Jun 02, 2021
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In 2005, the King’s Stand Stakes became part of the Global Sprint Challenge and has since featured winners from France, Australia, New Zealand and the United States, as well as from Britain and Ireland. Last year’s winner, Battaash, is favourite…
May 28, 2021
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As Royal Ascot gets ever nearer, we are looking for more clues for some of those races and there is listed action from Haydock this weekend, as well as two Group 3 races and a competative handicap from Beverley. Henry…
May 26, 2021
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Run over the same distance as the Oaks and the Derby, but restricted to horses aged four years and upwards, the Coronation Cup is the opening Group One contest of the Derby Festival at Epsom. Al Aasy is currently a…
May 14, 2021
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Saturday’s ITV Racing this weekend takes in four different courses (if the Curragh passes it’s morning inspection) and includes Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3 action. Henry has run through all 10 races on the cards and picked his…
May 14, 2021
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1:50 Newbury The first race from Newbury is a 6f sprint of listed class known as the Carnarvon Stakes. Tactical bids to follow up his win last time out over 7f but I’d be concerned about him on this ground.…
May 13, 2021
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ITV Racing coverage continues with the third and final day of the York Dante Festival, plus supporting action from Newbury. The feature race of the day on the Knavesmire, the Yorkshire Cup, has been won the last twice by Stradivarius,…
May 12, 2021
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Day Two at the Dante Festival is chiefly about the feature race of the week, the Dante Stakes, which is one of the few remaining Derby trials. However, ITV Racing coverage includes four more live races from York, plus one…
May 11, 2021
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Hot on the heels of the Chester May Festival, ITV Racing cameras head north to York for three days’ worth of first-class action on the Knavesmire. Although not the most valuable race on Day One, the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes will,…
May 07, 2021
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[akurai_table reviews=”7113″ terms=”long” lazy_logo=”true”] 1:55 Ascot It’s a 1m handicap from Ascot for the fillies to start proceedings on ITV and it looks a decent contest on paper. The one I like is DREAMLOPER (3/1). I don’t think we’ve seen the…
May 07, 2021
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The Chester May Festival concludes with Chester Cup Day, which features the most valuable race on the Chester calendar, the Chester Cup, worth £125,000 in guaranteed prize money. A decent supporting card, including the Group 2 Huxley Stakes, make for…