#Stuart Williams

Roger Varian: trainer of Lord Paramount Stuart Williams' lean 2022 has belatedly started to right itself since the beginning of the all-weather season. Between the last meeting of the turf season on November 5 and the end of afternoon racing on Friday, Williams sent out 32 runners and nine of them won. That is the more winners than he trained…

Antony Brittain might not be on a lot of trainer-to-follow shortlists, but, after a quiet start when taking over the reigns at Northgate Lodge, Brittain has really started to find his feet of late, notching up 28 winners in 2019. The way the yard started 2020 was nothing short of extraordinary, with Brittain having chalked up 17 winners before…

Harrow: Highclere colt ran in select company as a juvenile Highclere Thoroughbreds have yet to have a loser in 2022 and there is every chance the run could continue with Harrow, who has been rerouted here after missing the cut for last weekend's Saudi Derby. He mixed it with some of the best as a juvenile, winning three times and finishing third to…

Thursday's racing comes from Wolverhampton (12.45-3.45pm), Ffos Las (1.00-4.00) and Chelmsford (5.30-8.30) - the all-weather flat cards sandwiching the jumps fare at the Welsh venue. Thursday's nap is a Donald McCain runner who can improve on a moderate showing on his seasonal reappearance when he lines up at Ffos Las. Enda McElhinney's picks for…

Ed de Giles: will appeal a result which was overturned at Chepstow on Friday Connections of Fitzrovia have decided to appeal against the decision of Chepstow stewards to reverse the placings in the track's opening race on Friday, having ruled that first-past-the-post Fitzrovia had intimidated Greg The Great on the way to scoring by a…

Newsboy's nap selection on Sunday is Ford Madox Brown at Chelmsford. Other tips come for Pontefract and Uttoxeter FORD MADOX BROWN (nap) is expected to give his rivals the brush off in the concluding Ministry Of Sound Disco 20th August Handicap (4.30) at Chelmsford City on Sunday. Stuart Williams' son of Oasis Dream bounced back to form with a…

1pt win Perfect Symphony in 1.50 Lingfield at 11/2 (ABANDONED) 1pt win Maybe Tonight in 3.15 Chelmsford at 14/1 (bet365, 12/1 General) Three races from Chelmsford bulk up the ITV4 coverage and EAGLE EYED FREDDIE's consistency could be finally rewarded in the Betfred Merry Christmas Handicap. Mick Appleby's son of Gleneagles turned a corner with the…

Clock watchers couldn't fail to notice the lightning fast sectionals the Kodiac filly out of Yajala recorded during her two-furlong workout on Monday, and the well-related youngster duly drew a final bid of 460000gns on day two of the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale. Jake Warren, stationed on the back stairs, tried hard to land the sought after…

Stuart Williams: Arbaawi a well-backed winner at Southwell for the Newmarket trainer Friday: Southwell Just 16 days after Huberts Dream landed a gamble for Stuart Williams, Arbaawi justified similar late support for the Newmarket trainer when making a winning handicap debut in the 6f nursery. Beaten by a combined 40 lengths in his maiden and…

Here's a quick bit of detail on our key selections for Friday's action, you can find a full list of tips for every race across all the tracks at the bottom of the page. Don't forget to check out the racecards, results and live odds in the Planet Sport racing live centre. It would appear the assessor has given high-class sprinter Moss Gill a serious…

Known as one of the hardest working jockeys in the weighing room, Morris was ridden over 100 winners a year since 2011 and was notching up number 94 for 2022 in the Spreadex Sports Get £50 In Bonuses Handicap. Although yet to reach the century this term, it is fitting that winner number 2000 for the career has come in the season Morris has enjoyed…

Known as one of the hardest working jockeys in the weighing room, Morris was ridden over 100 winners a year since 2011 and was notching up number 94 for 2022 in the Spreadex Sports Get £50 In Bonuses Handicap. Although yet to reach the century this term, it is fitting that winner number 2000 for the career has come in the season Morris has enjoyed…

Huberts Dream: ran out a comfortable winner at Lingfield under Richard Kingscote Wednesday: Lingfield A decisive win on Huberts Dream ushered the end of the British Flat year for Derby winning jockey Richard Kingscote, who revealed plans to race in the States at the start of next year. Kingscote claimed back-to-back success with the Stuart…

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…

There's no denying the quality in this year's Lowther with three of the top five highest-rated juvenile fillies set to face off over the straight six furlongs on the Knavesmire. Sandrine tops the list with an official rating of 109 after a hat-trick of successes, which include decisive victories in the Duchess of Cambridge at Newmarket and Albany…

For details of advised bookmakers and each-way terms, visit our transparent tipping record If there's a new sprinting superstar in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes on the final day of Royal Ascot, it's probably Sceptical, the £2800 Godolphin cast-off who has rocketed himself to favouritism for this Group One following three wins this year after only…

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…

Here's what you might have missed overnight at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England. France were once again a class above, stunning Scotland 80-15 on Tuesday (AEDT) to secure their place in the finals. Nicolas Clausells finished with a personal haul of 30 points, thanks to four tries and seven conversions, while Guillaume Mautz, Yann Verdi,…

Henry Candy: hoping Twilight Calls could be the latest in a long line of top-class sprinters The Palace House Stakes has been the seasonal starting point for plenty of Group 1 winners in recent years and usually attracts a calibre of sprinter you would expect to see in the King's Stand at Royal Ascot in the early summer. Mayson, Sole Power,…

Matilda Picotte: finished third in the Lowther Stakes at York in August Smart Irish filly Matilda Picotte makes the journey over to Britain for trainer Kieran Cotter in this Listed event and she is one of the more interesting contenders in a ten-strong line-up. She finished third in the Group 2 Lowther Stakes at York last time and that race has…

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…

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…