Howden Noel Novices’ Chase (G2)
Howden Noel Novices’ Chase (G2) “Steel Ally” The Long Walk Hurdle may well be the feature race of this 2 day meeting at Ascot but those horses will have to produce an extremely good performance on Saturday if they are going to eclipse the set of numbers produced by Steel Ally on Friday afternoon. Sam […]
Go For Wand Stakes
Go For Wand Stakes “Weigh the Risks” Saturday’s card at Aqueduct survived the weather in New York and the Chad Brown trained Weigh the Risks took full advantage to run out a 9 length winner of the feature race on the card. This was the 5th win in her last 6 starts for Chad Brown’s […]
Al Shafar Investment Stakes
Al Shafar Investment Stakes “Munyah makes a mark” Saturday’s meeting at Jebel Ali was lit up by the performance of the Mussabeh Al Mheiri trained Munyah, who pulled readily clear up the hill to win this Daaeemm Incentive race by over 5 lengths. He is an Into Mischief Colt who finished 3rd on his only […]
Como Residences Stakes
Como Residences Conditions Stakes “Devon Island” The Blue Colours of Godolphin are clearly no stranger to the winner’s enclosure at Meydan, but after a relatively slow start to the UAE season for the boys in blue, they took centre stage on Friday afternoon with the victory of Devon Island in the Como Residences Stakes. This […]
How good is Diva Luna?
How good is Diva Luna? Eventmasters.co.uk Lady Godiva Mares’ Novices’ Chase (Listed Race) It can be very hard to assess the form of a 3-runner race. It’s a shame that we had such a small field going to post in the Lady Godiva at Warwick on Thursday and when analysing the times I think it […]
Mouttet Mile
Mouttet Mile Caymanas Park “Rideallday” US Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano made the trip to Jamaica to ride Rideallday in the Mouttet Mile at Caymanas Park on Saturday and it proved to be a very worthwhile journey as his mount ran out a 9 length winner. Sent off at odds of 5/2, this was […]
Can Lulamba win the Arkle?
Can Lulamba win the Arkle? “Lulamba’s overall time of 3:53.51 was 5.09s faster than Il Etait Temps in the Tingle Creek an hour later on the card. He reached the mile pole over 8s quicker than Il Etait Temps, approximately 32 lengths ahead. At that pace, he did remarkably well to maintain such a gallop. […]
Remsen Stakes
Remsen Stakes “Road to the Kentucky Derby” “Paladin” The latest race on the road to the Kentucky Derby 2026 took place at Aqueduct on Saturday afternoon. This year’s running of the Remsen Stakes was won by the Chad Brown trained Paladin, but what can we learn from his victory in New York and where he […]
HH The President Cup (Listed Race)
Abu Dhabi Turf Club HH The President Cup (Listed Race) “Dark Trooper” If you read this blog on a regular basis, you will be relatively familiar with the focus put on the horses in my race reports and what the data can tell us about their performances, both positive and negative. Racing is about the […]
Al Garhoud Sprint Listed Stakes sponsored by Al Tayer
Al Garhoud Sprint Listed Stakes sponsored by Al Tayer “El Nasseeb” We can and will spend a lot of time looking at the action in the home straight at Meydan this season. However, there will be plenty of races where the start is more important than the finish and this race fits perfectly into that […]