Category: UK Racing

Fine FormPopular performerHaatem GO – 4.17can make a winning start to his season in the Goodwood Festival Stakes.A genuine and consistent type for trainer Richard Hannon, the son of Phoenix Of Spain is now a five-year-old and has not been seen since a rare blip when sixth of seven in the Rose of Lancaster Stakes…

Richard Hannon is confident the Fitzdares Festival Stakes at Goodwood today will provide the “ideal” preparation for Haatem in his bid for more Royal Ascot glory next month.The Wathnan Racing-owned son of Phoenix Of Spain will make his seasonal reappearance in the 10-furlong Listed contest in West Sussex to get his five-year-old campaign up and…

KNIGHTS CHARGE – 14:50 NottinghamKNIGHTS CHARGE looked good at Lingfield and might be up to defying a penalty now switching to turf. Outflank has performed to a fairly useful level on both starts and is feared most ahead of C&D winner Bay Royale. Oisin Murphy’s mount Cloud Forest could have a say if the betting…

Fine FormJohn and Thady Gosden’s unbeatenRunman NO – 2.20looks more than capable of taking the opening £9 Racedays At Nottingham Novice Stakes at Colwick Park.He made a good start to his career when winning on his sole start as a two-year-old before running out a ready victor on his seasonal reappearance when a long odds-on…

Haatem is likely to prepare for the defence of his Wolverton Stakes crown at Royal Ascot with an outing in the Festival Stakes at Goodwood on Friday.The son of Phoenix Of Spain is being lined up to make his first start since finishing down the field in the Group Three Betfred Rose Of Lancaster Stakes…

Fine FormDamysus NB – 2.35can tower over his rivals to come to the fore in the Boyle Sports Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.The John and Thady Gosden-trained son of Frankel started his season evidently in good heart when winning the Group Three Earl Of Sefton Stakes by nearly four lengths at Newmarket in April.He carried a…

Having served a reminder of his class at Ascot, Jonquil is out to prove he is the fly in the ointment in a red-hot Boyle Sports Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.A winner of the Greenham at Newbury last term before going close in the French 2000 Guineas, Andrew Balding’s four-year-old again showcased his very best early…

Fine FormRahiebb YO – 4.05can reward connections’ decision to bypass a prior Chester engagement with success in the Boodles Yorkshire Cup Stakes.The Roger Varian-trained colt was due to line up in the Ormonde Stakes last week but was withdrawn after concerns about slippery ground on the Roodee.He was re-routed to the Knavesmire as a result,…

Today selectionsWE’RE GOOSERS – 16:53 Newmarket (NAP)He let down his supporters here last time but WE’RE GOOSERS didn’t shape at all badly in finishing sixth in a strong race for all that the run fell short of market expectations. He raced too keenly on his first attempt over a mile and was found wanting in…

St Leger runner-up Rahiebb will finally get his season up and running at York today after being redirected to the Boodles Yorkshire Cup Stakes.Roger Varian’s exciting staying prospect was due to kick off his campaign in Chester’s Ormonde Stakes last week before being declared a non-runner on account of the ground issues that plagued day…