The Champion Hurdle So Far…
The Champion Hurdle So Far… The Cheltenham festival is now just a few months away and with the Christmas and New Year Racing out of the way, a lot of the attention will turn towards those 4 days in the middle of March. We have to start somewhere and given that all of the main […]
Jerome Stakes
Jerome Stakes “Road to the Kentucky Derby” “My World” The 2026 season at Aqueduct got underway in freezing conditions in New York and it was the Brad Cox trained My World (Essential Quality – Quebec) who landed the latest 10 points on the road to the Kentucky Derby in the Jerome Stakes on Saturday. This […]
UAE 2,000 Guineas Trial
UAE 2,000 Guineas Trial Sponsored by Churchill Downs The road to the UAE Classics stepped up a gear on Friday’s card at Meydan and whilst the picture may have been a slightly cloudy one when the 16 runners in this 2,000 Guineas trial headed to post, it is now a lot clearer. Six Speed did […]
Sky Sports Racing Yorkshire Silver Vase Mares’ Chase
Sky Sports Racing Yorkshire Silver Vase Mares’ Chase “Spindleberry” Spindleberry made it 5 wins from 5 starts over fences with a relatively comfortable success in the Yorkshire Silver Vase at Doncaster on Monday afternoon. On the one hand, this was a Grade 1 winning mare who came out best at the weights when compared to […]
Coral Challow Novices’ Hurdle (G1)
Coral Challow Novices’ Hurdle (G1) “No Drama This End” This was a record 7th win in the Challow Hurdle for trainer Paul Nicholls and his 5th in the last 6 years. No Drama This End received that infamous Denman comparison after winning at Cheltenham earlier in the season and whilst I’m sure those comments were […]
Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes (G2)
Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes (G2) “Nysos, just” This wasn’t pretty and if you took the short price about Nysos to win this race, it wasn’t an easy watch. That being said, Bob Baffert’s 4-year-old Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner got the job done and he took his career record to 7 wins from 8 starts. […]
Malibu Stakes
Malibu Stakes (G1) “Goal Oriented scores in Grade 1 company” This was a first success at the highest level for Bob Baffert’s 3-year-old Goal Oriented on his 5th attempt in Grade 1 company. He has always been a fast horse. In both the Preakness Stakes and the Haskell earlier in the season he recorded a […]
Bay Ridge Stakes
Bay Ridge Stakes “Bernietakescharge lives up to her name” For those of us lucky enough to spend the holidays in New York it’s been a cold one. Friday night’s snowfall has seen the temperatures plummet and this weekend’s meeting at Aqueduct did well to survive the cold weather. Sunday’s card included the feature Bay Ridge […]
Coral Welsh Grand National
Coral Welsh Grand National “Haiti Couleurs wins for Wales as Sean Bowen delivers a masterpiece ride” Haiti Couleurs was very disappointing in the Betfair Chase at Haydock and there’s no getting away from that, but his performance in Saturday’s Welsh Grand National means that we can firmly put that down to a disliking for the […]
Coral Finale Juvenile Hurdle (G2)
Coral Finale Juvenile Hurdle (G2) The unseasonably good ground at Chepstow clearly had an effect on this contest. Firstly, Nicky Henderson’s Manlaga was a Non-Runner. She had been a very impressive winner on her debut at Auteuil back in March and would have helped to add some further context to this form. Secondly, the well-backed […]