#Above The Curve

With a £600000 purse both reflecting and reinforcing its status as a rising international fixture, Friday's fourth running of the Bahrain International Trophy (G3) has attracted a quartet from Godolphin, along with classy Irish mare Insinuendo and a new French recruit for the home team in Dilawar. You can watch and wager on the Friday morning…

Aidan O'Brien: has grand plans for Luxembourg this season The Classics are drawing ever closer and after another busy week of action, including trials at Newbury, here are ten quotes that could give us clues. . . He's a bigger horse than Camelot and I think he has more pace, so that would give you hope going for a Guineas. We'll have to wait and…

Former football star-turned stable owner Michael Owen is expected to score in front of the ITV4 cameras at Chester today with Ever Given, plus Newsboy gives his tips on every other race from Wednesday's race meetings at Kempton, Kelso and Fontwell Michael Owen could be celebrating another'home' victory at Chester today with EVER GIVEN. The colt,…

Mimikyu: one of five joint-favourites with Ladbrokes for the Fillies & Mares Stakes following the defection of stablemate Free Wind Baaeed, the highest-rated horse in Europe, remains on course for Qipco British Champions Day at Ascot on October 15 following the latest acceptance stage, but Fillies & Mares Stakes favourite Free Wind was a notable…

The 2022 Flat season is in full swing after the first two Classics of the season, the 2000 Guineas and 1000 Guineas. Attention now turns towards Epsom with the Cazoo Derby and Oaks next month, and market movers come thick and fast as the key Classic trials continue to be run. Our Classic Clues series has you covered. Here's a recap of the recent…

BUCKLE up and prepare for lift off as supersonic Flightline seeks equine immortality. The Breeders' Cup at Keeneland features Euro stars like Highfield Princess, Nashwa, Tuesday and Modern Games. But there is no doubt Flightline's date with destiny in the Classic is the talk of the town. I'm lucky enough to bring you all the interviews for the…

Sconsin, shown winning the 2021 Winning Colors Stakes at Churchill Downs, tries for a repeat in the Memorial Day renewal. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs May 27 (UPI) -- The long Memorial Day weekend is not short on racing action with two "Win and You're In" events, one in California amid a flurry on Grade I races and the other in Chile. The…

TEMPLEGATE takes an early look at the markets for the Epsom Derby and Oaks - and reveals his 25-1 tip. The odds have fluctuated massively with the news hot Derby favourite Luxembourg is out. Aidan O'Brien still holds a strong hand but our man reckons Newmarket-based James Ferguson could spring a shock. Read on for Templegate's top picks ahead of…

Star Of India: impressed in Chester's Dee Stakes After a week of trials for the Derby and Oaks, we asked our panel where the value now is for the Epsom Classics? Several Aidan O'Brien Derby contenders were sighted this week and although Changingoftheguard was visually impressive, he had things all his own way, and Star Of India in the Dee…

LEXINGTON, KY - There are few partnerships that have been as productive or have been firing more live ammunition during the Breeders' Cup thus far than the Coolmore group, Aidan O'Brien and jockey Ryan Moore. Following a pair of championship victories Friday, the triumvirate came right back on Breeders' Cup Saturday to annex the GI Maker's Mark…

The daughter of American Pharoah was sent off the well-backed 11/10 favourite and was given a prominent ride in the 10-furlong Group One, sent forward from the outside stall (seven) to sit just behind front-running Blue Wings from the outset. Moore got a little lower in the saddle turning into the false straight but recent Cheshire Oaks runner-up…

Flightline's racing career was so brief that he didn't even get his full quota of fifteen minutes of fame - his six races and six wins were wrapped up in a total time spent racing of not much more than nine minutes. But he certainly made the most of his limited time on the track, posting his first top-class performance on just his third start when…

Fergal O'Brien's Manothepeople, an impressive winner at Chepstow, is one of my Twelve to Follow. [Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images] We all tend to put a value on what we haven't got. Talking to a West Indian friend, Mrs Oakley, a foodie to her core, envied her the fresh pineapple, mangoes and bananas of her Caribbean childhood compared with our post-war…

The 2022 Flat season is well under way and it is full steam ahead to the first of the Irish Classics this weekend - the Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas and Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas - and next month's Epsom Classics, the Cazoo Derby and Cazoo Oaks. Market movers come thick and fast as the key Classic trials are run in Britain and Ireland, but…

The ITV Racing team bring midweek action to your screens with the spotlight on the opening day of Chester's May Festival, featuring the Group 3 Chester Vase and the Cheshire Oaks. The ITV4 broadcast from 1.10-4.00pm includes five races from the Roodee plus the headline contest from the day's National Hunt card at Newton Abbot. Enda McElhinney has…

Strap in for a huge day of racing from Kentucky as nine Grade 1 races are on offer across the dirt and turf. First a quick list of our selections, plus the reasons behind our highlighted picks further down the page. You can check out the race cards, results and live odds in Planet Sport's Racing Live Centre.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Hype or history? The answer will be known in a matter of hours, when undefeated Flightline attempts to add to his short but scintillating resume by winning the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Keeneland Race Course. The deck appears stacked in favor of the John Sadler-trained 4-year-old, who has won his first five…

When jockeys are in the starting gate, you often hear the starter tell them "Let's get tied on," which means they should be ready for the gate to spring open. For people who bet on horse races, the Breeders' Cup represents the greatest opportunity to "get tied on" in the entire year. Where else will you have two days of 14 world championship races,…

The distance for the Filly & Mare Turf has fluctuated every year since 2015 and we are back to 1m1½f after Loves Only You's victory for Japan over 1m3f at Del Mar last season. This shorter trip will place a greater emphasis on speed and represents a sharper test than key British and Irish challengers Nashwa, Above The Curve and Tuesday have faced…

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Breeders' Cup (BC) undercard Saturday includes a number of talented thoroughbreds on Day Two of the world championships at Keeneland Race Course. Nine Breeders' Cup races means a full schedule of betting opportunities on tap. The Breeders' Cup will be televised live on NBC, Peacock, USA Network, and FanDuel TV (formerly known…

TEMPLEGATE takes on the star-studded Breeders' Cup confident of finding a few winners on Saturday. The top-class action from Keeneland will be shown live and in full on ITV 4 as part of their mega TEN hours of coverage. Read on for our man's breakdown of each race below and, hopefully, bag yourself a winner or three. 3.50 GOODNIGHT OLIVE was…

The cream of the Flat racing crop in Britain and Ireland are set to cross the pond for the Breeders' Cup. Aidan O'Brien, Charlie Appleby and co have a string of entries for the two-day meeting at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. Future Stars Friday sees the leading juveniles take their chance before the more established horses bid for the bigger…

The Breeders' Cup is one of the major international meetings on the horse racing calendar. This year's two-day event comes from Keeneland in Kentucky and there is plenty of UK and Irish interest. ITV is broadcasting on both days - on ITV 3 on Friday from 6.30 to 10.15pm, and on ITV4 on Saturday, from 3.40 to 10.30pm - and our expert has predictions…

Nashwa carries the mantle of one of Europe's bankers in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf on Saturday. The John and Thady Gosden-trained three-year-old has already won the Prix de Diane (French Oaks) and Nassau Stakes in a successful season and came close to adding a third Group One in the Prix de l'Opera last time out. Owned by Imad Al Sagar,…

When jockeys are in the starting gate, you often hear the starter tell them "Let's get tied on," which means they should be ready for the gate to spring open. For people who bet on horse races, the Breeders' Cup represents the greatest opportunity to "get tied on" in the entire year. Where else will you have two days of 14 world championship races,…

The two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships will conclude Saturday at Keeneland. Saturday's nine Breeders' Cup races will start at 11:50 a.m. with the Filly & Mare Sprint and conclude with the $6 million Classic at 5:40 p.m. TV coverage will be on USA Network (1-3:30 p.m.) and NBC (3:30-6 p.m.). Here's an analysis of each race: The pick: Frank's…

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When jockeys are in the starting gate, you often hear the starter tell them "Let's get tied on," which means they should be ready for the gate to spring open. For people who bet on horse races, the Breeders' Cup represents the greatest opportunity to "get tied on" in the entire year. Where else will you have two days of 14 world championship races,…

When jockeys are in the starting gate, you often hear the starter tell them "Let's get tied on," which means they should be ready for the gate to spring open. For people who bet on horse races, the Breeders' Cup represents the greatest opportunity to "get tied on" in the entire year. Where else will you have two days of 14 world championship races,…

When jockeys are in the starting gate, you often hear the starter tell them "Let's get tied on," which means they should be ready for the gate to spring open. For people who bet on horse races, the Breeders' Cup represents the greatest opportunity to "get tied on" in the entire year. Where else will you have two days of 14 world championship races,…

channel for our exclusive free betting tips, picks and offers. Frankie Dettori has racked-up 14 Breeders' Cup wins over the years and the pocket Italian is back for more this weekend. He's got four booked rides on Breeders' Cup Saturday at Keeneland - so, let's take a look at which horses Dettori is getting the leg-up on. best horse racing betting…

Ona very soft track, 5-year-old mare Alpinista (3-1), the betting favorite,dominated for the sixth consecutive time at Group 1 level to win the $4.9million Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe run in a heavy downpour. It was one of five Breeders' Cup qualifiers run Sunday at ParisLongchamp. TheFrankel mare trained by 74-year-old Sir Mark Prescott and ridden…

HASKOY (3.55, nb) is fancied to defend her unbeaten record to land the final Classic of the 2022, the Cazoo St Leger at Doncaster on Sunday. New London will go off a hot favourite to follow Charlie Appleby stablemate Hurricane Lane's victory in the race 12 months ago. But Haskoy has come a long way in a short space of time under trainer Ralph…

Those of a certain age will remember when British and Irish-trained runners at the Breeders' Cup were a novelty, with winners being a rarity. But the boundaries and obstacles have become smaller. As a consequence, the raiding party seems to get bigger every year, with multiple winners becoming the norm. The dirt races may remain a bridge too far…

TEMPLEGATE takes on Chester's Boodles May Festival confident of landing a winner - and finding some for the big summer races. Read on for our man's top tips and back a horse by clicking their odds. Scroll down to find his in-depth look at every race live on ITV4. LIVE IN THE DREAM (2.05 Chester, nap) He tanked along when winning over this trip at…

It's that time of year again when everybody will be wanting to have a wager on the Breeders' Cup, and this year we are back to cover the horses, the trainers, the jockeys, but more importantly the odds for the big races. Last year, more than $121 million was wagered on the Breeders' Cup and we could see that being surpassed this year at…

20 of the world's finest flat racers will enter the stalls at Longchamp on Sunday, ahead of the 2022 renewal of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Europe's richest flat race is one of six Group Ones to be run on Sunday. We've taken a look through the full card at Longchamp and picked out our best betting tips on Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe day. The one I…

The flat racing season might be drawing to a close, but it's still an exciting time of the year for its loyal following - with the prestigious Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe recently taking place at the iconic Longchamp racecourse in Paris, while British Champions Day, the big-money Breeders' Cup World Championships in America and the Melbourne Cup are…

The Starspangledbanner colt ran only three times last season - but made the most of his opportunities by winning the Saratoga Derby and the Cox Plate in Australia on his final two starts. O'Brien is hoping to see the four-year-old reappear in the coming weeks, potentially in France, before bidding for a first Irish Group One success in the…

Even without Champion Stakes-bound Baaeed and in the absence of Desert Crown, not seen since taking the Derby so impressively, this was still a deep renewal of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Europe's premier middle-distance prize. The maximum field of 20 runners included the winners of this race last year, the Prix du Jockey Club and Eclipse, the…

Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Like the last fighter standing after a rain-soaked street brawl, Alpinista and her connections now look around after Sunday's sparkling win in the Qatar Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe thinking, "Who's next?" The 5-year-old Frankel mare overcame day-long rains and very soft turf to win Europe's premier race by 1/2 length, running…

BIG DAY FOR: Christophe Head entering the progressive filly Tigrais in this (against colts) rather than the Marcel Boussac hints she could be well above-average, and that she's got plenty of gears for this sort of test to boot. She's consigned her modest debut run at Chantilly in mid-July firmly to the past with subsequent wins at Deauville and…

The first Sunday of October in Paris always serves up a feast of Breeders' Cup clues. The pi èce de r ésistance, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1), is historically the key race for the Turf (G1), even long before the "Win and You're In" (WAYI) provision. Since we've covered the leading Arc contenders in the "10 storylines to know" feature, let's…

AIDAN O'BRIEN'S season burst into life with a big race double at Chester. He took both the feature Chester Vase and Cheshire Oaks with Changingoftheguard and Thoughts Of June, his first two winners in England this season. Changingoftheguard booked his place in the Derby with a straightforward victory in the recognised trial and was trimmed into…

Chris Hayes celebrates after winning the Moyglare Stud Stakes on Tahiyra during day two of the Longines Irish Champions Weekend at The Curragh Racecourse in Kildare. PIC: Sportsfile THERE was success for Limerick jockeys across the Longines Irish Champions weekend. DAY ONE LEOPARDSTOWN Paddy Twomey's remarkable season hit another high as 16/1 shot…