#Temple Stakes

CHURCHILL made an eye-catching start to his stallion career, featuring among the leading freshmen sires of 2021 and supplying a double-digit tally of winners that included six blacktype earners; three won listed races. Ladies Church (dam by Rio De La Plata) landed the Marwell Stakes at Naas and finished third in the Group 3 Round Tower Stakes at…

Twenty years after Desert King gave Aidan O'Brien his first Classic win in the Irish 2000 Guineas, Churchill gave the trainer his 11th win in the race under Ryan Moore. Despite seeming to be uneasy on the rain-softened ground, the 4-9 favourite pulled two and a half lengths clear of Thunder Snow on Saturday. The son of Galileo joined fellow…

The glittering Royal Ascot festival began with three unmissable Group 1 races. Away from the racing, the Queen attended, together with Harry and Meghan - now known as Duke and Duchess of Sussex. They and the glamorous race-goers faced armed police and sniffer dogs amid heightened security. It was a fantastic day of racing and there's more to come…

Tadhg Creedon explains why he has invested on two contenders, who are both in action at Newmarket on Saturday, for next year's 1000 and 2000 Guineas. By Tadhg Creedon As Group One action returns to Newmarket's Rowley Mile this week, so do some of the best juveniles in Europe, laying down their claims for possible Classic glory next season. The…

KING'S LYNN can win the Cazoo Temple Stakes (3.45pm) for The Queen at Haydock Park on Saturday afternoon. The Andrew Balding-trained five-year-old can go one better than at Chester last time to upset favourite Winter Power in the Group Two feature on Merseyside. And he can book his ticket to the King's Stand Stakes and bid to give Her Majesty…

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…

They're not wasting any time in giving the well-heeled racing fans at Royal Ascot the meet's main attraction. On Tuesday's first day of the 2022 Royal Ascot meet, those fans get Golden Pal vs. Nature Strip in the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes. Only the top North American turf sprinter against his Australian counterpart in a Breeders' Cup "Win and…

Royal Ascot's final day features a stunning field of 27 in the Group One Platinum Jubilee Stakes and Sky Sports Racing's Kieran O'Sullivan has cast his expert eye over every single one. Of all the top-class races at Ascot, the Platinum Jubilee Stakes (and perhaps the King's Stand) has become the most targeted race for international horses. Open to…

It's a huge week for racing fans and punters alike, with 35 races scheduled to take place across five days at Royal Ascot from Tuesday onwards, and we've picked out five horses that have major chances at reasonable odds. The meeting kicks off with arguably the banker of the entire week in Baaeed but you won't get rich backing a 1/4 chance and there…

Sky Sports Racing ambassador Hollie Doyle discusses her four rides on the opening day of Royal Ascot 2022 on Tuesday, including leading Coventry Stakes contender Bradsell. I have ridden Archie Watson's exciting juvenile Bradsell in all his work and there's no doubt he deserves to take his chance in the Coventry Stakes (3.05) on the opening day of…

Baaeed won't be defending his Queen Elizabeth II Stakes crown on Champions Day as he has been upped in trip after cleaning out the mile division. However, William Haggas and Shadwell could still have a leading contender for the QEII with Aldaary. Aldaary finished last season on the up, posting two very smart performances at Ascot to land the…

Wesley Ward is anticipating a "great race" as Lady Aurelia and Battaash do battle in Tuesday's feature race, the King's Stand Stakes. American-based horse Lady Aurelia is eyeing a Royal Ascot hat-trick, victorious in the King's 12 months ago and having also won the Queen Mary in 2016. But Battaash is the new kid on the block, looking to stake a…

The world's top-rated sprinter, Battaash, leads the Royal Ascot charge this week for Shadwell at the iconic meeting, headlining the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes on Tuesday, a race he won in 2020-one of a leading six victories for the powerhouse operation at last year's global spectacular. The famed blue and white silks of the late His Highness…

In South Africa, daughters of Querari (a son of Green Desert's champion sprinter son Oasis Dream) in the form of Maria Querol and Fleeting, ran first and second respectively in Saturday's Listed World Sports Betting Stormsvlei Stakes, while Green Desert sire sons and grandsons made their mark overseas on the same day. Oasis Dream made headlines in…

The Queen of England loves to have winners at Royal Ascot - it's her favourite horse racing fixture of the year, while with this being her Platinum Jubilee year, if Queen Elizabeth II does bag her 25th Royal Ascot winner this week, the roar might even be heard here in America! She's got several horses entred over the five-day meeting, so let's take…

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,…

The Queen: missed Derby meeting that formed part of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations The Queen was not part of the royal procession on day one of Royal Ascot 2022 on Tuesday. Racing's most famous owner-breeder, who missed the Derby meeting that formed part of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations this month, has long played a central role in racing's…

channel to stay up to date on the latest in marketing King Charles III's inheritance from the Queen saw him take charge of her vast team of racehorses and he's set to have his first runner carrying the royal colours since Queen Elizabeth's death this Thursday at Salisbury. horse racing betting sites and add more top bookmakers to your…

Twilight Calls, far side, is narrowly denied in the Temple Stakes Twilight Calls, among the leading fancies for next week's Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York, has been ruled out of the race by trainer Henry Candy. Best of the rest when second to runaway King's Stand Stakes winner Nature Strip at Royal Ascot in June, Twilight Calls…

The 2022 Nunthorpe Stakes betting market was shaken up on Tuesday with the news that Twilight Calls, who was the general third favourite in the ante-post market, will miss the big York sprint on Friday 19th August. Bookmakers reacted by hardening the James Tate-trained Royal Aclaim further at the head of the Nunthorpe betting market. horse racing…