Sixmilebridge
Sixmilebridge Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase (G1) There will be definitely be some split opinions on the 2026 Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase at Sandown. On the one hand, there is the form book. Kitzbuhel came to grief before halfway and didn’t really look to be in love with the testing conditions or the jumping […]
Holy Bull Stakes
Holy Bull Stakes (G3) Gulfstream Park “Nearly” Wow! That was the first word that came to my mind when watching the video replay of this year’s Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Visually, this was one of the most impressive performances that we have seen from this crop of 3-year-olds and I’m not surprised to […]
Sovereign Spirit
Sovereign Spirit HHH The Crown Prince’s Cup (G3) Sponsored by Cebarco If we had to name a horse that is associated with the Bahrain Turf Club, it would have to be Sovereign Spirit. Trained by Jaber Ramadhan, this was a 7th success in Bahrain for the 6-year-old son of Le Havre, who seems to be […]
Maestro Conti
Maestro Conti I’m going to do my best and keep this piece relatively short. Saturday’s card at Cheltenham had a very strange feeling around it and for various reasons each of the Cheltenham “Trials” races had reasons to doubt the form. The incident with Sir Gino changed the entire mood on the card. I have […]
Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1)
Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) This was the 4th time that Skippylongstocking had run in the Pegasus World Cup. He finished 7th behind Art Collector in 2023, last of 12 behind National Treasure in 2024 and 3rd behind White Abarrio in 2025. Maybe a case could have been made that he produced an improved […]
Jebel Hatta Presented by Longines (G1)
Jebel Hatta Presented by Longines (G1) “Opera Ballo wins his first Group 1, it won’t be his last” Opera Ballo has now won 6 of his 8 career starts for Charlie Appleby and it may be tempting to think that he doesn’t get the credit that he deserves for that record. He was disappointing when […]
Old Park Star
OLd Park Star If you are a regular reader of this blog and hopefully you are, then you will know that I can’t resist the temptation for a quirky pun in the title of some of these posts. Whether it works to make the post more appealing or not is probably open to question, but […]
Fitzdares Fleur de Lys Chase
Fitzdares Fleur de Lys Chase Protektorat won the Fleur de Lys Chase at Windsor for the 2nd year in a row on Sunday. All of the data from TPD would suggest that the Skelton’s 10-year-old son of Saint des Saints is perfectly suited to the Berkshire track and against these rivals, Harry Skelton gave him […]
BetMGM Clarence House Chase (G1)
BetMGM Clarence House Chase (G1) When you see a 4 runner race on the monthly schedule, there could be a thought that the workload might be slightly lighter for that week, but actually, there’s quite a lot to unpick from this year’s Clarence House Chase at Ascot. Jonbon may not have a Cheltenham Festival win […]
Cape Verdi Stakes Sponsored by Azizi Developments (G2)
Cape Verdi Stakes Sponsored by Azizi Developments (G2) On paper, this perhaps wasn’t the strongest renewal of the Cape Verdi Stakes that there has ever been, but that didn’t stop the 6 runners from serving up a thrilling finish on the Meydan turf as Dubai Beach, Quid Pro Quo and Dubai Treasure fought out a […]