KIPCHAK KANATE DAY*
-Highlight of today’s meeting at Newmarket is the Group 1 Darley July Cup Stakes at 3.35, with 13 runners due to line up. Worthy favourite at 5-2 is the Clive…
DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY
-Day 2 of the Newmarket July Festival is on telly today, together with the added bonus of a bit of jumping action from The Rasen. Headline race is the bet365…
YOU CAN CALL ME AL
-Televised action from Newmarket and York this afternoon, with eight races being shown on ITV4. First up at HQ is the Bahrain International Sir Henry Cecil Stakes, a Listed contest…
READY, WILLING & (EN)ABLE?
-All eyes this afternoon will be focused on the 3.35 at Sandown, the Group 1 Coral-Eclipse, which sees the return to action of the dual Arc winner Enable, who is…
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF RACING
-Derby Day dawns on Epsom Downs today, without the traditional throngs, the whiff of fried onions and the hucksters, but with the cream of the crop of 3-y-os of both…
STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE
-Feature event of today’s televised racing is the Betfair Northumberland Plate at 3.35 up at Newcastle. A typically competitive 18 runner affair, with the bookmakers going 5-1 the field, but…
IT’S A YOUNG ONES’ GAME
-Day 4 of the (Royal) Ascot meeting sees five of the seven races restricted to 2 or 3 year olds, which, given the truncated start to this season, doesn’t make…
WHERE ARE ALL THE LAY-DEES?
-Gold Cup day at Ascot today, traditionally Ladies’ Day with the usual mix of high fashion and extreme bad taste, all of which will be absent this afternoon. Favourite for…
BRING UP THE CAVALRY
-Day two of the Ascot race-fest contains two versions of the Royal Hunt Cup, beginning at 1.15 with the ‘Silver’ version for horses which failed to get in the main…
