141st German St Leger (G3)
141st German St Leger (G3) “Caballo de Mar gives George Scott more success at Dortmund” Having won this race with Prydwen in 2024, George Scott enjoyed yet more success in the German St Leger at Dortmund on Sunday afternoon as Caballo de Mar ran out a relatively comfortable winner under Adrie de Vries. This was […]
Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes (G2)
Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes (G2) “Words of Truth completes his hat-trick” The conditions clearly played an important part in Saturdays Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury. A winning time of 1:14.41s was 0.52s slower than the 2024 winner (Powerful Glory) who won a race run on ground officially described as Heavy. The strung out […]
Dogwood Stakes Presented by Resolute Racing (G3)
Dogwood Stakes Presented by Resolute Racing (G3) “Ragtime takes another step forwards” Ragtime made it 3 wins from 4 starts for Bill Mott and Godolphin as she confirmed the strength of her 2nd placed finish in the Grade 1 Test Stakes last month to win this Grade 3 prize at Churchill Downs on Saturday afternoon. […]
Chester Racecourse – 2025 Season Review
Chester Racecourse Performances of the Season 2025 This Saturday marks the end of the 2025 Racing season on the Roodee at Chester. To celebrate another fantastic season at the track, we have put together a list of some of our favourite performances at the course from the 2025 campaign. Lambourn – Boodles Chester Vase Stakes […]
Road to the Kentucky Derby – Iroquois Stakes
Road to the kentucky derby – iroquois stakes (G3) “Spice Runner” The long road to the 2026 Kentucky Derby began in earnest at Churchill Downs on Saturday with the running of the Grade 3 Iroquois Stakes, won this year by the Steve Asmussen trained Spice Runner under Jose Ortiz. Spice Runner is a son of […]
BetFred St Leger Stakes (G1)
BetFred St Leger Stakes (G1) “Scandinavia” Having been the Ante Post favourite for this race since July, it was slightly surprising to see that Scandinavia returned an SP of 2/1, but that was perhaps more a reflection of the market support for his stablemate rather than any doubts over his chances. This review should focus […]
Rogers Woodbine Mile Stakes (G1)
Rogers Woodbine Mile Stakes (G1) “Notable Speech wins on a mixed night for Godolphin” This was a 3rd win in 4 years in the Woodbine Mile for Charlie Appleby and the Godolphin team after the earlier successes of Modern Games (2022) and Master of the Seas (2023). However, having already had a couple of significant […]
BetFred Howard Wright Doncaster Cup
BetFred Howard Wright Doncaster Cup “Sweet William goes back-to-back at Doncaster” There was a moment at the start of the race where Sweet William appeared to have his own ideas about how his year’s Doncaster Cup was going to go. In his post-race interview with Sky Sports Racing, John Gosden said “We practiced at home […]
Chester Racecourse Virgin Bet Autumn Festival
Chester Racecourse Virgin Bet Autumn Festival Saturday 13th September The feature race on the 2nd day of the Autumn Festival at Chester is the Listed Virgin Bet Stand Cup at 2:05 and this race looks to revolve around one of our favourite horses, Hamish. Already the winner of the Ormonde Stakes here in 2022 and […]
BetFred May Hill Stakes
BetFred May Hill Stakes “Aylin” Shall we start with the ground on our review of the May Hill Stakes? There were several 2-year-old races in quick succession on the opening day of the BetFred St Leger festival at Doncaster and as a result, we can use their time comparison to give an idea on the […]