Category: UK Racing

Tuck Your Shirt In na – 9.00resonated from fastidious time-handicap study and is worth waiting for in the National Hunt Flat Race over two miles of ‘good to firm’ Newton Abbot tonight.Trouble is most of you will be well and truly tucked up in bed when this Joe Tickle-trained four-year-old Sixties Icon gelding goes ‘Bumper’…

Richard Hannon believes the round mile at Ascot in the St James’s Palace Stakes gives Rosallion a chance of turning the tables on his 2000 Guineas conqueror Notable Speech.While Rosallion went to the Curragh and won the Irish equivalent, beating stablemate Haatem in a tight finish, he has a length and a half to make…

Fine Form Born Ruler SN – 3.15 can finally get back into the winner’s enclosure in the Book Your Coral-Eclipse Tickets Now Handicap at Sandown.The four-year-old son of Kingman returned from a 223-day break at Lingfield last month and ran freely when being beaten into second by Party Island over amile and a half.He was…

Christophe Soumillon will ride both Big Rock and Blue Rose Cen at Royal Ascot next week.Trainer Maurizio Guarnieri confirmed Soumillon would take over from the regular rider of the pair, Aurelien Lemaitre, due to his greater experience of Ascot and his excellent record in big races around the world.Big Rock, a startling winner of the…

Fine FormClove Hitch nb – 4.00should use previous track experience to her advantage in the Darley EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes over the straight mile at Newbury.The Andrew Balding filly has improved for each of her three career runs, which have included two at the Berkshire venue.She finished fifth on her sole start as a juvenile,…

Ambiente Friendly will aim to go one better than at Epsom when he contests the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on June 30.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…

Fine FormDramatic Star HM – 6.50can make the long journey from Newmarket worthwhile with victory in the Hamilton Park Maiden Stakes.Trained by William Haggas, he has shown enough in his first two outings to suggest winning a race of this nature should prove a formality.Third first time out at Windsor when looking in need of…

Tom Clover is hoping Jumbeau can continue to flourish when she contests the British EBF Supporting Racing With Pride Fillies’ Handicap at York on Friday.The four-year-old returned to winning ways just over a fortnight ago when she edged out Democracy Dilemma at Windsor.It was her first victory since striking on her debut over the minimum…

Fine Form Elladonna SL – 5.07 was given a confident ride when scoring at Nottingham last month and looks one to keep on side when bidding for a double at Salisbury.James Fanshawe’s filly did not race as a juvenile but started to make up for lost time at three, building on a trio of promising…

Connections of Alyanaabi are keen to persevere over a mile, with the St James’s Palace Stakes a likely next port of call following his respectable fifth in the 2000 Guineas.Winner of the Tattersalls Stakes and second to City Of Troy in the Dewhurst on the Rowley Mile at two, Owen Burrows’ colt was sent off…