Sportsbet Race Previews Plate
Sportsbet Race Previews Plate “Proficient makes a winning start” Wednesday’s card at Sandown got underway with a maiden for the 3-year-olds and up over the 1,000m trip. At an SP of $1.90, it might be seen as a relatively straight forward debut for success for Proficient under Michael Dee. Trained by the Hayes training partnership […]
Goodwood Stakes (G1)
Goodwood Stakes (G1) “Nevada Beach gives Baffert as 9th Goodwood Stakes Success” This year’s Goodwood Stakes was built around Full Serrano. John Sadler’s Argentine-bred Breeders’ Cup Champion came into this race after a relatively straight forward success at Del Mar 4-weeks earlier and was sent off at an SP of 1.62. Having got himself to […]
Wesam makes a belated start in the Godolphin Blue
“Wesam makes a good start in the Godolphin Blue” Newcastle 26th September Things clearly haven’t been that straight forward with Wesam given that he was making his racecourse debut on the All-Weather in the September of his 4-year-old season. However, Saeed Bin Suroor’s son of Exceed and Excel made up for lost time with an […]
Breeders’ Cup 2025 Countdown – Sierra Leone
Breeders’ Cup Countdown “Can Sierra Leone retain his crown in the Classic?” Yes. Clearly we need to expand slightly on that answer, but there is enough in the data to suggest that Sierra Leone retains the ability that he showed 12-months ago. I’m going to start by stating that we need to ignore his latest […]
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 […]