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Our man Garry Owen has picked out his tips on a busy day of racing action. Don't forget to follow all of Saturday's action in our weekly LIVE horse racing blog. CLEVELAND (3.15) can take advantage of a smart piece of placing by Aidan O'Brien in the Chester Cup. The four-year-old was an eye-catching fifth to Layfayette on his return in a 1m 2f Group…

KILLER CLOWN can scare a few better-fancied rivals in the Jewson Monet's Garden Old Roan Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (3pm) as racing returns to Aintree Racecourse on Sunday afternoon. Emma Lavelle's seven-year-old may just come out on top for a slight shock win in the Grade Two feature at the home of the Randox Grand National. Last year's…

TEMPLEGATE takes on day four of Royal Ascot confident of banging in a few winners under the summer sun. Read on for our man's top tips and read his guide to EVERY race and runner below. MEDITATE (2.30 Ascot, nap) She was impressive when landing a Group 3 success over this trip at Naas last time. She had lots left in the tank there and should…

KING'S LYNN can win the Cazoo Temple Stakes (3.45pm) for The Queen at Haydock Park on Saturday afternoon. The Andrew Balding-trained five-year-old can go one better than at Chester last time to upset favourite Winter Power in the Group Two feature on Merseyside. And he can book his ticket to the King's Stand Stakes and bid to give Her Majesty…

Go Bears Go: classy sprinter was a winner in Ireland last time Dave Loughnane on Monday played down any fears about the health of his string and reckons Go Bears Go has a fine chance of underlining that in the Betfair Sprint Cup (3.30) at Haydock on Saturday. Loughnane has saddled 30 British Flat winners this year and 14 came in April and March,…

Our Juvenile Watch (and reigning Tipstar champion) columnist Ross Millar returns to preview the remainder of the two-year-old races at the Royal meeting. Find out which horse he fancies to take advantage of a late change of target, particularly if forecast rain arrives. The first day of Royal Ascot has been and gone it was great to see crowds back…

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…

Top tipster Simon Rowlands landed a 20/1 winner with Thesis on Thursday and has five selections plus analysis for the fourth day of Royal Ascot, live on Sky Sports Racing. There is no let-up in the quantity, or quality, on Friday as we reach day four of Royal Ascot 2022. Well over 100 horses have again been declared for seven races which include…

MICHAEL OWEN was able to raise a smile as he arrived at Ascot for the races - just hours after daughter Gemma admitted that she would "lick" a horse's bum because it was "clean". Viewers quickly went into meltdown, and no doubt too the former Liverpool and England striker, who has already had to face questions over his daughter's reality TV antics…

The Commonwealth Cup has moved on from being racing's new big thing. It is legitimately running with the Classics now as a vital Group 1 for three-year-olds. It has reached the point where it is necessary to write down the stats just to keep up, as in the attached graphic. The seven runnings of the race have already produced 24 wins and 14…

The ITV Racing team round off their coverage of the May Festival at Chester with another five races from the Roodee on Friday afternoon. The headline act is the Chester Cup at 3.15pm, while the ITV4 broadcast also takes in a race from the jumps card at Market Rasen. Our expert has selections for all of Friday's terrestrial racing. Enda McElhinney…

July 8 (UPI) -- Three-year-olds from Ireland, England and France will see what they can do with American rivals this weekend at Belmont Park in the $1 million Caesar's Belmont Derby and $750000 Belmont Oaks. The weekend also includes the Indiana Derby, Iowa Derby and Los Alamitos Derby in California, where trainer Bob Baffert returns from…

Quality colt Perfect Power has been best backed with Ladbrokes.com.au for one of the feature races at Royal Ascot this Friday night, the Commonwealth Cup (1207m). The Ardad colt comes back to 1200m after running in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and just didn't run the mile out. Back in trip, with class, he is favourite, and a well supported one at…

Perfect Power (near) holds on well in the Commonwealth Cup Even Christophe Soumillon could not comprehend the way Perfect Power quickened in the closing stages to power clear in the Commonwealth Cup. He looked an unlikely winner at halfway after breaking from stall one and an even unlikelier one when several lengths behind with two furlongs to…

El Caballo (pink sleeves) makes it six in a row under Clifford Lee Saturday: Cazoo Sandy Lane Stakes, Haydock Karl Burke pulled off the Sandy Lane-Commonwealth Cup double with Quiet Reflection in 2016 and moved close to doing so again after El Caballo racked up his sixth victory in a row. Tackling Group company for the first time, El Caballo was…

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…

With no outstanding performer in the domestic sprint division, this had the look of an open Sprint Cup, though in the end proved anything but, Minzaal blowing the race apart when taking over approaching the final furlong and recording a high-class effort that is backed up by the timefigure, even if it's not quite the track record performance…

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…

Twilight Calls, far side, is narrowly denied in the Temple Stakes Twilight Calls, among the leading fancies for next week's Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York, has been ruled out of the race by trainer Henry Candy. Best of the rest when second to runaway King's Stand Stakes winner Nature Strip at Royal Ascot in June, Twilight Calls…