Category: UK Racing

Ambiente Friendly will aim to go one better than at Epsom when he contests the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on 30 June.The James Fanshawe-trained colt shot to prominence with a startling performance in the Lingfield Derby Trial.Ridden by Rab Havlin for the first time at Epsom, he travelled ominously well for…

This time last week Royal Ascot was foremost in the minds of all horse-racing folk and mention was made of the difficulties posed finding winners among the minefields but, in the knowledge, the harder you work, the luckier you become we enjoyed two brief dalliances and they need to be highlighted given my purpose is…

Fine FormWarrendale Wagyu BE – 1.47looks well up to defying a penalty in the Go Racing In Yorkshire Future Stars Apprentice Handicap at Beverley.Trained by John and Sean Quinn, the three-year-old showed precious little in three outings last term but that always looked likely to change this season.Gelded and making his handicap debut off a…

City Of Troy will drop back in trip for his first start since winning the Derby, with Sandown’s Coral-Eclipse confirmed as the next port of call for Aidan O’Brien’s Epsom champion.The son of Justify carried all before him as a juvenile, going through his two-year-old season unbeaten and igniting triple crown dreams for his Classic…

Deira Mile could be pointed towards the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby after his fourth-placed performance in the Epsom Classic.The Owen Burrows-trained Camelot colt was fourth in the Futurity Trophy last season and began this year with a taking four-length victory in a Windsor novice.At Epsom he stepped up to a mile and a half…

Fine FormFayqa th – 2.25is fancied to make it third time lucky in the Constant Security Services Maiden Fillies’ Stakes at Thirsk.The Shadwell homebred predictably has an impressive pedigree, being by Dubawi, out of Oaks runner-up Tarfasha, who has already produced four winners, including a trio of black type performers.After starting out with an encouraging…

King Charles III Stakes fourth Believing will make a quick turnaround to contest the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes today.The George Boughey-trained four-year-old was beaten a length and a half by Asfoora over five furlongs on Tuesday and will now tackle the six-furlong trip that has yielded three of her four career victories.Believing will receive…

Big-money purchase Rogue Millennium is set to defend her Duke of Cambridge Stakes title when she forms part of Joseph O’Brien’s team for Royal Ascot.A star performer when trained in the UK by Tom Clover, she edged out Random Harvest by a neck when successful in the one-mile Group Two event at the Royal meeting…

Fine FormAuguste Rodin ra – 4.25can capitalise on the absence of White Birch and return to winning ways in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes, the highlight on day two at Royal Ascot.Aidan O’Brien’s charge was a clear second best behind the John Murphy-trained grey in the Tattersalls Gold Cup but his handler felt the rain-softened…

Notable Speech will face a maximum of 7 rivals at Royal Ascot when he bids to follow up his 2000 Guineas victory in today’s St James’s Palace Stakes.The son of Dubawi was making his turf debut in last month’s Rowley Mile Classic following a hat-trick of all-weather wins at Kempton and maintained his unbeaten record…