value You Can Bet On Ormonde Stakes at Chester.The four-year-old hails from the family of Arc winner Danedream and he certainly showed a fair amount of ability during his Classic campaign without actually hitting the target on the biggest…

Galopin Des Champs (5/6 favourite) made it third time lucky in the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup.In 2023 and 2024 Galopin Des Champs came into this Grade 1 feature as the Cheltenham Gold Cup winner but left Punchestown in defeat to Fastorslow. Beaten in England this time and with no Fastorslow in the line-up, Galopin Des…

Fine FormArabian Dusk CC – 7.15is expected to enjoy dropping back in distance for the bet365 Chelmer Fillies’ Stakes at Chelmsford.The daughter of star sprinter Havana Grey was a smart juvenile over six furlongs last season, scoring in Group Two company and finishing third behind Lake Victoria in the Cheveley Park.With an Irish 1,000 Guineas…

Galopin Des Champs is set to clash with Spillane’s Tower in the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup (5.30) after a small but select field was declared for today’s showpiece.The Willie Mullins-trained superstar was denied by Inothewayurthinkin in his quest for a third straight Cheltenham Gold Cup last month and faces just three rivals on day two…

Fine FormDash Dizzy AS – 2.50can surprise some better fancied rivals in the eventmasters.co.uk Commonwealth Cup Trial Stakes at Ascot.Charlie Johnston’s charge is a Wootton Bassett half-brother to Group One-winning juvenile and stallion star Sioux Nation, and he certainly shaped with promise on his racecourse bow when beaten six lengths in third at Pontefract in…

Marine Nationale (2/1) ran out an impressive winner of the William Hill Champion Chase at the Punchestown Festival.Having won the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on his sixth chase start, this ready defeat of Captain Guinness ought to cement Marine Nationale’s position as the top two-mile chaser but the day one feature…

William Buick is making a late decision over which Charlie Appleby-trained colt to ride in Saturday’s Betfred 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.He has the choice between Middle Park and Dewhurst winner Shadow Of Light and the 2.3m euro breeze-up buy Ruling Court who has the benefit of a run at Meydan in March, when he ran…

Rockys Diamond could round off his excellent season at the Punchestown Festival after finishing fourth in the Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham.Declan Queally’s stable star has come a long way since landing a handicap hurdle at Gowran Park in early October, going on to finish third as a 66-1 shot for a Grade One at Leopardstown…

Fine FormIn A Hurry AY – 2.30was a beaten favourite on debut but did little wrong and can make amends in the Coral We’re Here For It Restricted Maiden Stakes at Ayr.David O’Meara’s Time Test filly went off at 15-8 at Newcastle last June and was beaten just a length, looking like the run would…