Two selections and the multiple advised, coming from Wolverhampton. Well, Sunday was absolutely devastating from a punting point of view, as Cadoudalas almost did the business for us. He went off a huge price on Betfair but was allowed to sit towards the front of the main group of runners, which is what I wanted. [...]

Whilst the Wood Memorial will be taking majority of interest on Saturday’s 11-race card at Aqueduct, the best race for me is without doubt the Grade 1 Carter Handicap worth a rather cool $400,000 for older sprinters. A race with a rich history, including producing the first ever triple dead-heat in a stakes race back [...]

The road to Kentucky Derby 2012 continues this weekend with key prep races in both New York and California. In this article, I’m going to concentrate on the Wood Memorial, run over a mile and a furlong at Aqueduct. It’s no secret that one of the World’s most powerful owners Sheikh Mohammed and, arguably, America’s [...]

The last renewal of this Group 1 middle distance race was won by Cedarberg who caused somewhat of a shock landing the odds at 25-1, and was chased home by fellow outsider Mourayan who ran second at 40-1. The favourite of this race was Descarado (21-10F) who came into this race off the back of [...]

Wednesday’s selection travelled superbly and traded at a low of 4/1. He was still going well turning for home but when asked for his effort, he went out like a light and finished well-beaten. Soft ground could be the key to him, but he’s unlikely to get that for a while. He may be one [...]

Thursday was again a profitable day for the blog with Salut Flo scoring nicely under a front-running ride, advised at 11/2 in the morning. The other selection in Gurtacrue sacrificed all chance with a poor round of jumping and probably needs further. But, I still think he stands in good stead of winning a big [...]

Two selections from Leicester and Lingfield, priced at 10/1 and 6/1. Tuesday’s selection was too bad to be true, drifting to a huge price on Betfair and running no sort of race at all, beaten after about two fences. Back to the drawing board with that one. Wednesday’s selections both have good chances, but it [...]

A race named after the Arthur Moore trained Royal Bond, a successful national hunt horse in the early 1980’s, the race was established in 1994 and has held Grade 1 status throughout its history. It is usually staged on the same afternoon as the Drinmore Novices’ Chase and the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle and is run over two miles.

Breeders Cup Marathon The second night of the Breeders Cup meeting opens up with the Breeders Cup Marathon, a grade 2 event run over a mile and six furlongs on dirt. European horses have won two of three renewals and look to hold solid claims once more this time round. Straight into the European challenge [...]

The Classic is considered by many to be the premier thoroughbred horse race of the year in the U.S., and for 2008 only the Dubai World Cup surpassed its $5 million purse….