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CRYSTAL PALACE defender James Tomkins has seen his'massive mistake' racehorse turn into a superstar - netting him £116000 in just TWO days. The David Evans-trained Rohaan will run in the big race at Newmarket on Saturday. Victory in the July Cup will win Tomkins and the horse's co-owner Chris Kiely a whopping £289646. That works out at roughly…

Wednesday's racing schedule has been hit by the abandonment of the National Hunt meeting at Leicester, leaving just two Flat cards standing. Both take place on the Polytrack, with Lingfield (12.45-3.45pm) and Kempton (5.00-8.00) comprising the double-bill. Wednesday's nap is a Simon & Ed Crisford-trained contender seeking to back up what amounted…

The eyes of the darting world will descend on the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes and the Wunderland in Kalkar as a record-breaking number of players from across the globe bid to win PDC Tour Cards for 2023/24. Qualifying School will again feature concurrent events being staged in the UK and Germany, and is split into First Stage and Final Stage. A…

CRYSTAL PALACE star James Tomkins has spoken of his'Jamie Vardy' wonderhorse - who could net him £185000 in one day. Tomkins is co-owner of crack sprinter Rohaan, a three-year-old who has shot up the ratings. The Selhurst Park ace has already scooped a share of £116000 from just three of the horse's races. But he could land £185000 should Rohaan…

Evidence of where the balance of power lies between the top three-year-old sprinters and their more experienced elders is still fairly scant. But to judge by the market for this Group 1 sprint, the racing jury has already returned its verdict. Platinum Jubilee Stakes hero Naval Crown heads most lists and Artorius, the horse who has rattled home to…

12:25 Southwell - Trapista 12:45 Lingfield - South Dakota Sioux 14:25 Punchestown - Harveys Quay 14:40 Ayr - Gandhi Maker *All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change. Each and every day of the racing year we bring you a bumper NAPs Table to give you the inside…

The Queen's runner King's Lynn was third in the Wokingham (5.00pm). Dream Of Dreams won the feature Diamond Jubilee Stakes as Ryan Moore celebrated a treble The Queen just missed out on a winner as she attended Royal Ascot's final day. Making her first appearance at the big meeting this week, the reigning monarch arrived to a round of applause from…

Ascot's straight course tends to favour sprinters who are ridden cold - it's a long way home without cover on this wide track - and a glance at the race comments for winners of the Wokingham since 2011 features'held up' on eight occasions. The two anomalies have come in the last two years as Cape Byron (2019) and Hey Jonesy (2020) were always up in…

There's midweek racing aplenty across Britain and Ireland with six meetings slated for Wednesday. The action begins in Scotland at Ayr (1.00-4.58) with further Flat cards at Yarmouth (1.25-5.22), Cork (5.05-8.10) and Kempton (5.30-8.30, all-weather). Jump racing comes from Warwick (2.20-5.45) and Southwell (5.15-8.20). Our midweek nap is looking to…

ROHAAN hit the back of the net in the Wokingham Stakes for footballer James Tomkins. The Crystal Palace defender co-owns the horse with pals, and the four-year-old became the first horse to record back-to-back wins in the race - spookily since a horse called Selhurstpark Flyer! Tomkins told Sun Racing last year how he had won more with Rohaan than…

The three-year-old returns to the scene of his impressive victory, in the Wokingham Stakes at Royal Ascot, for next week's six-furlong Group One. Since that epic handicap performance, Rohaan has not looked out of place in the July Cup, Prix Maurice de Gheest and the Flying Five Stakes, despite not making the frame - and Evans is convinced the…

Wonderful Tonight laid down an impressive starting marker in a season where her target is the Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October with an authoritative length and half win in the Hardwicke Stakes. The 5-1 shot was a third winner of the week for jockey William Buick but the first in the career of Sussex-based, French-born trainer David…

The Group One Sun Chariot Stakes headlines another excellent afternoon of action on ITV Racing this Saturday. Along with three races from Newmarket, we'll head to Ascot for four valuable contests and hop over to Redcar for the Two Year Old Trophy. While there are several talented, race-fit fillies around her in the market, I'll take a chance on the…

A total of 19 horses were left in Haydock's Betfair Sprint Cup (3.30) at the six-day stage on Monday with Nunthorpe winner Highfield Princess the most notable absentee. With John Quinn's star filly not going for a hat-trick of Group 1 wins, the £350000 sprint which highlights Saturday's action looks wide open. We assess the key contenders. .…

Courvoisier, shown winning the Jerome Sakes, returns for Saturday's Grade III Withers at Aqueduct, a Kentucky Derby prep. Photo by Chelsey Durand, courtesy of New York Racing Association Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Three official Kentucky Derby prep races top the U.S. weekend horse racing schedule while Hot Rod Charlie, one of last year's Triple Crown…

Two days before his date with destiny on board Baaeed at Ascot, jockey Jim Crowley heads to Brighton hoping to steer an exciting juvenile to his first career victory. Crowley takes on four rivals in the At The Races App Market Movers EBF Novice Stakes (1.30) as he rides useful maiden Mutaany for Charlie Hills and owners Shadwell Stud. The well-bred…

The top four in the betting for the Darley July Cup say it all. We have last year's winner, Oxted, a five-year-old, bidding to become the first repeat victor of the race since Right Boy in 1959. Then there's Starman, a four-year-old, lightly-raced and one from one this season after an impressive Group 2 win at York at the Dante meeting in…

Hamish (black cap) is too good for his rivals under Pat Dobbs Saturday: Ascot Maureen Haggas, who broke two bones in her neck following a gallops fall in August, revealed she was still a little stiff, but Hamish's victory in the Group 3 Cumberland Lodge Stakes was a fine tonic. "I love him," said Haggas, whose husband William trains the mud-loving…

GODOLPHIN look to hold a strong hand in the Queen Mary with four fillies in the first seven in the betting. The market is headed by Saeed bin Suroor's Final Song along with American raider Kimari. David Evans is pinching himself again he has a serious Royal Ascot contender with recent York winner Good Vibes. Wesley Ward may have Kimari at the top…

Harry Allwood has been in fine form over the past few weeks and has three fancies for QIPCO British Champions Day on Saturday, live on Racing TV. The jumps season may have notched up a gear over the past week, but flat racing fans still have an incredible day of racing action to look forward to on QIPCO British Champions Day this Saturday, live on…

The former housemates, who now have a strangely frosty relationship ever since the Belgian's victory over Snakebite at the World Matchplay, played out a thrilling clash before the 51-year-old gained revenge for that defeat in Blackpool. The World Champion was the epitome of consistency throughout the weekend, and he defied a spirited display from…

channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The number 11 ranked Michigan State Spartans head to Washington to face the Huskies in a prime time college football matchup this Saturday. David Evans takes a look at the odds and gives his prediction and best bet for the week three contest. Kick-off: Saturday, 9/17/2022 7:30 pm…

Emaraaty Ana's performance in last month's Nunthorpe Stakes was exactly what connections had hoped to see prior to his bid to land a second running of the Group 1 Betfair Sprint Cup. In finishing third to Highfield Princess at York, Emaraaty Ana produced more evidence that his early season lacklustre form was being left behind and he was coming…

A big field and a fierce pace looks on the cards for the Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock on Saturday and that can help Rohaan, a 9-1 chance with Betfred and Sky Bet, strike in the Group One feature. It's evident that the dual Wokingham winner is in his element when he can pounce late after being buried away in races run at end-to-end gallops over a…