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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…

Cheval Grand, shown winning the 2017 Japan Cup, returns seeking a repeat victory in Sunday's renewal. Photo courtesy of Japan Racing Association Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Weekend horse racing action stretches from Tokyo to Bahrain with a stop in England and a quick look at Hong Kong's preparations for its big weekend two weeks down the calendar. The Grade 1…

Trainer Ian Williams has conquered this 2m4½f handicap on three occasions with a trio of useful dual-purposes recruits and he comes double-handed in his bid for a record-equalling fourth win in the race. Since 1988, only Mark Johnston has a better record in this contest, and the Williams-trained Reshoun heads the market for this unique event, which…

Today is Day 3 of the Saratoga Race Course meet. Racing starts at 1:05 p.m. RECENT STORIES FROM THE DAILY GAZETTE AT THE TRACK Trainer Chad Brown is so dominant in the Grade I Diana that he even gets horses who didn't look like they were meant for races like this into the Diana. And not just into the field, but into the role of favorite. That's the…

It's been a wild ride over the last four days at the Royal Ascot festival, and there could be a few more ups and downs to come with a cracking card of seven races to round it all off. And our top team of tipsters will be holding on tight with their best bets for Saturday's action. Matt Chapman, Ruby Walsh, Jason Weaver, Mick Fitzgerald and Rory…

A schoolgirl who sparked a Twitter hunt for jockey Frankie Dettori was finally united with her hero at Newmarket Racecourse. Lillie May, 10, sent a letter to the Italian jockey in February to ask for a signed picture to display in her school, St. Andrew's Church of England Primary School in Soham, Cambridgeshire, but was unable to reach him. After…

John Gosden: chasing down Sir Henry Cecil's record John Gosden is only two behind the all-time record for Pretty Polly wins held by Sir Henry Cecil with eight, and maybe the Clarehaven joint-trainer can inch closer this year. Gosden now shares the training licence with his son Thady but prior to that has saddled some top-class fillies to win this.…

Native Trail and the Godolphin team after the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket last season Godolphin's unbeaten colt Native Trail has been overwhelmingly rated the top two-year-old in Europe for 2021 and is 7lb clear of his nearest rival after the classifications were released on Wednesday. The Charlie Appleby-trained star has been handed a rating of…

A Group One winner in Hong Kong and third in the Sheema Classic in Dubai, connections were further rewarded for their globetrotting when she showed a devastating turn of foot to go between War Like Goddess and My Sister Nat. Trained by Yoshito Yahagi and ridden perfectly by Yuga Kawada, who had a brief spell in Britain in 2018, she looked beaten…

Derby Day. A carnival of colour. Punters, picnics and pomp. Double-deckers lining the rails. More than 100000 people splayed across the downs. This time it's different. No spectators or dress code. Three miles of fencing, twice the distance of the big race itself, circling the course to keep people out. The 2020 Derby at Epsom is the Covid-19…

MICHAEL OWEN has completed his latest transfer - a new trainer at his horse racing yard. Hugo Palmer, 41, will take the reins at Owen's Manor House Stables, two months after the former England hero announced a shock split with Tom Dascombe. Ex-Liverpool and Real Madrid striker Owen, 42, posted on Twitter on Thursday morning: "I am absolutely…

Former football star-turned stable owner Michael Owen is expected to score in front of the ITV4 cameras at Chester today with Ever Given, plus Newsboy gives his tips on every other race from Wednesday's race meetings at Kempton, Kelso and Fontwell Michael Owen could be celebrating another'home' victory at Chester today with EVER GIVEN. The colt,…

Charlie Appleby sends Grade One winner Yibir back to familiar surroundings on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Racing, as he seeks redemption for a shock defeat at Newmarket last month. The Breeders' Cup Turf champion heads back to the USA for the Grade One Man o'War Stakes (9.46pm) at Belmont Park, where the four-year-old was successful en route to…

It was back in early April that Point Lonsdale's potential was first highlighted by Aidan O'Brien in the Racing Post's stable tour series and the long-range 2000 Guineas and Derby favourite hasn't put a foot wrong since. "He's doing everything right," O'Brien said at the time, adding: "He's a brother to Broome but is going to be earlier than…

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…

Ross Millar provides his expert analysis on the leading juveniles we have seen so far this season and also suggests a couple of ante-post bets for next year at large odds. Finally, he got the job done! Ebro River justified my high opinion of him and put it all together to win the Group One Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

Charlie Appleby couldn't be happier with Native Trail and Coroebus, the two star colts who bid to give him a first success in the £500000 Qipco 2000 Guineas. Native Trail, unbeaten in five starts, including the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes, is the Godolphin standard bearer, but few would be surprised if Coroebus made him work mighty hard. Appleby said:…

The Northumberland Plate, also known as the Pitmen's Derby, is the biggest race of the year at Newcastle. It takes place over an extended two-mile trip and it always attracts a huge crowd. This is one of the most prestigious handicap races in the UK, which is why it tends to attract group horses. The field is headed this year by last season's Long…

Michael Owen says a win for Dubawi Legend in Saturday's Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket would be a massive boost to the plans for his expanding Manor House stable in Cheshire. Dubawi Legend, a 16-1 chance and one of the 19 remaining entries for the first Classic of the season, is the highest profile horse trainer Hugo Palmer has brought with him…

Since 2010, seven winners of this race had competed at Ascot on their latest start, a statistic that is likely to be enhanced as this year's market is dominated by those exiting the royal meeting. However, they contested several different races over a range of trips, so what has been the ideal prep? In the same 11-year period, horses who were…

Monday's opening race at Wolverhampton is an intriguing handicap in which Alan Thomson looks at all nine runners before nominating his fancy. Monday's £100000 minimum Tote placepot pool guarantee is on offer at Wolverhampton, live on Sky Sports Racing, and nine runners have been declared for the Top Odds Every Day With BetUK Handicap (4.25pm), a…

Kameko: out to follow up his 2000 Guineas success Lightly raced and his form got a big boost in the Irish Derby. Outsiders from this yard have won before. Trainer: Aidan O'Brien Jockey: William Buick Draw: 5 Odds: 80-1 A beaten even-money favourite on reappearance this season but is held in the highest regard by his Classic-winning…

THE Flat season officially comes to an end on Saturday and it goes out with a bang. The November Handicap is a real puzzle for punters but you'll be well rewarded if you can find the winner. COOKE up a win in the November Handicap at Doncaster. SAM COOKE looks a big improver on just his third run of the season. Ralph Beckett's hope showed loads of…

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…

Siskin: won the 2020 Irish 2000 Guineas, but who will score at the Curragh on Saturday? Your guide to Saturday's Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh, the first Classic of the season in Ireland.

Dave Nevison has three bets for Wednesday's action at Ayr and Kempton, live on Racing TV. Having flagged up Ryan Sexton as a jockey to follow at the start of the season, I have proceeded to miss out on most of his wins since then, and I was gutted to watch him get up to beat my selection by a nose at Thirsk on Saturday. The excellent young rider…

The tail-end of the Group stakes offerings on Saturday's British Champions Day card at Ascot includes a couple short-priced favorites, Inspiral and Baaeed, that may not be the best to take a stand against. However, there are several competitive betting affairs with larger fields earlier in the card, and a couple horses have caught my eye as…

The Queen will be without a runner at Epsom on Derby day after her final horse was not declared. Just Fine had been due to contest the World Pool Northern Dancer Handicap at the prestigious fixture. The gelding's trainer, Sir Michael Stoute, has the favourite for the feature Cazoo Derby (4.30pm). The big race is the only Flat Classic the Queen has…

Irish champion flat trainer Aidan O'Brien is responsible for 12 of the 72 entries for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, England, on Saturday, 1 May 2021. The first Classic race of the British flat season, which will be staged on Newmarket's Rowley Mile course, will see the Irish handler bid for an incredible 10 QIPCO 2000 Guineas success. The…

Aidan O'Brien thinks the 2000 Guineas may have come a few weeks too early for his top three-year-old colts and is convinced Wembley and Van Gogh are all better than they showed at Newmarket. They will certainly need to be if O'Brien is to win Ireland's first Classic of the season for an unprecedented 12th time, but the master of Ballydoyle has not…

Arizona (Ryan Moore) strides out powerfully at the end of his maiden at the Curragh last month Aidan O'Brien's first two Royal Ascot wins were both in the Coventry Stakes, a race he has come to dominate with eight victories. Harbour Master, his first winner in 1997 in a list that includes Fasliyev, Henrythenavigator, Power and Caravaggio, was a…

Racing TV's Tom Bull provides his verdict on the 15 contenders in Saturday's QIPCO 2000 Guineas plus predicts the 1-2-3 for the first Classic of the season, live on Racing TV. By Tom Bull A winter of expectation and anticipation comes to an end with the arrival of the first Classic of the season on Saturday, the QIPCO 2000 Guineas. The pendulum of…

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…

Secret State: heads the market for the opening handicap on Wednesday The Sussex Stakes has parallels with Royal Ascot's Queen Anne and this 1m4f three-year-old handicap is Goodwood's equivalent of the royal meeting's King George V Stakes. There are no bulletproof reasons why King George V also-rans Teumessias Fox (sixth), Surrey Mist (seventh),…

Tarnawa, defending champion and favorite for Saturday's Breeders' Cup Turf race, stretches her legs over the Del Mar track Monday. Photo courtesy of the Breeders' Cup DEL MAR, Calif., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The 2021 Breeders' Cup World Championships have attracted a record 56 international entries for the two-day event that opens Friday at Del Mar in…

TEMPLEGATE takes on Chester's Boodles May Festival confident of landing a winner - and finding some for the big summer races. Read on for our man's top tips and back a horse by clicking their odds. Scroll down to find his in-depth look at every race live on ITV4. LIVE IN THE DREAM (2.05 Chester, nap) He tanked along when winning over this trip at…

NEWMARKET trainer Charlie Appleby made it an historic three victories in all of this year's 2000 Guineas after Native Trial took the Irish classic at the Curragh on Saturday in the hands of William Buick. Appleby had celebrated success in the English Guineas with Coroebus, the French classic with Modern Games and now made it a clean sweep when…

Steve Cauthen: will bring his unrivalled expertise of riding Epsom to ITV audiences on Derby day Dual Derby-winning jockey Steve Cauthen will join ITV Racing's presentation team for the Epsom Classic next month as part of the special coverage to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The Kentucky-born Cauthen, who won the Derby for the late Henry Cecil…

The flat racing season might be drawing to a close, but it's still an exciting time of the year for its loyal following - with the prestigious Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe recently taking place at the iconic Longchamp racecourse in Paris, while British Champions Day, the big-money Breeders' Cup World Championships in America and the Melbourne Cup are…

Tom Thurgood of racingtv.com takes a closer look at each of the runners currently in the reckoning for the Group One bet365 Fillies' Mile at Newmarket on Friday and shares the stats to note plus an early verdict. See what happens live on Racing TV! The opening Group One contest of the Dubai Future Champions Festival takes centre stage on the Rowley…

Sea Silk Road (left) and Eternal Pearl clash again at Newmarket on Friday The weights favour Sea Silk Road as she aims to confirm Goodwood placings with Eternal Pearl, but Charlie Appleby believes his filly could prove a different proposition in this intriguing rematch. Sea Silk Road beat Eternal Pearl by half a length in a 1m2f Listed race at…

Roger Varian's Sakheer made light work of his six rivals in the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury on Saturday, travelling beautifully and sprinting clear in the style of a high-class colt. As short as 7/1 for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket next May, he has announced himself as a Classic prospect and there is no doubt he looks an…

Adam Farragher returns in triumph on Thunder Legend Friday: Newmarket Apprentice Adam Farragher returned from a five-month absence in triumph on his first day back when winning on Thunder Legend. The 22-year-old was due to ride the favourite Mujtaba in the Lincoln for his boss William Haggas at Doncaster in March before a fall two days earlier on…

It was announced in December that following a 12-year spell that included Classic glory with Brown Panther and over 700 winners, Dascombe was to leave Michael Owen's Manor House Stables in Cheshire, with Hugo Palmer later confirmed as his successor. Dascombe revealed in March that he had agreed a lease on Uplands, a Lambourn yard made famous by…

The ITV Racing team will be at Doncaster on Friday afternoon with five live races from day three of the St Leger Festival at the Town Moor course. The broadcast is on air from 1.10-4.00pm on ITV3, with the Group 2 Doncaster Cup among the day's highlights, and our expert has race-by-race selections for the terrestrial action on Friday. Enda…

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…

Five race meetings will take place on Tuesday with the action getting under way at Leicester on the level at 13:00, while there's alternative afternoon racing at Catterick and Goodwood, with a brace of fixtures this evening taking place at Galway and Hexham. We preview all the action here and pick out some of the most eye-catching naps from our…

Previous runnings of the Supreme Stakes may be crucial to finding the winner of this year's race, with last year's second Double Or Bubble and 2020 winner Happy Power the clear choices in the betting. Double Or Bubble brings standout top-level form to the table, having been a solid fifth behind Alcohol Free in the July Cup at Newmarket last month…

It has been a season to savour for the six year old gelding who continued his fine run when taking a drop back in trip in his stride in the Bet At racingtv.com Handicap (1m 6f), which doubled up as a Jockey Club Grassroots Stayers Series Qualifier. Hitting the front just outside the furlong pole, the 7/2 chance stuck to the task gamely under Robert…