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 […]
Al Adiyat Cup Sponsored by Bareeq
Al Adiyat Cup Sponsored by Bareeq Death, Taxes and Phantom Flight winning in Bahrain. This was a 3rd success at the Bahrain Turf Club for George Scott’s 7-year-old son of Siyouni who continued the remarkable run of form for the Victorious Forever ownership who added the Al Adiyat Cup to their recent successes in Dubai. […]
The Stayers’ Hurdle, is Kabral du Mathan a Contender?
The Stayers’ Hurdle Is Kabral du Mathan a Contender? There are several different form lines that are merging together into this year’s Stayers’ Hurdle market. Teahupoo represents the established group. The winner of the race in 2024, he added a 3rd Hatton’s Grace Hurdle win to his CV in December before what looked to be […]
San Vicente Stakes (G2)
“So Happy strikes as Buetane fails to ignite at Santa Anita” San Vicente Stakes (G2) Perhaps I should be forgiven that slightly “Dad Joke” headline but I couldn’t resist. The San Vicente Stakes has been won by the likes of Muth (2024) and Nyquist (2016) in the last decade and has largely become a Bob […]