The great and the good of the Flat racing world head to Ascot this week for the Royal Meeting and here is our look at the feature races. Tuesday 18th – St James’s Palace Stakes (16:20) Royal Ascot’s opening day always sees plenty of excitement, with the Queen Anne and King’s Stand also on the […]
Cracking Lockinge worth crossing a Bridge for
Newbury takes centre stage on Saturday afternoon as the Lockinge Stakes is the key race on a typically hectic May days’ racing. The Group 1 mile event has attracted a cracking line-up this year and in-form trainer Roger Varian might have an improver lurking to snare the pot. 15:40 Newbury – Sharja Bridge @ 11/1 […]
Cracksman unfancied for Champion Stakes repeat
The culmination of another wonderful summer on the Flat comes at Ascot on Saturday afternoon, with the eighth staging of British Champions Day, already so well established on the racing calendar. Cracksman will look to sign off with a Champions Stakes repeat, while stablemate Roaring Lion bids to complete a Group One four-timer, but both […]
Stoute’s Poet to have last word
The King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes takes place at Ascot on Saturday, with iconic trainer Sir Michael Stoute seeking to continue his love affair with the Berkshire track by landing a record-breaking sixth win. The trainer has two of the leading contenders and the market is finding it hard to split them up, […]
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Preview
Saturday’s racing is headlined by the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, a Group One event over a mile and a half. This is essentially a collision between the Classic generation and their elders. A field of eight has been declared, with Derby winner Masar sadly out having picked up an injury […]
Stewards’ Cup Projection could be winning theory
It has been anything but glorious at Goodwood for much of the week as rain has battered the Sussex Downs but there may be brighter times afoot to finish the week off. Saturday brings the curtain down on the midsummer spectacle and, as usual, the cavalry charge that is the Qatar Stewards’ Cup takes centre […]