#Class Two

Freddy Tylicki gives his verdict on the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Stakes over Ascot's straight mile on Qipco British Champions Day, live on Sky Sports Racing. The last day of the turf season has come around quickly, and this should prove an action-packed race for the high society of the equine world. Established in 1955, the first three…

Form analyst Greg Polson is keen to get stuck into Sunday's meetings at Orange and Lismore. ORANGE Best Bet: Race 2 (3) Sizzle Minizzle Like the way the Brett Robb-trained Sizzle Minizzle is going about his business and there's only one reason that will stop the three-year-old son of Sizzling winning for the third time in seven starts at Orange on…

As Lingfield builds up to its ground-breaking Winter Million Festival, all exclusively live on Sky Sports Racing on January 20-22, there is still time for an exciting seven-race card on Saturday, featuring a trio of Charlie Appleby runners. The Middleham Park Racing syndicates are represented with three strong challengers for the feature at…

Constitution Hill takes another lazy roll on his comfy bedding, his tenth of the year so far and it's not yet nine in the morning on New Year's Day. Back on his feet he ambles over to the open half-door of his stable and gazes on the yard outside. Nicky Henderson's third lot are assembling in front of him, the younger geldings nattering excitedly…

Ivor Herbert, a Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer and one of racing's most distinguished writers, has died at the age of 96. A remarkably versatile man, he trained Linwell to win the Gold Cup in 1957 and then wrote a succession of definitive books about the sport's most famous figures including Arkle, Red Rum and Vincent O'Brien. He collaborated…

Heading into the season, we questioned whether the Jets would have a shot at claiming both the Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year awards with Breece Hall and Sauce Gardner in town. Even with Hall going down with a season-ending knee injury, it seems the team is still the favorite to pull off the impressive achievement. While things may not…

Lightning rarely strikes twice when it comes to a mare producing genuinely top-class performers and that's probably even more true over jumps than it is on the Flat. But that doesn't stop owners spending a lot of money in the belief that if it's happened once it can happen again. J. P. McManus' purchase of Jonbon for £570000, a record for a pointer…

A quality Doncaster card is the focus on Saturday afternoon on Sky Sports Racing, followed by evening entertainment from Lingfield, as well as Grade One action from Saratoga and Del Mar. James Doyle could well be the star of the show at Doncaster on Saturday as the dual British Classic-winning jockey is booked for five top rides. In the…

Racing League returns to Sky Sports Racing on Thursday as Doncaster hosts the competition opener, while it is Challenge Cup day at Brighton and Hollie Doyle is in action at Yarmouth. Hayley Turner, runner-up in the inaugural Racing League jockeys' title race, heads to Doncaster for the opening night of this year's regional team-based competition…

Sky Sports Racing ambassador Hollie Doyle discusses her four rides on the opening day of Royal Ascot 2022 on Tuesday, including leading Coventry Stakes contender Bradsell. I have ridden Archie Watson's exciting juvenile Bradsell in all his work and there's no doubt he deserves to take his chance in the Coventry Stakes (3.05) on the opening day of…

Gun English jockey Ryan Moore will ride Wellington in next month's Group One Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), with trainer Richard Gibson confirming his stable star is on track for the international races. Wellington pulled up lame after a disappointing sixth in the Group Two Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) on November 20 but Gibson is pleased with how his…

Gary Nutting is backing Venetia Williams to end her dry spell in the race of the day at Lingfield as the rain comes. Lingfield Park is the only UK track to host three different disciplines (all-weather, turf Flat and jumps) and Sky Sports Racing cameras are back there on Tuesday. Highlight of the seven-race jumps card is the Thorley Taverns…

Rod Northam can send punters home on a winning note at Gunnedah Picture: Simon Bullard-News Corp It's Somerton Cup Day at Gunnedah and it's a meeting that offers plenty of value from a punting perspective. Gunnedah Summary Best Bet: Race 7 (18) Hiraishin Next Best: Race 1 (2) Just Strolling Value Bet: Race 3 (4) Playing For Keeps Race by Race…

Gary Portelli's sliding doors moment came as Clarry Conners was singing "New York, New York" on the dance floor. Conners had just won his fourth Golden Slipper with Belle Du Jour and invited Portelli to join the celebrations that night. The year was 2000 and as Conners was doing his best Frank Sinatra impersonation, Portelli realised what he needed…

When Joseph O'Brien won his first Classic as a trainer - the 2018 Irish Derby with Latrobe - the next four home were all trained by his father Aidan. It had been a similar story two years earlier when Joseph's first Group 1 success as a trainer came in the Moyglare Stud Stakes in which Intricately was chased home by a pair of Ballydoyle fillies.…

With fine weather the track may even get into the good range though with the rail out eight metres, I will be looking for those that can go forward and take a position. BEST BET: ZATTASTAR (Race 1 No 6) NEXT BEST: SAFEEYA (Race 3 No 2) VALUE BET: ROCKIN' ARTIE (Race 6 No 8) Quaddie numbers are: Race 5: 2,3,8 Race 6: 2,5,8 Race 7: 1,3,4,5 Race 8:…

The UFC returns to Apex this weekend with an event titled UFC Fight Night 212 or UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs Araujo. A women's flyweight fight between Alexa Grasso and Viviane Araujo headlines the event, while there are another four fights on the main card, along with seven prelims. If you're in the mood for MMA betting, we're here to help you out…

There's a competitive seven-race card at Leicester on Tuesday where there looks to be a decent bet in the Class Two Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap (4.50pm). I also have a fancy in the opener at Leicester plus one at Newcastle. Best of luck! At Liberty ran possibly his best recent race in an apprentice handicap over this course and distance…

With the 2019-20 season now behind us, the Post's annual Hong Kong racing awards return. With the likes of Douglas Whyte, Masami Matsuoka and Clement Legend collecting gongs last year, contenders have come thick and fast in an action-packed season. Without further adieu, the award winners for 2019-20 are: It is only fitting the four-time champion…

Ricky Yiu Poon-fai became only the fifth trainer to land 900 Hong Kong winners at Sha Tin on Sunday but he certainly wasn't getting carried away, immediately shifting his focus to amassing the next 100. "I don't really feel anything, I'll just put my head down and do the best I can, keep the hard work going - 1000 winners would mean something," Yiu…

Saturday racing tips feature selections from Newmarket with the Cambridgeshire meeting, Curragh Goffs Million and the jumping at Market Rasen. talkSPORT have gone through the race cards and form so you don't have to, with betting tips on the UK racing. Saturday starts off with three group meetings but first sees Charlie Appleby's runner Flying…

There was top class horse racing action on both sides of the Irish Sea over the weekend as a number of horses impressed in their respective races. Shishkin and Energumene served up arguably the race of the season so far in the Clarence House at Ascot on Saturday, while the Inaugural Winter Million festival took part at Lingfield. In Ireland, there…

In a winter hibernation since the excitement of last month's Longines Hong Kong International Races? Never fear, we get it. There hasn't been much to get excited about since A Shin Hikari & Co lit up Sha Tin on December 14. Good news: this Sunday's meeting at Sha Tin marks the start of a succession of regular feature races that stretches right…

Francis Lui Kin-wai has not given up hope of chasing the Triple Crown with Golden Sixty despite confirming his superstar will not run in next Sunday's Group One Champions & Chater Cup (2400m). With the first two legs of the Triple Crown - the Stewards' Cup (1600m) and the Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) - in his keeping, connections seriously considered…