King George ~ A Race To Savour
In sport there is often plenty of hype ahead of major events, but it is most unlikely that Saturday’s Group1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Ascot won’t live up to all Horse racing betting expectations, writes Elliot Slater. The first big clash of the season between the classic generation and older horses …
Raiders Of The Last Arc
The BBC has signed a one-year deal to cover Europe’s greatest all-age middle distance race, the Prix del’Arc de Triomphe, in Paris in early October, but the minimum term contract has racing fans wondering if this will be the last time the great event will be shown on terrestrial television, writes Elliot Slater. In view of …
Ogden Eyeing Melbourne Cup Bid
Sir Robert Ogden, one of the few British owners with the firepower to take on the international big guns in the racing tips world, could be set to train his sights on an audacious bid to land one of the racing world’s most coveted prizes, the Melbourne Cup, at Flemington in November, with his improving …
Jarvis Improver Rings a Bell at Ripon
Looking ahead to the weekend action, Ripon stage a decent card with the Ripon bell ringer Handicap being the centrepiece of the day’s action. Michael Jarvis has a good record at the track and it is notable that his Yashrid is the only horse ‘jocked up’ for the race at the five-day stage, writes Elliot …
Cecil Wins Eclipse Stakes Again
The legendary horse trainer Henry Cecil had to admit that the reaction of the crowd following Twice Over’s victory in the Eclipse did ‘get him there, y’know’, whilst pointing to his throat. The horse’s win bridged a thirty-two year gap for the ten times champion Cecil, providing him with a fourth win of the …
Henry Cecil Back On Track
Henry Cecil is one of the punters favourite horse trainers – born the step-son of former champion trainer Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, he learned as his assistant from 1964 to 1968, before taking out his own licence in 1969. He has trained great horses such as Wollow, Reference Point, Diminuendo, Michelozzo and Oh So …
Rumoush One To Oppose In Oaks
Unless I am completely missing the point, it seems very curious that Rumoush, seventh in the 1000 Guineas, is currently ante-post favourite for the Epsom Oaks, writes Elliot Slater. When looking through the list of contenders for the fillies’ mile-and-a-half classic, the name of the Marcus Tregoning-trained filly is one of the last to jump out …
Rewilding Godolphin Wild Card
The visually impressive display from Godolphin’s Rewilding in Goodwood’s Cocked Hat Stakes, formerly known as the Predominate Stakes, has given the Dubaian operation hope they could at last have a horse worthy of taking its place in the Investec Derby at Epsom on June 5th, writes Elliot Slater. Trained until last month in France by …
Fire Looks The Value Guineas Bet
There’s little doubt ante-post betting favourite St Nicholas Abbey and his main market rival Elusive Pimpernel have deservedly received the lion’s share of media coverage as the excitement builds ahead of the StanJames.com 2,000 Guineas next weekend, but outsider Hearts Of Fire could be the value call in what is building up to be a …
2000 Guineas Renamed 2331 Euros
The European Union has stunned the horse racing world by insisting the first two Classics of the turf flat season, the StanJames.com 1000 and 2000 Guineas, adhere to current EU law – and change their name from the Guineas to the Euros. Citing obscure EU currency legislation, Austrian MEP Lari Polof has called for the races …