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It's the big day of Royal Ascot week and Frankie Dettori's mount Stradivarius bids to win a third Gold Cup at 3.35pm. Follow for live updates, tips and reaction History could be made at Royal Ascot, when Stradivarius races for a third Gold Cup. Only two horses have managed it before, Sagaro the first to complete the hat-trick from 1975 to…

Hopes of a fairytale ending to the Royal Ascot career of Stradivarius, with a record-equalling fourth Ascot Gold Cup win under Frankie Dettori, turned into a horror story on Thursday. For the second year running, the pair were beaten without having a decent shot at the prestigious prize. One of the great stayers of the modern era frustratingly…

Biometric (pink cap) denies a five-timer for Frankie Dettori on Turgenev (green) Frankie Dettori was famously denied his five-timer at Royal Ascot by Biometric in the Britannia Stakes, and Khalid Abdullah's colt is back for more here. Harry Bentley is again on board Biometric, whose form is not just all about Royal Ascot. He has been beaten only…

The 1m2f Coral Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap (18:45) on Thursday has a typical Sandown look to it, with a number of top trainers represented among the seven-runner field. This 0-95 contest is not one to be taken lightly and without due consideration to all seven of them but, having done so, it is still hard to see past the last-time winner Brayden…

KILLER CLOWN can scare a few better-fancied rivals in the Jewson Monet's Garden Old Roan Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (3pm) as racing returns to Aintree Racecourse on Sunday afternoon. Emma Lavelle's seven-year-old may just come out on top for a slight shock win in the Grade Two feature at the home of the Randox Grand National. Last year's…

Horse racing made its comeback this week and now it's time for the Qipco 1000 Guineas. Here are the runners, odds and a preview of the Newmarket contest The first major Flat races of the season are here- and Sunday brings us the Qipco 1000 Guineas. It's a Classic contest for the fillies over one mile at Newmarket (3.35pm). Favourite for this year's…

Epsom was where it all started for Richard Kingscote. While it might not have been the Derby, it might well have felt like it to the teenager was thrown in the deep end for his very first ride in public, taking on the likes of Frankie Dettori, Johnny Murtagh and Kieran Fallon - all now Derby-winning jockeys themselves - in a conditions race there…

Cracksman: one of four Frankel representatives 3.00 York Betway Great Voltigeur Stakes l 1m4f l G2 l ITV/RUK Stand by for a Frankel fest five years on from the superstar's devastating triumph in the Juddmonte International as four of his offspring do battle in this intriguing warm-up for the main event. Of the quartet, who make up half the field,…

Model Guest ran a fantastic race at Royal Ascot and must surely go close in the Gary & Sonia Cooper Wedding Anniversary Maiden Stakes at Yarmouth. George Margarson's filly is currently winless in nine starts, which may put a few people off, but her effort in the Sandringham Handicap marked her as one to follow. Beaten just under three lengths in…

Well done: Eydon gets a pat from David Egan after landing the Feilden Stakes Thursday: Newmarket The classy Mishriff burst on to the scene when winning a Listed race on the Rowley Mile in 2020 and two years on owner Prince Faisal looks to have unearthed another jewel in Eydon, who ran away with the featured Feilden Stakes. Roger Varian's…

HE is known as'The Lizard' and is said to be worth more than a billion quid. But for the owner of a Premier League team, little is actually known about Tony Bloom, the man who has been called the'Godfather of Gambling'. One thing is for sure, though. Despite famously saying "I'm no Roman Abramovich" after taking charge of the Seagulls, Bloom has…

David Elsworth and Jeff Smith suffered Royal Ascot frustration seven times with the great Persian Punch, but they have also enjoyed three wins here together and, following an absence of 11 years, have a favourite's chance of a fourth with Dash Of Spice. Barshiba's win in the 2007 Sandringham Stakes, carrying Smith's familiar purple and blue silks,…

Without Revenge will race at Kembla Grange on Saturday. Picture: Grant Peters-Trackside Photography David Vandyke thinks so much of his latest European import Without Revenge, he will send him to Sydney in just his third Australian start on Saturday. The gelding has taken Queensland racing by storm in his two undefeated starts to date, but Vandyke…

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…

Aidan O'Brien will be looked to assert his dominance and can the favourites take charge like they did on Wednesday has started off with a thrilling opening two days with plenty of money made by the punters. Highland Reel was the big winner on the second day in Berkshire as it won the Prince Of Wales's Stakes. There were also triumphs for Le…

A high-drama bidding battle that was in danger of going on all night eventually concluded on Tuesday evening with recent Listed winner I'm A Gambler topping day two of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale at 850000gns. Olly Tait, representing Wathnan Racing, was involved in driving the price skyward, as was Tattersalls' Jason Singh, who…

Tim Cohen did not come halfway around the world to walk away from the Tattersalls table when the stakes get higher and the American-based agent did not blink in securing I'm A Gambler for 850000gns on behalf of Red Baron's Barn and Rancho Temescal on day two of the Autumn Horses In Training Sale. I'm A Gambler (Ire) (No Nay Never), a typical…

Buyers from Australia, America and the Middle East were hard to beat for the top lots at Tattersalls on Tuesday, the second day of the Autumn Horses in Training Sale. California is calling for I'm A Gambler, who was sold out of Mark and Charlie Johnston's yard for 850000gns, making him the third-most expensive ever horse sold at this auction. The…

In her Platinum Jubilee Year, the Queen's odds-on favourite Reach For The Moon was beaten by Claymore in the Hampton Court Stakes. Dettori was also a runner-up on Saga, as Thesis won the Britannia Stakes. And he had a nightmare passage as Stradivarius was denied a record-equalling fourth Gold Cup. The 13-8 favourite Kyprios, ridden by Ryan Moore…

The cream of the flat racing crop assembles at The Curragh and Leopardstown over the course of the weekend for Longines Irish Champions Weekend. As Aidan O'Brien said: " It's an unbelievable two days' racing, we're very lucky to have it, and we want to run as many as we can." O' Brien will run plenty judging by the five-day declarations. The…

The Kimpton handler annexed both divisions of the Byerley Stud British EBF Novice Stakes with Bluestocking, a daughter of Camelot, landing the first, before If Not Now, a son of Iffraaj, led home stablemate Rebel Red in the second division. Just for good measure Remarquee showed a good turn of foot to take the first division of the seven-furlong…

Frankie Dettori: will ride for Aidan O'Brien in the 2000 Guineas Frankie Dettori has revealed he will ride for Aidan O'Brien in the rescheduled Qipco 2000 Guineas (3.35) at Newmarket on Saturday. There were 15 entries for the first Classic of the season and O'Brien, who has won the last two runnings, has put forward four runners, including Coventry…

KING CHARLES saw his first royal runner get turned over at short odds as Educator flopped at Salisbury. The William Haggas-trained three-year-old colt looked to be travelling OK for jockey Tom Marquand in the 1m2f contest. But there was no turn of foot when Marquand, husband of fellow rider Hollie Doyle, asked for more on the 11-10 shot. He…

Thursday's racing tips feature selections from Warwick, Chelmsford and Salisbury. talkSPORT have gone through the race cards and form so you don't have to, with betting tips across all the racing from the UK & Ireland. Heavy odds-on price but still worth following in given his form in match-ups of this calibre. Was slightly better odds this morning…

There's a couple of Group 2s on the ITV4 schedule on Friday afternoon; the seven furlong Dubai Rockfel Stakes (1500) and the Dubai Joel Stakes (1535), plus with the Group 3 Dubai Stakes (1425) and four other strong races it's going to be another busy day. Don't forget, you can get all the latest racecards and results from both racecourse by using…

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…

JAPAN should bid his rivals "sayonara" in the Group 1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes (3.00) at Royal Ascot today. Although beaten half a length and a nose behind stablemate Anthony Van Dyck in the Derby at Epsom last June, the Aidan O'Brien colt made great strides in the second half of the summer. Having routed his opponents in the King Edward VII Stakes…

Three-year-olds have won six of the past seven editions of the Chasemore Farm Fortune Stakes (3.35pm) at Sandown so finding the winner of the 2022 renewal should be fairly straightforward given only one of the seven runners is of that age. Not so fast. Bayside Boy, representing two-time St Leger-winning trainer Roger Varian, isn't sporting…

Wesley Ward: has had ten Royal Ascot winners US trainer Wesley Ward has been a prominent figure at Royal Ascot in recent years and although he's a notable absentee this week, he has still managed to send over a seven-strong team to help add an international flavour to the meeting. Ward has his first runners in the Windsor Castle Stakes (4.10)…

2022-08-10Thursday's Salisbury best bets and racing tips: Faattik to open account It's Tattersalls Sovereign Stakes at Salisbury and it's going to be another hot one, you'll need some shade to see our red-hot tips. You can get all the latest racecards and results from Salisbury by using the Planet Sport live centre, but first here's a quick list of…

The Sovereign Stakes (16:15) at Salisbury on Thursday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. Only four runners are set to go to post in the Group 3 Sovereign Stakes (16:15), the highlight of Salisbury's season, but the quartet are all smart operators with realistic…

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…