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for all the Coral Stewards' Cup runners and riders, form, Timeform comments and hints plus the very latest betting. Inver Park bids to supplement Royal Ascot success and secure a fourth straight win for George Boughey when he goes for gold in the Coral Stewards' Cup. Bought for £35000 out of the retiring Mick Quinn's yard in December, the Pivotal…

British-trained runners head the market for Tuesday's Lexus Melbourne Cup and a draw in stall nine was cause for celebration for connections of long-time ante-post favourite Deauville Legend. Trained by James Ferguson, the three-year-old has improved throughout 2022 and capped his British campaign with a dominant Great Voltigeur win at York in…

James Ferguson walks back in with his Prestige Stakes winner Mise En Scene The biggest smile on course belonged to James Ferguson, who saddled his first Pattern success when Mise En Scene landed the Group 3 Prestige Stakes, earning quotes of 16-1 and 25-1 with Paddy Power for next year's Qipco 1000 Guineas and Cazoo Oaks. The filly might be up to…

The first two of the big three races on the Spring Racing Calendar - the Caulfield Cup and the Cox Plate - have been run and won. Now we're getting close to the first Tuesday in November, and that means it's time for the most famous horse race on the Australian sporting calendar. Find out everything you need to know ahead of the 162nd running of…

Love Envoi did plenty wrong but still managed to gain a fourth successive victory in taking the Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Jane Seymour Mares' Novices' Hurdle at Sandown. Love Envoi strikes again for trainer Harry Fry and jockey Jonathan Burke in the Noel Fehily Racing silks Harry Fry's six-year old relishes deep winter ground and…

DID YOU KNOW? 16 of the last 18 Melbourne Cup winners came from stalls 5 or higher. So, why not grab up a FREE £30 bet with BetUK to use on the Melbourne Cup. See below our key Melbourne Cup trends to apply to the final runners ahead of Tuesday's big Flemington Park race. Based on the last 18 runnings of the race.

After a productive Friday, Racing TV ambassador Paul Mulrennan talks us through his five rides on Saturday at Redcar. Away from the testing conditions at Royal Ascot, it was a different scene on the North East coast at Redcar on Friday where I enjoyed a productive day at the office with a couple of winners - Southern Voyage and Boltaway - and I'll…

Masekela (left: finished second to Native Trail in last year's Superlative Stakes This season's Derby is working out exceptionally well and the Bahrain Trophy provides another opportunity to showcase the strength of the Epsom Classic. The third and 12th have since finished first and second in the Irish Derby and the fifth and 11th filled the first…

The BYU football coaching staff was decimated in the last week and a half with the departures of defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki and associate head coach Ed Lamb. But Wednesday BYU head coach Kalani Sitake filled both of those vacancies. He announced the hiring of Jay Hill as associate head coach and defensive coordinator and the return of…

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…

Photo by Josh Chiodo on Unsplash The race that stops a nation takes place at Flemington, Melbourne, on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 The Melbourne Cup is one of the biggest races on the international calendar, as the field competes over 3200 meters While the Kentucky Derby attracts interest from a mainstream audience in the United States, there are few…

AN incredible week of Flat racing starts Down Under in the early hours of Tuesday and ends with a late night in the USA a week today. By the time the Melbourne Cup is run at 4am UK time I'll hopefully be at Keeneland to bring you all the news and build up for next weekend's Breeders' Cup on Sky. But that's not to say the'Race That'Stops A Nation'…

TEMPLEGATE takes an early look at the markets for the Epsom Derby and Oaks - and reveals his 25-1 tip. The odds have fluctuated massively with the news hot Derby favourite Luxembourg is out. Aidan O'Brien still holds a strong hand but our man reckons Newmarket-based James Ferguson could spring a shock. Read on for Templegate's top picks ahead of…

Aidan O'Brien has an excellent record in the Qipco 1000 Guineas and Tuesday has a fine chance of winning it this year. Stablemate Tenebrism and Discoveries are other key contenders Sandrine runs in the Qipco 1000 Guineas Aidan O'Brien has two leading contenders as he goes in pursuit of yet another Qipco 1000 Guineas triumph. The Irish trainer, who…

Sir Michael Stoute: trainer of Derby favourite Desert Crown With the first two Classics completed, and after another busy week of action, including trials at York, here are ten quotes that could give us clues. . . I was very pleased. He was impressive in his maiden and we got behind schedule. We had to do what we did and he didn't let me down, he…

Verry Elleegant co-owner Ozzie Kheir has Interpretation in the Cup We'll keep adding to this as more quotes become available leading up to the Melbourne Cup. 1. Gold Trip - owner Noel Greenhalgh "The horse basically had a barrier trial in the Cox Plate, we got no luck. "It doesn't look like the strongest Melbourne Cup field you have ever seen. "But…

The Melbourne Cup has rolled around again and that means it's time for a nation to have a punt. This year's race resembles an old school race with the field mostly made up by locally-trained gallopers with a few international raiders thrown in and heading up the market. The favourite is a horse called Deauville Legend and it's trained by a young…

Cox Plate contender El Bodegon. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images. The man who knows mystery Cox Plate weapon El Bodegon better than anybody has declared the pint-sized star would love nothing better than to get into an equine war at The Valley on Saturday. "In these sort of conditions in a Cox Plate, if he was in a fight he would certainly…

The distance for the Filly & Mare Turf has fluctuated every year since 2015 and we are back to 1m1½f after Loves Only You's victory for Japan over 1m3f at Del Mar last season. This shorter trip will place a greater emphasis on speed and represents a sharper test than key British and Irish challengers Nashwa, Above The Curve and Tuesday have faced…

The cream of the Flat racing crop in Britain and Ireland are set to cross the pond for the Breeders' Cup. Aidan O'Brien, Charlie Appleby and co have a string of entries for the two-day meeting at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. Future Stars Friday sees the leading juveniles take their chance before the more established horses bid for the bigger…

On the first of November, a field of talented stayers from all over the world will enter the stall at Flemington racecourse ahead of the 2022 Melbourne Cup. There are now less than four days to go before "the race that stops a nation" hits our screens and the betting is beginning to hot up. Let's take a look through the latest Melbourne Cup odds…

Nashwa carries the mantle of one of Europe's bankers in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf on Saturday. The John and Thady Gosden-trained three-year-old has already won the Prix de Diane (French Oaks) and Nassau Stakes in a successful season and came close to adding a third Group One in the Prix de l'Opera last time out. Owned by Imad Al Sagar,…

There are 30 horses left in contention for next Tuesday's $7.75m Melbourne Cup. A final field of 24 can run. On Thursday, Caulfield Cup winner Durston was ruled out of the Melbourne Cup after failing a scan. On Friday, second favourite Loft was also withdrawn from the race while Makram was another horse ruled unfit to race by Racing Victoria…

THE Cesarewitch is one of the biggest punting races of the Flat season. Run over two miles and two furlongs at Newmarket, the winner will earn over £120000 for connections. The race is one of the most competitive of the entire season, with a huge field lining up for the stamina-sapping test. This year's running takes place on Saturday and as ever a…

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 the time-poor or those who just can't be bothered reading more than 600 words in one sitting, here is our short and sharp preview of the 2022 Melbourne Cup. We've kept it simple - either the horse has a winning chance, place chance or no chance. For a more thorough assessment of each runner, read the full form guide from punters.com.au. The two…

Big-race fancies Deauville Legend and Without A Fight were out of luck in the Lexus Melbourne Cup but Britain could lay claim to the winner as expat David Eustace and joint-trainer Ciaron Maher landed Australia's greatest race for the first time with topweight Gold Trip. Eustace, whose father James was a trainer in Newmarket and brother Harry…

The results for the 2022 Melbourne Cup are in with the punters' favourite - Gold Trip - storming to victory. 1. Gold Trip (FR) 2. Emissary (GB) 3. High Emocean (NZ) 4. Deauville Legend 5. Realm of Flowers 6. Daqiansweet Junior 7. Smokin' Romans 8. Stockman 9. Knights Order 10. Vow and Declare 11. Arapaho 12. Hoo Ya Mal 13. Without A Fight 14. Grand…

DREAMS of a British success in next week's Melbourne Cup rest in the hands of a legendary Aussie. Newmarket trainer James Ferguson has secured the services of Kerrin McEvoy for his big-race favourite Deauville Legend. The three-year-old is the 9-2 market leader with Paddy Power for the contest that is nicknamed'the race that stops a nation'. The…

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 Cazoo St Leger might be one of the most exacting tests of stamina in the Flat racing calendar and it could be won by a trainer who is conducting his career at a sprint. If Hoo Ya Mal can land the rescheduled final Classic of the season at Doncaster tomorrow on what will be a poignant day's racing following the death of the Queen, it will be a…

Horse racing fans have plenty to look forward to during the rest of 2022, with the upcoming schedule packed with a host of top-class events. Without further ado, let's take a look at biggest horse racing events still to come in 2022, starting with a thrilling day of action in the United Kingdom. QIPCO British Champions Day Punters will be…

Save A Forest: brings top-level form to the table If this season's winner turns out to be as good as last year's we will have a star on our hands because Alpinista went on to win four more times after landing this Listed event 12 months ago and those victories included the Lancashire Oaks at Haydock and three Group 1 races in Germany. There are…

Two-year-olds hold center stage in Britain and Ireland this weekend. Newmarket hosts the first two Group 1 events of the year on the British calendar for juveniles, both over six furlongs. There are also Group 2 one-mile two-year-old contests in Britain and Ireland that are not only good prizes in their own right; they also open the European Road…

for the Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes runners and riders, form, Timeform ratings & comments plus latest betting. Get set for a super Saturday on Racing TV Marshman carries the hopes of Karl Burke in a fascinating renewal of the Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. The Harry Angel colt won his maiden at Ayr in July and then went on…

A Group Three winner in the Prestige Stakes as a two-year-old, the daughter of Siyouni was denied her place in the 1000 Guineas when spiking a temperature on the day of the Newmarket Classic, before struggling to land a blow when rerouted to the Irish equivalent. Given a 90-day break following her trip to the Curragh, she caught the eye when…

Robert Havlin wins at Yarmouth on impressive filly Ananda Thursday: Yarmouth Ananda was the pick of the females on show on ladies' day at the Norfolk track when scoring at the second attempt in division one of the 6f fillies' novice stakes. John and Thady Gosden were on target for the second day running at the three-day Eastern festival when the…

Join our channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Just 10 British and Irish raiders remain as possible 2022 Melbourne Cup horses following the publication of the weights for this year's edition of "The Race that Stops a Nation". No raider from our shores heading Down Under to Flemington on Tuesday, 1 November will have more than 8st…

There are five race meetings across England, Scotland and Ireland on Wednesday, including Listed action from the cards at Sandown and Yarmouth. Beverley (1.42-5.05pm) is the first port of call, with Sandown (1.50-5.10) and Yarmouth (2.10-5.37) the Flat line-up. The jumps fare comes from Sligo (2.00-5.30) and Kelso (3.40-6.45). Wednesday's NAP is…

Wednesday racing tips feature selections from Kempton Park, Salisbury and Yarmouth. talkSPORT have gone through the race cards and form so you don't have to, with betting tips from UK racing on Wednesday. This is a massive punt as there's not much to separate the 13 runners with a few making a debut including the each-way shot who's trained by…

Deauville Legend is on course for the Sky Bet Great Voltigeur Stakes at York with James Ferguson also eyeing up a possible tilt at the Melbourne Cup later in the year. The son of Sea The Stars has proven a consistent performer in middle-distance contests so far this term and struck gold when gamely landing the Bahrain Trophy during Newmarket's July…