#Summer Mile

Sceptical: Denis Hogan-trained sprinter weak in the July Cup market on Saturday morning The Darley July Cup (3.35) at Newmarket is a rare omission from Frankie Dettori's glittering CV and the star jockey will bid to set the record straight aboard Sceptical, who is weak in the market for the day's feature race at a general 9-2. The leading rider,…

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Ascot plays host to a fascinating feature on Saturday, featuring the classy Chindit as well as a runner for Her Majesty The Queen. A field of seven go forward for the Group Two Summer Mile Stakes, live on Sky Sports Racing (3.35pm), in what promises to be an open contest. Run on the round mile, the race represents a different test to the Queen Anne…

Kameko (Timeform weight-adjusted rating: 135) Kameko developed into one of the best two-year-olds around last season, notably winning the Futurity Trophy at Newcastle on his final start. He progressed further after seven months off when winning the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket in June, briefly having to wait for a gap but staying on strongly once in…

Stradivarius pulled off a dramatic piece of racing history with a memorable performance to win his fourth successive Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup - and is now set to be trained for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Sent off the 4-7 favourite, John Gosden's brilliant stayer faced a major challenge on paper from the Royal Ascot and Irish Derby winner Santiago…

That's it for the day from Goodwood. We hope you've had a good afternoon and enjoyed the Sussex Stakes, it certainly lived up to the hype. Do join us again tomorrow when we'll be back here hunting for winners once again. Following the Sussex Stakes, William Buick reported that Vatican City, unplaced, was struck into; the Veterinary Officer reported…

Royal Aclaim has the Nunthorpe Stakes at York in its sights after winning the John Smith's City Walls Stakes in the hands of Andrea Atzeni Royal Aclaim rocketed to the top of the betting for the Nunthorpe Stakes at York next month after taking the John Smith's City Walls Stakes at the Knavesmire. The unbeaten daughter of Aclaim came home an…

Jim Bolger is not fretting about the opposition, the ground or the 43 days in which Poetic Flare has been absent from racecourse action as he looks forward to unleashing his outstanding miler in the Qatar Sussex Stakes. Victory for Poetic Flare would give Bolger a first success in Glorious Goodwood's signature prize and also complete a huge treble…

Spare a thought for us northerners. The summer heatwave isn't something to celebrate when you're a Yorkshire girl living down south, it's something to tolerate and find shelter from, as you wistfully look at the sweaters neatly folded in drawers and wonder how long it will be before you can get your big coat back out. It's not all bad, though, the…

Huetor will make his comeback in the Group 2 $2m The Ingham while connections of Nugget and Dajraan are sweating on a start in the rich Royal Randwick mile next Saturday. The Ingham, formerly known as the Villiers Stakes, is likely to attract a very strong field requiring a rating close to 100 at least to be guaranteed a start. This leaves boom…

WHAT do you get when you cross a Queen Anne winner, a July Cup cracker, two Breeders' Cup heroes, a Summer Mile star and a Group 1 juvenile? The answer is a Sussex Stakes thriller. But even with all that talent on show, BAAEED is an unbackable red-hot favourite to romp home. The William Haggas runner is still the world's top-rated racehorse,…

Sky Sports Racing's Alex Hammond looks ahead to the start of the Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival, featuring a red-hot card at Ripon on Saturday. Spare a thought for us northerners. The summer heatwave isn't something to celebrate when you're a Yorkshire girl living down south, it's something to tolerate and find shelter from, as you…

Chindit: chased home Baaeed on his last two starts The favourite has delivered in each of the past nine runnings of the Summer Mile but this year's race is wide open with at least five plausible winners. It is no forgone conclusion that early market leader Chindit will make it a perfect ten, and it is not fanciful to suggest there may be a new…

The Sussex Stakes is the first chance for the season's three-year-old milers to take on their older counterparts - and it often throws up a clash of the generations to savour. Hot favourite Poetic Flare has already triumphed in the 2000 Guineas and the St James's Palace Stakes this season. Scroll down to find out why we're taking him on and who…

There are eight live races on terrestrial television this Saturday afternoon, with action from Beverley, Goodwood and Newmarket. The ITV Racing team are on air from 1.10pm to 4pm on the main channel and our expert provides selections to accompany all the action. John Hill has recommendations for all eight races on Saturday. You can read the…

Kameko: seeks to bounce back from Derby disappointment in the Sussex Stakes The Sussex Stakes (3.15) has all the ingredients to be one of the races of the season, as Guineas winners Kameko and Siskin clash with classy four-year-old Mohaather over Goodwood's sharp mile track. Irish 2000 Guineas winner Siskin, trained by Ger Lyons, is unbeaten in…

After being placed in the bet365 Mile at Sandown, the Diomed Stakes at Epsom and the Summer Mile at Ascot, Mutasaabeq was a hot favourite to get back on the winning trail in last month's Celebration Mile, but could only finish fourth. While on the face of it his Goodwood performance was disappointing, the winner Jadoomi has since followed up in the…

No horse since Frankel in 2012 has earned a higher rating on turf than the figure of 137 awarded to Baaeed for his outstanding display in the 2022 Juddmonte International at York. Baaeed was a stunning six-and-a-half-length winner of the Knavesmire Group 1 on his first crack at a trip beyond a mile, taking his record to a perfect ten. He had…

Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 10:02 am |Back to: Europe, Polly Pott | Racingfotos.com By There was a surprise in store in Thursday's G2 Cazoo May Hill S. at Doncaster as The Megsons' 21000gns Book 2 bargain Polly Pott (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) registered a 40-1 success for the soon-to-be-retired Harry Dunlop. In an outcome almost scripted by the racing…

2022-08-26Saturday ITV Racing Tips: Best bets for Beverley, Goodwood and Newmarket A bumper day of action this Saturday for the cameras to feast upon, including two listed races. First a quick list of our selections, plus the reasons behind our highlighted picks further down the page. You can check out the race cards with one click - Planet Sport's…

The door to the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe may not have swung wide-open for Baaeed - but it's at least now ajar with the ParisLongchamp showpiece under consideration for the latest Shadwell superstar. Hamdan Al Maktoum never won the great race during his remarkable ownership career, Sakhee having switched to Godolphin before his triumph in…