#Kitsune Power

Royal Ascot is back as one of the biggest weeks in racing returns in front of a full house for the first time since 2019. Five days of action gets underway on Tuesday with seven races each afternoon and a total prize fund of over £8.5 million up for grabs. The racing will build up to the Ascot Gold Cup on Thursday, which is one of eight Grade One…

Happy Power: Leicester win sets up Royal Ascot bid Saturday: Leicester The King Richard III Stakes had been a target for the late Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, owner of King Power, and that ambition has now been achieved by his son Aiyawatt with Happy Power. The Andrew Balding-trained six-year-old stalked the Godolphin-owned…

TEMPLEGATE has picked out some surefire winners across Saturday's big races and beyond. Read on for our man's tips. SUMMERGHAND (3.15 Newmarket, nap) The veteran sprinter burst back into form last time with an cosy win at York and took this race last season at big odds. He looks over-priced again and can do the double. KORKER (2.40 Beverley, nb) He…

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…

Kyprios is favourite for the Ascot Gold Cup, as he takes on hat-trick hero Stradivarius. It is an important day for followers of the Queen's horses, with Reach For The Moon a warm order for his race Punters fancy up and coming stayer Kyprios to take a first Gold Cup crown from dethroned king Stradivarius. Betfred's 13-8 favourite, trained by Aidan…

There is more to life than just Group 1s for championship-chasing trainer William Haggas. He still takes joy in lifting the traditional big handicaps and has won most of them, from the Lincoln and Victoria Cup in the spring to the Ayr Gold Cup and November Handicap in the autumn, plus numerous others in between. However, the Cambridgeshire is one…

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…

The Cambridgeshire (15:40) at Newmarket on Saturday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. Newmarket's card features one of the Flat season's biggest handicaps, the Cambridgeshire (15:40), which has attracted its usual huge field with 29 due to line up over the straight nine…

The Cesarewitch course is two and a half miles long, with a single right-handed turn at halfway, creating a ten-furlong straight course, the longest in the country. A wide, galloping track with an uphill finish that is ideal for the big, long-striding horse, except for the descent into the Dip where those types can become unbalanced. Ability to see…