Sports Journalist · 25 articles
The 2026 Shergar Cup signed off with its biggest cheer of the day for the neutrals: Crown Board, a 10/1 shot ridden by Norwegian jockey Frida Valle Skar, ran away with the 4:30 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Mile by three and three-quarter lengths to give Team Europe a one-two in the Ascot finale. Pos […]
Victoire Magique proved toughest in a marathon war of attrition at Deauville, taking the Listed Prix Michel Houyvet (4:07 UK time) at 29/10 under Cristian Demuro — and handing this site’s Deauville preview its most confident verdict of the day. Pos Horse Jockey SP 1st Victoire Magique C Demuro 29/10 2nd Barzambition M Barzalona 9/2 […]
Archers Bay (5/2) made the 3:55 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Classic (Class 3, 1m3f211y) look simple at Ascot on Saturday, powering three and a quarter lengths clear under Ryan Moore for trainer Marco Botti – Moore’s second winner of the afternoon and a result that landed our preview verdict on the nose. Pos Horse […]
Rosenpur (12/1) won the 3:47 Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap (Class 3, 5f) at Redcar by a nose from fellow 12/1 shot Fidelius on Saturday, while Democracy Dilemma – the 5/4 favourite and the headline act of our morning preview – dropped away tamely to finish last of the five runners. Pos Horse […]
West Away sprang a 10/1 surprise in the 3:25 Wexford Racecourse Park Run Beginners Chase (2m3f20y) on Saturday, as Nadia’s Boy – backed from 5/6 in the morning into a prohibitive 4/11 – trailed home last of the six finishers for Willie Mullins and Paul Townend. Pos Horse Jockey SP 1st West Away Patrick M […]
The gentle route back to the autumn Group 1s hit a pothole. Fallen Angel, the five-time Group 1 winner sent off 11/8 favourite for the 3:00 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Dick Hern Stakes at Haydock, was run out of a Listed race she was supposed to win on the bridle — beaten into third by […]
Ryan Moore did what Ryan Moore does. Asgard’s Captain, the horse this morning’s Ascot preview nominated as the value at 13/2, won the 2:45 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Challenge at 6/1 — while Night Breeze, the 9/4 favourite, the site NAP and Templegate’s NAP, could finish only fifth in his bid to repeat last […]
Sallaal passed his Group-race examination after all. The 1/2 favourite took the 2:25 Betway Rose of Lancaster Stakes (Group 3) at Haydock by a length and three-quarters, keeping one of the season’s best stories — and this morning’s banker call — firmly on track. Pos Horse Jockey SP 1st Sallaal Ray Dawson 1/2 F 2nd […]
Montgaudry ran down the pack to land the 2:15 Prix de Bayeux Handicap at Deauville on Saturday, giving Christophe Soumillon a 22/1 surprise in the day’s Quinte+ — and rewarding anyone who followed the each-way whisper in this morning’s Deauville preview. Pos Horse Jockey SP 1st Montgaudry C Soumillon 22/1 (PMU 23.6) 2nd Hayejohn Mlle […]
WEXFORD, 8 August — The Irish leg of the Saturday afternoon opened with a bang. Kingside Lady, a 33/1 outsider ridden by Alex Harvey, won the Wexford Fillies Maiden Hurdle (14:15), leading home a finish that read 33/1, 7/1, 14/1 — Baby Pearl second under Darragh O’Keeffe and Casheldale Lass third for Conor Smithers — […]
NEWMARKET, 8 August — The Group 3 Newsells Park Stud Sweet Solera Stakes (13:55) went to the outsider end of the market as Sugar Yes Please, an 11/1 shot trained by Eve Johnson Houghton and ridden by Charles Bishop, beat 6/4 favourite Nuit D’eclair in the seven-furlong fillies’ contest — with the well-touted Graceful Song, […]
HAYDOCK, 8 August — Five horses went to post for the Betway Leigh Handicap (13:50), and the one nobody wanted won it. Lc Tiffen, sent off at 80/1 under 5lb claimer Molly Gunn, beat 4/1 chance Saxophonist with Brighton View — backed off the boards from 10/11 in the morning to 2/5 at the off […]