Horse Racing: Hampton Court Stakes

Russian Emperor joined the fringes of the Investec Derby picture when cutting down the Queen's runner First Receiver to give trainer Aidan O'Brien a record-breaking fourth win in the 1m2f Hampton Court Stakes. Winning jockey Ryan Moore knew all about the eventual runner-up having ridden him to a seven-length triumph at Kempton on his reappearance…

MILITARY ORDER was sent off 9/2 for The Derby and, while he disappointed at Epsom (and subsequently at Chester), he'd looked an exciting prospect up to that point, so he's worth a chance to get his career back on track returning from 4 months off after a gelding operation. Base Note is a formidable opponent and Enemy shouldn't be…

It's a Friday in October, so it's time for an autumnal installment of our regular Friday feature, Dad's Had Happy Hour Handicapping. We have plays in five races today, one in Maryland and a pair each in New York and Kentucky. We expect fast dirt and firm turf for all five, so pour yourself a dram of one of the fine, hand-crafted-in-Pennsylvania…

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WITH fillies having been successful in five of the last 10 Super Sprints at Newbury (3.35), Queen Mary Stakes runner-up, Relief Rally, is strongly fancied by connections to give the fairer sex an edge over the boys in the last 11 years for William Haggas. She is fully entitled to be the market leader for this valuable juvenile event based purely on…

Ed Walker had a simple message for his friend, fellow trainer Tom Morley, as he prepared to run his horse in Tuesday's Queen Mary - enjoy yourself because winning at Ascot is impossible. Walker was speaking from experience. Having landed his first Royal Ascot winner with Agrotera in the 2018 Sandringham Stakes, Walker has since endured a barren run…

Dermot Weld has opted for Paris to give his potential star Knight To King another step up the educational ladder on Saturday. The regally-bred colt will line up in the Group Two Prix Eugene Adam at Saint Cloud, a E130000 contest due off at 5.05pm Irish time and live on Sky. Chris Hayes again takes the mount on the son of Kingman and Irish Guineas…

Thursday's best bets ranked in order of confidence by our top tipsters (3.30 Haydock) Shaped well on her reappearance at Newmarket when probably disadvantaged by racing alone and by the soft surface (fast-ground pedigree). Steffan Edwards (2.50 Wolverhampton) The Charlie Fellowes-trained son of Havana Gray has been showing up well in his recent…

The Brigadier Gerard Stakes (19:42) at Sandown on Thursday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. Sandown stages the best evening fixture of the year which includes the Brigadier Gerard Stakes (19:42) and the return of last year's Derby winner Desert Crown among a field of…

Did you know that the Instant Expert tab is by far the most popular tab on the geegeez racecards? That's because it has the ability to condense the entire form profile of every runner in the race into a single, easily digestible, view. The report covers the form in terms of wins (or places), runs, and win (or place) percentage for each of going,…

Bookmakers - and punters for that matter - getting a bit too carried away with the winner of a Classic prep race is almost to be expected these days, but there wasn't much evidence of that in the aftermath of The Foxes' hard-fought victory in the hazy Knavesmire sunshine. Even winning trainer Andrew Balding was happy to take a pull in his honest…

TOP Tipster Templegate, along with ITV's Matt Chapman, have given us their tips for the Hampton Court Stakes at Royal Ascot. We've also got the latest odds and trends for the race right here. Templegate - JUAN ELCANO put in a really pleasing effort when fifth to Kameko in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and can strike on this drop in class. Kevin…

TOP Tipster Templegate, along with ITV's Matt Chapman, have given us their tips for the Hampton Court Stakes at Royal Ascot. We've also got top tips from our very own Wizard Of Odds. We've got all of our tipsters to give you their hot fancy for the contest. Nordic Lights - 'Ran well to finish fifth in the Dante' Hunting Horn - Not disgraced in…

Reach For The Moon makes his eagerly-awaited return to action at Saint-Cloud on Saturday. The son of Sea The Stars has always commanded plenty of attention and at one time was the ante-post favourite to win the Derby for the Queen in her Platinum Jubilee year. A setback meant his Classic aspirations were sidelined, but after being narrowly beaten…

Top racing tips for Saturday's action live on ITV. The Group 2 tote Celebration Mile sees the return of Godolphin's Benbatl, the mount of champion jockey Oisin Murphy Oisin Murphy aboard Benbatl (left) in the 2017 Hampton Court Stakes at Royal Ascot BENBATL is the right favourite as Saeed bin Suroor's evergreen seven-year-old makes his return to…

Reach For The Moon makes his eagerly-awaited return to action at Saint-Cloud on Saturday. The son of Sea The Stars has always commanded plenty of attention and at one time was the ante-post favourite to win the Derby for the Queen in her Platinum Jubilee year. A setback meant his Classic aspirations were sidelined, but after being narrowly beaten…

Atlantic Jewel's son Russian Emperor may lead Aidan O'Brien's title defence in next month's Derby after winning the £60000 Group 3 Hampton Court Stakes (2004m) for three-year-olds at Royal Ascot on Wednesday. Russian Emperor is as short as $9 to win the Derby at Epsom on July 4 with British bookmakers and only behind equal $4 favourites English…

Kyprios is favourite for the Ascot Gold Cup, as he takes on hat-trick hero Stradivarius. It is an important day for followers of the Queen's horses, with Reach For The Moon a warm order for his race Punters fancy up and coming stayer Kyprios to take a first Gold Cup crown from dethroned king Stradivarius. Betfred's 13-8 favourite, trained by Aidan…

Claymore and Adam Kirby denied the Queen her 25th Royal Ascot success when upsetting the odds and holding off the short-priced favourite Reach For The Moon to land the Hampton Court Stakes. The market suggested the race was at the mercy of one of last year's most exciting juveniles, who was sent off at 2-5 to give the Queen a winner during her…

Jane Chapple-Hyam thinks she may have found the key to previous Group One winner Intellogent, who is set to tackle Wednesday's Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot. One of the biggest betting handicaps of the summer, the ultra-competitive cavalry charge over the straight mile is one of the highlights on day two of the Royal meeting. The Newmarket handler admits…

Stan Moore will give El Habeeb plenty of time before bringing him to the boil for a crack at the St Leger following his eyecatching run in the Cazoo Derby. El Habeeb was pitched into the colts' Classic after finishing fifth of six on debut in a Listed 10-furlong Newmarket event last month. Yet he outran his 250-1 odds under John Egan at Epsom,…

channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage SportsLens tipsters make Reach For The Moon their horse racing NAP of the Day for Saturday, 3 September. He runs off 9st in this Class 1 Superior Mile Stakes race over 1m37y at Haydock this afternoon (1.45). The Gosden yard's nimble colt looks well worth a wager to follow-up at a tasty 5/4…