#Imperial Fighter

Thankfully all-weather racing usually sticks two fingers up at bad weather so we can warm ourselves up with some hot selections from the south of England and the Irish borders. Here's a quick bit of detail on our key selections for Wednesday's action, you can find a full list of tips for every race across all the tracks at the bottom of the…

He got off the mark on his racecourse debut in a seven-furlong maiden at the Irish Derby meeting at The Curragh last year, getting home by a whisker in in one of the most exciting finishes of the entire 2021 season. Ger Lyons' colt stepped forward from that on his second and final run last season when he landed the Group 2 KPMG Champions Juvenile…

Commanche Falls swooped to conquer his Unibet Stewards' Cup opponents at odds of 10-1. Michael Dods' sprinter burst from the pack up the stands side to defeat fellow fast finisher Gulliver (18-1). Until half a furlong from home, the group of runners nearest the crowd looked to be facing a losing battle against those on the far side, as William…

The 2022 Flat season is well under way and it is full steam ahead to the first of the Irish Classics this weekend - the Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas and Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas - and next month's Epsom Classics, the Cazoo Derby and Cazoo Oaks. Market movers come thick and fast as the key Classic trials are run in Britain and Ireland, but…

The colt was last seen finishing third in the Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh in late May, coming home two and a half lengths behind Godolphin's English Guineas runner-up Native Trail. The French Derby represents a step up in trip for the bay son of The Gurkha, something Balding feels will be of benefit to him as he runs over an extended 10…

The first Classics of the Irish Flat season takes place at the Curragh this weekend with the Irish 2000 Guineas (3.20 Saturday) and 1000 Guineas (3.45 Sunday). Native Trail, who finished second in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket less than three weeks ago, is a strong ante-post favourite to make amends on Saturday, while top fillies Homeless Songs and…

for all the Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas runners and riders, form, Timeform ratings and commments plus the very latest betting Native Trail can cement a Classic season that can so far hardly have gone better for Charlie Appleby with victory in the Tattersalls-sponsored Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday. The Oasis Dream colt was a hot…

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…