Category: UK Racing

Three recommended bets at Haydock and Kempton.A proper array of racing this weekend, with competitive cards at Ascot and Haydock, featuring the Group 1 Betfair Sprint Cup, accompanied by some excellent stuff on the all-weather at Kempton, including a couple of Group 3s.Haydock is where I’m going to start, as I quite like one in…

Fine FormJewelry SL – 3.50can take the leap to Group Three company in her stride in the Ire-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Dick Poole Fillies’ Stakes at Salisbury. Hailing from the exceptional Urban Sea line on her dam’s side, this daughter of Wootton Bassett was snapped up for 280,000 guineas as a yearling last year…

Horse-by-horse for Saturday’s Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock Park.ANNAFFive-time winner last season including the Portland, Bengough Sakes and a valuable Group Two prize in Saudi Arabia in February. Not been seen since and will need to be operating at the same level on his return to action to play a leading role.ART POWERHad a couple…

Los Angeles appears increasingly likely to join stablemates Auguste Rodin and Luxembourg in the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes, the feature race on day one of Irish Champions Festival weekend.Auguste Rodin denied Luxembourg back-to-back wins in the Leopardstown showpiece 12 months ago, but for the second year in succession the son of Deep Impact will…

Beverley hosts it’s biggest meeting of the year this weekend, with the ITV cameras in-situ for the William Hill Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes which has been a Clive Cox benefit for the last three years thanks to wins for Tis Marvellous (twice) and the three-year-old Kerdos.Those horses were at different ends of their career, but…

Fine FormJungle Land so – 6.43can make a successful stable debut for George Boughey on the sixth and final night of the Racing League at Southwell.After finishing second on his first two starts as favourite for Karl Burke, the Kodiac gelding made it third time lucky with an authoritative all-the-way victory at Redcar in late…

Connections are favouring the Qipco Champion Stakes for Calandagan after his valiant second to a “true champion” in the Juddmonte International at York.The Francis-Henri Graffard-trained bay has had a superb season so far, scoring a Group-race hat-trick that began with success in the Prix Noailles and led to victories in the Prix Hocquart and then…

The Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes is “under consideration” for Ghostwriter, as connections consider all options following his excellent effort behind City Of Troy in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York.Clive Cox’s son of Invincible Spirit is yet to add to his success as a juvenile this term, but has not let his connections down…

Fine FormSimple Star MU – 4.05has built up a fine record at Musselburgh since joining Dianne Sayer last year and can continue a trend of good runs there in the Portobello Cup Handicap.The Sea The Stars gelding posted form figures of ‘1212’ at the Scottish track once finding his feet for Sayer last season and…

Lake Forest is set for a stalls test but is none the worse after his late withdrawal from the City of York Stakes last Saturday.The three-year-old was a 7/2 chance for the Group Two event but became unsettled in the stalls and had to be scratched as the rest of the field went without him.Thankfully,…