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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…

It's a typically busy Boxing Day on Sky Sports Racing with Wolverhampton hosting a quality all-weather card, while there is top jumping from Fontwell and Newcastle. Art Power is the standout name among seven declarations for the Top Odds Every Day With BetUK Conditions Stakes (3.00). Disappointing when well beaten at Newcastle earlier this month,…

Baaeed completed his preparation for his bid to go out undefeated at Ascot - just as his predecessor Frankel did ten years ago - with one easy canter behind his lead horse on Warren Hill on Friday morning. His rider and groom Ricky Hall reported the four-year-old to be "really good" on walking back to the yard where three or four photographers…

With freezing temperatures and snow across the UK and Ireland, it's no surprise that Monday's scheduled jumps meetings at Market Rasen and Plumpton have been abandoned. However, the three all-weather Flat meetings do go ahead, at Lingfield (11.42-3.20pm), Dundalk (2.45-5.45) and Wolverhampton (5.30-8.30). Monday's nap is a course-and-distance…

Harry Davies will be back aboard Shine So Bright at Newmarket on Saturday Harry Davies is deservedly garnering praise as a 7lb claimer to follow, but the market might be overestimating his influence as backing all of the rider's mounts this season blindly to £1 stakes has yielded a £8.61 loss. Shine So Bright provided the biggest victory of…

2022-06-22Thursday's Newmarket racing tips: Enforced the free and easy pick for Roger Varian Click on Planet Sport's Live Race Centre for all the racing information you could ever need on events at Newmarket. Here's a quick list of Planet Sport's picks from Newmarket on Thursday, June 23. Rogue Lightning (13.25 Newmarket) World Without Love (14.00…

Gold Cup day at Ayr saw one of the most valuable sprint handicaps in Europe take place in Scotland. Khanjar was sent off a hot favourite for honours but neither he nor 2021 winner Bielsa were to fire this afternoon and off a fast pace that he truly loves, it was Summerghand that was to add another big prize to his impressive roll of honour at odds…

Royal Ascot's final day features a stunning field of 27 in the Group One Platinum Jubilee Stakes and Sky Sports Racing's Kieran O'Sullivan has cast his expert eye over every single one. Of all the top-class races at Ascot, the Platinum Jubilee Stakes (and perhaps the King's Stand) has become the most targeted race for international horses. Open to…

The Sir Michael Stoute-trained Bay Bridge takes on Japan's runner Shahryar in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Ascot on Wednesday, live on ITV. The weather looks warm for the rest of the week Royal Ascot's international theme continues when Shahryar goes for gold in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes. Day one of the meeting saw crack Australian sprinter…

Owners Barbara and Alick Richmond hailed Living Legend as a "superstar" after he produced a career best to secure the couple their first Listed winner in the Unibet Magnolia Stakes at Kempton Park on Saturday. Having scored on the card back in 2019 when taking the opening 1m 2f novice event on his only previous visit to the track, the Charlie and…

Star Of Lady M reeled in long-time leader Primrose Ridge to get back to winning ways in the Hilary Needler Trophy Fillies' Conditions Stakes at Beverley. Winner of her first two starts at Redcar and Ripon, she failed to handle Chester's tight turns when odds-on for the Lily Agnes last time out. As a result she was able to be backed at 7-1 in what…

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…

Get the most interesting trends and statistics from today's horse racing with the free Stat Selector tips and best bets. Grey Diamond - 13:45 Cheltenham Smart Stat: £37.27 - Sam Thomas' profit to a £1 level stake with only one runner on the card (chases) Grey Diamond failed to beat a single rival on his final start of last season at Wincanton, but…

Alan Thomson has cast his expert eye over a field of 12 in a tight-looking handicap contest at Wolverhampton on Monday, live on Sky Sports Racing at 8pm. Wolverhampton, with a £100000 minimum placepot pool guarantee in operation, is the meeting of choice on Monday (live on Sky Sports Racing), with the Fallon's Fancies Expert Tips By BetUK…

Highbank and Jack Mitchell return after winning the opener Saturday: Newmarket Godolphin's 750000gns purchase Highbank earned an opening quote of 33-1 and was quickly shortened to 20-1 for next year's Qipco 2000 Guineas after an ultra-impressive debut. The Charlie Appleby-trained juvenile, a son of Kingman and half-brother to former stablemate Bay…

A busy week for the ITV Racing team continues with action from three meetings on Saturday, with an eight-race broadcast dominated by Lingfield's Classic Trials card. ITV4 is the place to tune in from 1.30-4.30pm, with three races from the Surrey course plus two from Ascot and three from Haydock Park. John Hill has recommendations for all eight…

THE £4 million Flat season finale is finally here. Ascot hosts a star-studded six-race card on QIPCO British Champions Day, with four mouth watering Group 1s to get stuck into. The meeting was launched in 2011 and has gone from strength to strength, and this year it will be the scene for Baaeed's career swansong. The unbeaten four-year-old will be…

Two days before his date with destiny on board Baaeed at Ascot, jockey Jim Crowley heads to Brighton hoping to steer an exciting juvenile to his first career victory. Crowley takes on four rivals in the At The Races App Market Movers EBF Novice Stakes (1.30) as he rides useful maiden Mutaany for Charlie Hills and owners Shadwell Stud. The well-bred…

Rebel's Romance: landed the Grosser Preis von Berlin last time Godolphin, Charlie Appleby and William Buick bid for more top-level international success when the four-timer-seeking Rebel's Romance contests the Preis von Europa at Cologne on Sunday. The four-year-old gained a Group 1 success at the first attempt with a neck victory in the Grosser…

The 460000 guineas purchase is part-owned by Brazilian footballer Philippe Coutinho, who is currently playing in the Premier League for Aston Villa. Having been placed in two of her first three starts, Olivia Maralda opened her account with a wide-margin success at Newbury in July before finding only the high-class Meditate too strong in the…

Bielsa: aiming for back-to-back Ayr Gold Cup wins Bielsa and Kevin Stott will bid to become the first back-to-back winners of the Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup Handicap (3.40) after the defending champion was declared for Scotland's most valuable race. The seven-year-old is yet to score since winning the £150000 handicap last year and will face a full…

THE confirmed runners and riders for the blockbuster Ayr Gold Cup have been revealed. The chaotic cavalry charge at 3.40pm on Saturday afternoon is one of the biggest betting races of the year. Here, Sun Racing looks at all those who have been declared so far and their odds.

Following the surprise defeat of New London in the Chester Vase earlier in the week, Walk Of Stars appears to be trainer Charlie Appleby's chief Derby contender. Impressive at Nottingham in the autumn, the Dubawi colt doubled his tally when getting the better of stablemate Hafit at Newbury last month and will be a hot favourite to follow up this…

Six race meetings are set to take place on Wednesday with the action beginning at Salisbury at 13:30. Yarmouth and Beverley complete the afternoon fixtures, while a trio of fixtures kick off in the evening with Gowran, Ffos Las and Kempton. We preview all the action here and pick out some of the best bets from a host of racing writers and tipsters…