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The Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes is the highlight on an excellent card at Ascot on Saturday. We have got predictions for all six Tote Placepot races across the meeting. Ascot Tote Placepot picks - Saturday selections Already got a Tote account? Take advantage of the latest Free bets offers for new customers. Glenlauren…

Tom Dascombe: may bypass the Chester Cup with Ripon scorer Rajinsky Rajinsky earned a probable place in the Tote Chester Cup field with a win in the most significant trial - but may give the £101000 race a miss. He picked up a 3lb penalty for outpointing two Mark Johnston-trained runners in a race that Cup winners Trip To Paris and Making…

Harry Allwood selects five horses to follow at the Moët & Chandon July Festival (Thursday-Saturday) which takes centre stage on Racing TV this week. There are set to be plenty of stars on show at Newmarket this week, including a few that were forced to bypass Royal Ascot due to the ground conditions changing ahead of the final two days. At the time…

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…

The most anticipated meeting of the Flat racing season gets underway on Tuesday for the first of five days of Royal Ascot 2014. Quality races are guaranteed as the Queen Anne Stakes starts things off, before the Queen Alexandra Stakes eventually closes out proceedings on Saturday afternoon. There is at least one Group 1 race on each day of the…

he flat racing season arrives at Ascot this week as over 300000 people prepare to descend on the famous course for what has become British horseracing's biggest draw. Here, the Racing Post's betting editor Paul Kealy gives us the inside track on who the runners and riders are at Royal Ascot 2016. A three-way battle between three 2000 Guineas…

Via Serendipity strikes the front at Sandown Saturday: Sandown Veteran miler Via Serendipity made a late bid to be part of the action at Royal Ascot next week with a gutsy performance to land the mile handicap under Harry Davies. Via Serendipity is lurking below the cut for the Royal Hunt Cup, but a 5lb penalty for his neck success will shunt him…

The 2022 Royal Ascot festival is well underway, with punters set to enjoy two more thrilling days of action in Windsor. The first three days of Royal Ascot haven't disappointed, but there are still plenty of races to come. From the Gold Cup to the Diamond Jubilee Stakes, Ascot is one of the standout fixtures in the racing calendar, and they are…

TEMPLEGATE takes on day two of Royal Ascot confident of pulling off his top hat and tails - and banging in a few winners. Read on for our man's best tips and back the horses by clicking their odds. You will find his complete breakdown of every race and runner below. And at the very bottom are his tips for every race taking place today - plus don't…

SIR BUSKER is fancied to call the tune in the Unibet Golden Mile (2.45) at Glorious Goodwood today. Having marked his return with a win at Newcastle at the start of June, the William Knight four-year-old followed up in the Silver Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot 15 days later. Oisín Murphy's mount then stepped back from a mile to seven furlongs for the…

Champion miler Baaeed will set a very high standard when he bids to extend his unbeaten run to seven races in Saturday's Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes at Newbury, in which he will start a strong odds-on chance in a field of nine. Newbury's one-mile showpiece, which forms part of the 35-race QIPCO British Champions Series, has attracted a deep line-up,…

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The French racing community collectively love Ascot like no other fixture outside their own borders and will be on the royal racecourse in force to prove it this week. In fact the powers that be at France Galop are so enamoured of the meeting that they schedule nothing above Listed status on the Flat in opposition, allowing everyone to focus on the…

Britain's blockbuster return of racing is almost upon us. After 76 days without a runner going into the stalls, a feast of action is set to return from Monday. From the start at Newcastle, an amazing opening month features 36 races at Royal Ascot as well as the first Classics, the 2000 and 1000 Guineas. The Newmarket contests feature on the very…

Our man Garry Owen has gone through the card for day two of Royal Ascot. BASHKIROVA (4.20) fits the bill for William Haggas in the Duke Of Cambridge Stakes on Day Two of Royal Ascot. The filly looked smart when landing her first two stars in taking style at Nottingham and Newcastle. She quickly improved again when hammering Madame Tantzy on her…

It is Ladies Day at Royal Ascot and a number of royals, including the Queen, are expected to attend the famous races at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire this week. About 300000 people are will flock to the five days of racing and there will be £6.58 million in prize money up for grabs. Ascot has become synonymous with the finest fashion and Ladies Day…

Right around the time of the Kentucky Derby every spring, there's another big American horse race you may not know about: the Maryland Hunt Cup. The biggest, most demanding event there is in the world of timber racing. It's the American version of Steeplechase and the course is not for the fainthearted. It stretches four miles over the Maryland…

The Aidan O'Brien horse is going at 4.20pm while El Vip in the 30-runner Royal Hunt Cup looks to be the next best bet on the day. Fillies might not have the best record in the Jersey Stakes with only Ishvana hitting the target for the distaff division in recent years, but Daban ticks all the boxes to make her a real contender in the seven-furlong…

These are the ways to watch the Royal Ascot festival which welcomes crowds of 12000 Tuesday to Saturday. ITV and Sky Sports are behind this year's coverage Royal Ascot is the biggest racing festival to be held this summer. Last year it was behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, but now 12000 lucky fans can attend each day. Fashion…

TEMPLEGATE takes on Saturday's blockbuster Cambridgeshire Handicap confident of finding you the winner. Mind you it won't be easy in the 29-runner betting bonanza. Below, he goes through every runner and reveals his pick at the bottom. Back any horse by clicking their odds - good luck! Cambridgeshire Handicap runner-by-runner guide MAJESTIC DAWN…

LUXEMBOURG can win the QIPCO 2000 Guineas Stakes (British Champions Series) (Colts & Fillies) (3.40pm) at Newmarket on Saturday afternoon. While TUESDAY may bring up a Classic double for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien in the QIPCO 1000 Guineas Stakes (British Champions Series) (Fillies) (3.40pm) back at Headquarters on Sunday. Trainer Charlie…

Kyprios is fancied to continue his reign at the top of the staying division in the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup (3.35). Aidan O'Brien's stayer continued his relentless upward curve with a half-length call over Mojo Star in the Royal Ascot feature. The way the race was run marks it down as an excellent renewal and Galileo's son will have no issue with the…

It's a huge week for racing fans and punters alike, with 35 races scheduled to take place across five days at Royal Ascot from Tuesday onwards, and we've picked out five horses that have major chances at reasonable odds. The meeting kicks off with arguably the banker of the entire week in Baaeed but you won't get rich backing a 1/4 chance and there…

Royal Ascot is the racing event of the summer and it promises to be extra special in the Queen's Platinum Jubilee year. For the first time since 2019, a full crowd will soak up the atmosphere over the five days. From June 14, fans are looking forward to fast-paced action on the track and perhaps a winner or two. Queen Elizabeth II will have runners…

There appeared to be a definite advantage to race on the stands' side of the track on the straight course on the first two days at Royal Ascot, but the Royal Hunt Cup was different. As is normal for a big meeting, there were quite a few unlucky losers, but I've heard the name Astro King mentioned more than any other, and that's probably because…

Here's a stat: In the last 25 years seven fillies beaten in the Oaks have won the Ribblesdale and seven horses beaten in the Coronation Cup have won the Hardwicke. So Friday's take aways are dominated by notes for Royal Ascot. But first a word for the winner of the Cazoo Oaks, Tuesday, trained by Aidan O'Brien, a man winning his 10th renewal of the…

The steeplechase community has been lucky for most of the spring, with big crowds turning out for exciting racing and beautiful weather. But it looks as if Mother Nature may have other plans in store for Mother's Day weekend. Rain and uncommonly chilly temperatures are expected for the Virginia Gold Cup Races in The Plains, Va., on Saturday, though…

One of the highlights of last season was James Fanshawe's joyous victory in the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland. His Audarya had done nothing but improve all year and she was a game winner of the Filly & Mare Turf. And the mare's five-year-old campaign promises to be just as exciting judged on a most encouraging return in the Prince of Wales's…

Frankie Dettori's horse Lord North is a non-runner in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes. There is also a big gamble in the Windsor Castle Stakes on Kaboo Love would not be denied from the front in a fascinating renewal of the Prince of Wales's Stakes. The 11-10 favourite was sent straight to the front under Ryan Moore, on her first start in ten months -…

For details of advised bookmakers and each-way terms, visit our transparent tipping record If there's a new sprinting superstar in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes on the final day of Royal Ascot, it's probably Sceptical, the £2800 Godolphin cast-off who has rocketed himself to favouritism for this Group One following three wins this year after only…

Bay Bridge looked a bit special when winning on his return at Sandown last month but whether he warrants being a general 5-4 for the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday is another matter. He's up against better opposition and is unproven on faster ground, plus a messy renewal is on the cards with none of the five runners being…

The world's top-rated sprinter, Battaash, leads the Royal Ascot charge this week for Shadwell at the iconic meeting, headlining the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes on Tuesday, a race he won in 2020-one of a leading six victories for the powerhouse operation at last year's global spectacular. The famed blue and white silks of the late His Highness…

Get the most interesting trends and statistics from today's horse racing with the free Stat Selector tips and best bets. Smart Stat: 21% - Jim Crowley's strike rate at LINGFIELD PARK Montatham was most progressive in 2020, winning three times and finishing runner-up in the Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot. He has been a little in and out since, but he left…

Royal Ascot 2022 is nearly upon us and we have put together an all you need to know guide to help you through the five-day showpiece event of British flat racing. Dating back hundreds of years, Royal Ascot is a celebration of all thing's pageantry and racing, it's a mainstay of the racing calendar and is certainly one to savour. Royal Ascot is the…

The 9-4 favourite, a son of the legendary Frankel, saw off Gustav Klimt, with Wootton in third. Dettori also triumphed with Calyx and Monarchs Glen. Blue Point upset leading fancies Lady Aurelia and Battaash to claim the King's Stand Stakes for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin team. The Italian-born Dettori was forced to dismiss speculation he might be…

Three wins from as many rides, climbing up to third in the all-time jockey rankings and kissing Meghan Markle - not a bad opening day shift for 47 year old Frankie Dettori as Royal Ascot got underway. Oh, and he happens to be riding the hottest favourite of the week today in the richest race, the Prince Of Wales's Stakes. If you're more of a "gut"…

Ascot's straight course tends to favour sprinters who are ridden cold - it's a long way home without cover on this wide track - and a glance at the race comments for winners of the Wokingham since 2011 features'held up' on eight occasions. The two anomalies have come in the last two years as Cape Byron (2019) and Hey Jonesy (2020) were always up in…

In a year when many big handicaps have struggled to provide a full field, the Balmoral Handicap bucks the trend. The last in at declarations time was the 100-rated Orbaan, who was also in at the foot of the weights when winning July's Golden Mile, but is 13lb higher now. First reserve is Mums Tipple and that this race can attract him, as well as…

The Queen of England loves to have winners at Royal Ascot - it's her favourite horse racing fixture of the year, while with this being her Platinum Jubilee year, if Queen Elizabeth II does bag her 25th Royal Ascot winner this week, the roar might even be heard here in America! She's got several horses entred over the five-day meeting, so let's take…

So much of the Royal Hunt Cup comes down to the draw. This year, we have two more or less novel guides as to how things might pan out. The main one is obviously the Silver Hunt Cup, which opens Wednesday's card. Tuesday's first race, the Buckingham Palace Handicap is also a handy guide and on the surface its conclusion was pretty emphatic. The…

Naval Power puts his unbeaten record on the line when he lines up in the Betfair Daily Tips On Betting.Betfair Ascendant Stakes at Haydock on Saturday. All three of his victories to date have come over seven furlongs, but Charlie Appleby's promising youngster now steps up to a mile in this Listed event looking to enhance his growing reputation. The…

THE bookies fear the Queen's star horse Reach For The Moon could end up costing them the crown jewels at Royal Ascot. The exciting three-year-old colt, trained by John Gosden, has been hammered in the betting for the Hampton Court Stakes on Thursday. He was as big as 11-4 a little over a week ago but is now a red-hot 4-5 favourite with…

The Jane Chapple-Hyam-trained son of New Bay upset the odds when powering to a length-and-three-quarters success in the Hampton Court Stakes, overturning Reach For The Moon, who was odds-on to give the Queen a winner at the Royal meeting. Claymore had previously chased home subsequent Irish 2000 Guineas winner Native Trail in the Craven at…

Royal Ascot week is upon us, with thousands of people descending on the Ascot racecourse to witness Europe's oldest and most storied horse racing event. Sometimes considered to be more of a social event, the Royal Ascot brings the finest horses in British flat horse racing together for a week of non-stop action in the shadow of Windsor Castle. With…

The Coolmore partners owned Love (11/10f), not seen since her victory in the Yorkshire Oaks in August 2020, made a belated 2021 seasonal bow at Royal Ascot this afternoon, and the daughter of Galileo certainly did not disappoint. The Aidan O'Brien-trained filly made all under rider Ryan Moore in the day's highlight, the Group 1 Prince Of Wales's…

Savage was how James Tate described the form of Diamond Jubilee favourite Invincible Army on Wednesday as the Newmarket trainer attempts to rein in the excitement prior to a bid for a first top-level and Royal Ascot success later this month. The Saeed Manana-owned Invincible Army has scored convincingly in two starts this season, landing the Listed…

The Racing Post's awards will honour the best (and sometimes worst) performances and raise talking points from the last seven days of racing. This week's winners are. . . He had the pressure of a nation behind him but Nature Strip delivered in extraordinary fashion in the King's Stand Stakes on Tuesday. The seven-year-old was sent off 9-4 second…

William Haggas: has a big chance with Mahrajaan If you go back to before 1998, the Magnet Cup as it was known then was often won by a lightly raced, progressive three-year-old, but the shape of the race has since changed entirely. Only one three-year-old has won it since 2001 and that was Wigmore Hall in 2010. He went on to win the Grade 1 Northern…

Who will rise to the challenge at Ascot on Saturday? Andy Stephens shares his best bets and suggests potentially underestimated runners to keep in mind. 1.25 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) THE TIP: ELDAR ELDAROV at a general 5-2 No three-year-old has won this race since it was first run in 2011 but that masks the fact that…

Not seen since chasing home Baaeed in the both the Lockinge and the Queen Anne Stakes, he was beaten less than two lengths by William Haggas' superstar in the latter. Last season Real World was unbeaten in four races, progressing from winning the Royal Hunt Cup to landing the Prix Daniel Wildenstein on Arc weekend and it is that race or the Queen…