Category: UK Racing

Fine FormIt is difficult to opposeScandinavia RA – 4.15in his bid to provide Aidan O’Brien with a record-extending 10th victory in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.The son of Justify looked fairly ordinary this time last year, but a staying-on fifth when stepped up in trip for the Queen’s Vase suggested he was a quality…

Ray Dawson is hoping that Rahiebb will run a big race in the Gold Cup today as he seeks a first Royal Ascot winner.Rahiebb is 4/1 with Paddy Power and Sky Bet for the two and a half mile Group 1 which could feature a star-studded cast.Trawlerman is the reigning champion but the ante-post book…

Fine FormFew races at Royal Ascot this week pack as much punch as the Prince of Wales’s Stakes andAlmaqam RA – 4.20is the one taken to land the knockout blow against a couple of heavyweight rivals.The odds suggest Ed Walker’s five-year-old has it all to do to lower the colours of brilliant Arc winner Daryz…

The betting for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (4.20) was subject to a major shake-up on Monday with Ombudsman taking over favouritism from Daryz for the feature race at Royal Ascot today.Last year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe hero Daryz lost his position as market leader to Ombudsman after the high-class pair were declared in…

Following in a rich tradition of leading Australian sprinters at the royal meeting, Joliestar (Zoustar) and Overpass (Vancouver) undertook a dress rehearsal on the Ascot turf on Friday.The Bjorn Baker-trained Overpass heads to tomorrow’s G1 King Charles III Stakes and Joliestar runs in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes on Saturday for Chris Waller.The…

Fine FormUncle Don WD – 7.00has gone close a couple of times since joining Robert Cowell and can record his first win for the trainer in the Fitzdares Sprint Series Qualifier Handicap at Windsor.The Middleham Park-owned gelding switched from the care of Richard Fahey to Newmarket-based Cowell earlier this year and only a neck defeat…

Fine FormDandana YO – 3.00rubbed shoulders with some pretty hot company last season and drops down in grade for the British EBF Fillies Handicap at York.She was an excellent fourth in the Group Two Lowther Stakes behind Royal Fixation and while fitness has to be taken on trust for her reappearance, she looks capable of…

George Boughey remains confident Bow Echo will pass his “ultimate test” at Royal Ascot, with the 2000 Guineas hero the star name among nine colts confirmed for what promises to be an epic St James’s Palace Stakes.Three from three as a juvenile last season, the son of Night Of Thunder was among the leading protagonists…

Fine FormAll eyes will be onCentrum SL – 4.18when he makes his debut for John and Thady Gosden on an afternoon which could feature some exciting prospects at Salisbury.A half-brother to dual Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Oaks winner Enable, the three-year-old is bred to stay and…

THAT’S RANDOM – 17:28 Salisbury (NAP)Some interesting novice/maiden events on the Salisbury card but the best bet might come in the three-year-old handicap over six furlongs. THAT’S RANDOM represents a shrewd yard in Harry Charlton and the well-bred son of Bated Breath is a half-brother to the same trainer’s 109-rated sprinter Completely Random. He’s had…