Horse Racing: Irish Oaks

Magical Lagoon (5/4f) won the Juddmonte Irish Oaks at The Curragh, Ireland, on Saturday, for trainer Jessica Harrington and jockey Shane Foley. The winner, bred by Coolmore, ironically beat a Coolmore-owned runner in Toy (5/1) by half a length with Cairde Go Deo (6/1) third for handler Ger Lyons and rider Colin Keane in the fourth Irish Classic of…

Curragh hosts the Irish Oaks this weekend along with more group races for a great meeting of racing for punters. Based on the form and past runs this looks set for a few favourites winning in Ireland but there might be a bit of a surprise in line for either the Anglesey Stakes or Sapphire Stakes. The Irish Oaks is going to be a thrilling encounter…

Trainer Karl Burke's banner season continued apace on the opening day of Doncaster's St Leger Festival after G3 Prestige S. victrix Darnation (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}-Monday Monday {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) added lustre to her palmares with a clear-cut triumph in Thursday's G2 Betfred May Hill S. over a straight mile at the Town Moor track. Newtown…

Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Thursday's meetings at Chelmsford City, Stratford, Chepstow, York and Fontwell. Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Thursday's meetings ROBIN GOODFELLOW 1:50 Cherry Blossom 2:25 Persica 3:00 Master Richard (nb) 3:35 Bluestocking 4:10 Modaara 4:45 Dark…

Newtown Anner Stud's homebred Darnation (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}-Monday Monday {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) improved off a debut third at Haydock to post an impressive 10-length tally over the same seven-furlong distance at Thirsk last month and made a smooth transition upped to pattern-race level with a game tally in Saturday's G3 William Hill…

Paddy Power are offering all new customers the chance to lock-in £45 of Ebor festival free bets on day two of the York Ebor festival. New account holders can claim this Paddy Power betting offer by clicking here and creating their new account. Check out full details for this sign-up offer in this article. York's Ebor festival is now under way…

Aidan O'Brien has a perfect 4-4 record with Irish Oaks winners in the Yorkshire Oaks and Savethelastdance is the latest Curragh queen to test her mettle on the Knavesmire. Alexandrova kicked off O'Brien's golden touch with Classic scorers in this top-level event in 2006, with Peeping Fawn following up - via a Nassau victory at Glorious Goodwood -…

See the SportsLens York Lucky 15 tips on Thursday. We have four fancied horse racing bets to include in your Lucky 15 bet slips to hopefully land you some winnings on Day 2 of the Ebor Festival. The feature race of the day is the Yorkshire Oaks at 3:35pm, where hot favourite Savethelastdance will have to overcome the Frankie Dettori ridden Free…

2023-08-23Thursday ITV Racing Tips: Best bets for York's Ebor Festival on day two The Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks (1535) is the feature race on the second day of the festival, but ITV also have the Group 2 Lowther Stakes plus three other top contests in their programme. We will start off with a quick run through our tips, with the reasons why we've…

Flags: Horse In Focus, Hot Trainer, Top-Rated Qirat boasts an excellent pedigree - he is out of Group 1 winner Emulous who has already produced three winners, most notably Irish Oaks runner-up Bluestocking - and he took the eye in the paddock ahead of his debut at Newmarket 12 days ago, described by Timeform's reporter as a strong, attractive colt.…

Curragh heroine Savethelastdance is joined in the line-up by her stable-mate Warm Heart, the Ribblesdale winner. Their trainer Aidan O'Brien has already won the race six times, but the pair face strong opposition in the £500000 Group 1, which is part of the British Champions Series. Bluestocking, who was having only her fourth race when second in…

Epsom runner-up Savethelastdance bids to go one better in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks at the Curragh - in which stablemate and Royal Ascot winner Warm Heart is seen as her main threat. Savethelastdance, the choice of Ryan Moore, was an unheralded filly through the winter having only finished fifth on her sole start at two. She reappeared in April on…

Providing a boost to her G3 Silver Flash S. conqueror Ylang Ylang (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Al Shira'aa Farms' Vespertilio (Fr) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}-Prudente {Fr}, by Dansili {GB}) sprung forward to capture Saturday's seven-furlong G2 Alpha Centauri Debutante S. in style at The Curragh. Beaten 1 1/2 lengths when second to Ballydoyle's TDN Rising Star…

A field of eight three-year-old fillies are the Irish Oaks runners on show at the Curragh on Saturday, 22 July. Master Irish handler Aidan O'Brien has half the field and the first two in the betting as he seeks an outright record seventh win in the 1m 4f Classic contest. If there's one thing we love in horse racing, then it's clashes. This feature…

Picturesque Killarney kicks off its five-day July meeting on Monday with an intriguing Flat card. Anthony Van Dyck won the mile maiden (5.20) in 2018 before going on to Derby glory the following season while Donnacha O'Brien has won the race for the past two years and runs likely favourite Bremen. He is a son of triple Group 1 winner Sea Siren and…

The 15:50 at the Curragh on Sunday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. This listed race (15:50) is the feature event on Sunday's card at the Curragh and it's attracted a strong turnout with 15 fillies and mares set to do battle over a mile and a quarter. The Johnny…

SAVETHELASTDANCE is taken to make up for her short-priced reversal in the Oaks at Epsom by landing the Irish version. Warm Heart can confirm her Ribblesdale superiority over Bluestocking and Lumiere Rock and should give her stablemate most to do. Pace Forecast: Strong Specific Pace Hint: The forecast of a strong pace at a trip and track where…

Smart Stat: £17.15 - Simon & Ed Crisford's profit to a £1 level stake when having one runner at a Flat meeting Nannie Dee is bred to need time and distance and she has shaped that way in three starts at up to a mile so far this year, not at all given a hard time on her qualifying run at Chelmsford last month. She has the potential to do better now…

Before we dive in, some basic rules for a horses to follow list is to keep them in a tracker and on your radar for the next three runs. Consider ideal conditions across variables like venue, ground, opposition and ensure prices on are satisfactory to you as a punter. This column should help you build up a list that proves profitable under those…

Savethelastdance looks set to get a second bite at the classic cherry in Saturday's Juddmonte Irish Oaks at the Curragh. Aidan O'Brien's filly started odds-on for last month's Epsom equivalent on the back of a spectacular 22-length trial victory at Chester only to find Soul Sister too strong in the closing stages. The latter upset the traditional…

The 2023 Galway Festival begins on Monday afternoon and racing fans in Ireland have seven days of stunning races to look forward to during this popular summer meeting. We've taken a look through the card on day one of the Galway Festival and picked out our top four betting tips. Willie Mullins unleashes Annie Power foal, Mystical Power in a hurdles…

Donnacha O'Brien and Gavin Ryan got favourite backers off to a winning start on day one of the July Festival in Killarney. The pair landed the eight-furlong maiden for two-year-olds with Bremen which built on a hugely promising effort at Tipperary twelve days previously as he beat the Johnny Murtagh-trained Thor's Hammer by a length and…

Extraordinary. Absolutely extraordinary. Just how extraordinary? Well, she traded at the maximum price of 999-1 in running on Betfair. She was first off the bridle and looked booked for fourth at best entering the final furlong. She was gobbled up by Bluestocking within a few strides shortly after passing the two-furlong pole and was reading all…

It was a huge weekend for favourite-backers in the feature races, provided they didn't keel over on Saturday afternoon from having their emotions repeatedly put through the wringer. Savethelastdance, Commanche Falls and Born Famous all delivered in the end, to the delight of anyone who had them in trixies and trebles - but if all you did was stick…

Auguste Rodin looks like having to overcome the greatest test of his career to date if he is to join an elite group of legendary names in Saturday's King George VI & Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes. As well as top older horses Emily Upjohn, Pyledriver, and perhaps last year's Derby hero Desert Crown, Aidan O'Brien's star could also have to tackle…

Ryan Moore saved the best until last by pulling victory from the jaws of defeat as Saturday's Juddmonte Irish Oaks eventually got won by the odds-on favourite Savethelastdance. Some of those who took 10-11 about Aidan O'Brien's filly could be forgiven for having torn up their tickets as success looked so unlikely outside the furlong pole that she…

Tom Marquand oozed confidence on Relief Rally who lit up a murky afternoon in the Weatherbys Super Sprint. The evens favourite sped away from her 19 rivals to bank the £122925 first prize at soggy Newbury. Punters were counting their cash from the furlong pole, as William Haggas' filly appeared to be going fastest of all. Her impressive burst of…

A field of eight runners will line up for the Juddmonte Irish Oaks (3.45) a t the Curragh on Saturday, with the big race shown live on ITV Racing and Racing TV. Read on for the lowdown on the contenders and to find out who we fancy. . .

It was a case of save it until the last minute as Savethelastdance (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}-Daddys Lil Darling, by Scat Daddy) left hearts in mouths en route to delivering Aidan O'Brien a record seventh G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks at a rain-soaked Curragh on Saturday. Failing to match her 22-length Listed Cheshire Oaks success when second in the G1 Oaks in…

Making it another big day in Kildare for Ballydoyle, Emily Dickinson (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) brought up a treble for O'Brien and Moore in the G2 Comer Group International Curragh Cup on Saturday. Fourth on unsuitably quick ground in the G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot last month, the G3 Loughbrown S. and Listed Vintage Crop S. winner had it all falling…

Aidan O'Brien has a comparatively poor record in the Irish Oaks by his own remarkable standards, but could still become the winningmost trainer in the Juddmonte-sponsored Classic on Saturday when he will be responsible for half of the field. O'Brien and Sir Michael Stoute have each had six Irish Oaks winners and if the market is a reasonable guide,…

Savethelastdance should give Aidan O'Brien a seventh Juddmonte Irish Oaks at the Curragh this afternoon. The Galileo filly, runner-up to Soul Sister in the Betfred Oaks at Epsom last time, will appreciate the more galloping nature of the Curragh track and the "yielding to soft" ground and should prove very tough to beat. A longshot when winning her…

The feature race on the card at the Curragh on Saturday afternoon will be the Juddmonte Irish Oaks. This top-class event will take place at 3.45. The Irish Oaks is one of the biggest middle-distance races for fillies in the entire flat racing calendar. It is perhaps second only in prestige to the Epsom Oaks. Run over one mile and four furlongs, the…

2023-07-22Newbury each-way tips: Lezoo ready to bounce back under Frankie Dettori 15:00 Newbury: bet365 Hackwood Stakes (6 furlongs) Rohaan should relish a step-up back to his preferred distance and we can expect jockey Adam Kirby to coax another late surge, while Comanche Falls arrives in top nick after backing up a couple of decent frame finishes…

You'd hardly know that there is a Classic taking place at the Curragh today, with the Juddmonte Irish Oaks (3.45) struggling to catch the public imagination this year. There may be €500000 up for grabs for the showpiece event but the field of eight is underwhelming. Aidan O'Brien is responsible for half of those, including the top two in the…

Epsom runner-up Savethelastdance bids to go one better in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks at the Curragh - in which stablemate and Royal Ascot winner Warm Heart is seen as her main threat. Savethelastdance, the choice of Ryan Moore, was an unheralded filly through the winter having only finished fifth on her sole start at two. She reappeared in April on…

Beaten just once in five starts, the Ralph Beckett-trained Lezoo was one of Timeform's highest-rated two-year-old fillies in training in 2022, producing her best effort when signing off with a ready success in the Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket. Nearly 10 months on and that still appeals as a strong piece of form. Runner-up Meditate went on to…

On paper, Aidan O'Brien's #7 Savethelastdance (even-money) checks all the boxes as the prohibitive favorite in Saturday's Irish Oaks (G1) at the Curragh. But the 1 1/2-mile classic also features an up-and-comer from the Dermot Weld yard, #1 Azazat (15-1), who has plenty of appeal as an "each-way" proposition. The odds were totally reversed when the…

The Weekend Winners team are back with a look at Saturday's Irish Oaks at the Curragh, plus their best bets from across the cards. Host Kate Tracey is once again joined by At The Races expert Declan Rix and BetVictor's Sam Boswell as they delve into the latest Classic contest. Savethelastdance found just one too good in the English equivalent at…

Epsom runner-up Savethelastdance bids to go one better in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks at the Curragh - in which stablemate and Royal Ascot winner Warm Heart is seen as her main threat. Savethelastdance, the choice of Ryan Moore, was an unheralded filly through the winter having only finished fifth on her sole start at two. She reappeared in April on…

The Irish Oaks (15:45) at the Curragh on Saturday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. The Irish Oaks (15:45) takes centre stage on Saturday and eight fillies have been declared for the Curragh classic. Aidan O'Brien is searching for a seventh win in the event and is…

Bargain buy Lumiere Rock will bid to follow up her runner-up effort in the Ribblesdale Stakes when taking on seven rivals in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks at the Curragh on Saturday (3.45). The three-year-old is already a course winner, having won last season's Group 3 Staffordstown Stud Stakes, and she has progressed this season, finishing two and a…

1pt win Ehraz in 3.00 Newbury at 12/1 (General) 1pt win Chief Black Robe in 3.15 Market Rasen 20/1 (General) 1pt e.w. Rosario in 3.35 Newbury at 20/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4; bet365 25/1) 1pt win Bluestocking in 3.45 Curragh at 13/2 (BetVictor, Ladbrokes) With the ground turning softer and more rain to come Savethelastdance has gone odds-on for the…

Tom Bull, Jack Nicol and Harry Allwood reveal their best bets for the action at Newbury, Market Rasen and the Curragh on Saturday, all live on Racing TV. Flat Out, Tom Bull, Jack Nicol and Joey Laver reveals their top tips for Saturday's action, with some big-priced contenders among their fancies! Race: bet365 Stakes (1.50pm, Newbury). Best…

Irish Oaks preview for the 2023 renewal which takes place at the Curragh on Saturday afternoon and it will see Aidan O'Brien unleash a strong team of fillies for the three-year-old Classic, as he looks to win the event for a record-breaking seventh time. Our man Steve Chambers previews the contest here and picks out his best bet in the Group 1…

Racing TV's Harry Allwood puts all eight contenders under the microscope in Saturday's Juddmonte Irish Oaks at the Curragh plus makes a case for one at a big price. WATCH: Aidan O'Brien shares the inside track on his Juddmonte Irish Oaks contenders in a special episode of On The Wire. Our expert team also provide their best bets for the Curragh…