#First Light

A Bjorn Baker filly provided a fill-up for a number of punters, but overall it was a frustrating Saturday for the big bets with a stack of second placings. HITS $40000 on Passeggiata @ $2.40 (TAB) $20000 on Passeggiata @ $2.55 (Sportsbet) $10000 on Passeggiata @ $2.90 (TAB) $7000 on Passeggiata @ $2.50 (Betr) $3000 on Passeggiata @ $2.20 (Neds) The…

Don't know where 23. Devine Miss gets to from the draw, but like the way she closed off in BM72 company last start at Warwick Farm behind Bitcoin Baby and Tashi. The four-year-old didn't get a lot of room in the straight either. She is racing like she'll relish 1200m now fourth up. We've seen her once before in Highway Handicap company, but it was…

Dettori rode his 75th winner at Royal Ascot on Wednesday and is favourite to be top jockey at the meeting. Stradivarius is chasing his fourth Gold Cup Thursday is a big day and it could produce the story of the meeting. To win a fourth Gold Cup (4:15pm) with Stradivarius would be incredible, so there's no doubt the pressure is on. That said,…

channel to stay up to date on the latest in marketing The 1m 4f November Handicap at Doncaster brings the curtain down on the British Flat turf horse racing season. It's one of the big betting races on Saturday, 6 November this year (2:40). A typically wide-open renewal of the middle-distance handicap, sponsored by Virgin Bet, sees many in with…

Rain on Wednesday morning had Cheltenham racegoers rushing for cover Light but continuous rainfall changed the going at Cheltenham twice before racing on Wednesday and forecasts for the area make conflicting predictions about whether the rain will now stop or continue through the afternoon. Clerk of the course Jon Pullin told the Racing Post that…

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the Alabama Crimson Tide Rose Bowl Game - which is part of the College Football Playoff (that's a lot of words that didn't include sponsor names). It's been kind of a brutal two weeks if you've been looking around for kind words about the Irish, and while that should be expected, it's a joy killer. I don't care…