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Newsboy has napped Dan Skelton's Protektorat in the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham races. The horse is part-owned by Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson PROTEKTORAT is fancied to make light of top weight in the Paddy Power Gold Cup (2.15) at Cheltenham this afternoon. Jumps fans are in for a treat as the two-and-a-half-mile test, viewed…

Theotherside, 8-1 at the time of the writing, is Newsboy's Nap for the racing fixtures on Wednesday, July 20. As temperatures cool, a full programme takes place Habanero Star (pictured second left) is tipped to win at Lingfield THEOTHERSIDE is fancied to find the winning groove in Southwell's Follow @attheraces On Handicap (4.05). This track is a…

It might sometimes be difficult to believe with the same stables dominating, but fairytales do still exist on the Flat and the story of Pyledriver is proof. Owners Guy and Hew Edwards had limited success in syndicates before purchasing La Pyle to race over hurdles. She beat just five horses home in her five starts for Philip Hobbs before she was…

Derby Day. A carnival of colour. Punters, picnics and pomp. Double-deckers lining the rails. More than 100000 people splayed across the downs. This time it's different. No spectators or dress code. Three miles of fencing, twice the distance of the big race itself, circling the course to keep people out. The 2020 Derby at Epsom is the Covid-19…

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…

Charlie and Mark Johnston: provide likely favourite Capital Theory The big freeze hasn't been great news for some of the big name trainers, but it has given some of the lower-profile yards a chance to have their day in the limelight and James Evans will be hoping Masqool can propel him into the headlines. Evans has saddled 14 runners on Lingfield's…

A fascinating renewal of the 241st £500000 Investec Derby with 16 runners going to post for the 12-furlong event. The market is headed at 9/4 by the Ed Walker-trained English King. The three-year-old has the services of Frankie Dettori, a dual winner of the famous Classic and was a very impressive winner of the Lingfield Derby Trial, a contest won…

Not even a pixel could separate Lord North and Panthalassa as the Group 1 Dubai Turf was shared after the stewards pored over a photograph for what was an agonising amount of time. The John and Thady Gosden-trained Lord North strolled to a three-length success in the race last season but needed to fight with every sinew as Frankie Dettori delivered…

History tells you it takes a three-year-old of rare constitution and quality to run in the Derby and Irish Derby before tackling the older generation in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes. Only truly exceptional talents - Troy and Shergar in 1979 and 1981, followed by Generous a decade later and Galileo in 2001 - have been able to…

The busy All-Weather season continues at Lingfield on Wednesday with a huge nine-race card, all live on Sky Sports Racing from 11.25am. The feature on Lingfield's action-packed afternoon looks very competitive with Roger Varian's Greatgadian heading 10 classy operators in the BetUK's ACCA Club 5 Free Bet Handicap (2.25). The four-year-old, owned by…

Kameko: out to follow up his 2000 Guineas success Lightly raced and his form got a big boost in the Irish Derby. Outsiders from this yard have won before. Trainer: Aidan O'Brien Jockey: William Buick Draw: 5 Odds: 80-1 A beaten even-money favourite on reappearance this season but is held in the highest regard by his Classic-winning…

Messier wins Sunday's Bob Hope Stakes at Del Mar for trainer Bob Baffert. Benoit photo, courtesy of Del Mar Turf Club Nov. 15, 2021 Trainer Bob Baffert saddled the winners of both 2-year-old races at Del Mar, Bell's the One was a popular winner at Churchill Downs, while Mandate scored a big upset at Aqueduct in highlights of weekend horse…

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…

THE King George at Ascot on Saturday looks like being an unmissable blockbuster involving some of the world's top equine talent. Epsom Derby third and subsequent Irish Derby winner Westover heads the pack. But Emily Upjohn was a surprise addition to the line-up after the Oaks second was forced to miss last weekend's Irish Oaks due to a bird strike…

The five-year-old has been off the track since lowering the colours of some top-class opposition in Ascot's summer Group One, with a setback scuppering an intended run in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Attentions were then turned to either next month's Japan Cup or the Hong Kong Vase in December - a race in which he was a gallant second in 12…

A Lucky 15 consists of 15 bets: 4 singles, 6 doubles, 4 trebles, 1 four-fold. To place a multiple bet, select horses and options will appear in your betslip. An each-way Lucky 15, as advised below, is therefore 30 bets, and you will get a return of some kind if one horse places. Things went wrong for MANDOBI in the King George V Stakes at Royal…

Southwell takes centre stage on Sky Sports Racing on Wednesday and exciting young apprentice Connor Planas teams up with a George Boughey filly. Planas, 19, has been one of the breakthrough stars of 2022, scoring 17 times from 110 rides in his first season in the saddle and heads to Nottinghamshire for their six-race midweek card with three good…

IT'S been a glorious week for the purists at Goodwood with the three stellar Group 1 races mopped up by short priced favourites. But today punters can truly get stuck in to one of the most compelling betting puzzles of the season in the Coral Stewards' Cup. The six furlong dash is always compulsive viewing and is the feature as the ITV cameras once…

Staying on top of the key horse racing information is pivotal at this stage of the season, as connections begin to detail whether they will be targeting Breeders' Cup races in November. However, who are some of the key 2022 Breeders' Cup contenders that should be on the radar of all racing fans? Horse: Flightline Jockey: John Sadler It goes without…

Charyn followed up a debut win at Haydock with a close second at Newmarket when conceding 7lb to the winner but it's no surprise that David Egan has chosen stablemate SAKHEER. The progressive Haydock winner has an entry in the Middle Park and plenty of untapped potential. Rousing Encore has faced some stiff tasks since completing a double at…

Hukum winning the Coronation | PA Media By Shadwell's homebred 5-year-old entire Hukum (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}-Aghareed, by Kingmambo) struck four times at Group 3 level in 2020 and 2021 before annexing Meydan's Mar. 5 G2 Dubai City of Gold and went postward for his European return in Friday's G1 Dahlbury Coronation Cup at Epsom coming back off…

Frankie Dettori brings a dash of glamour to the Racing League on Thursday when the seven-team competition rolls into Lingfield for its second meeting. The three-time champion jockey makes his first appearance of the summer at the event after being persuaded to take part by Jamie Osborne. Dettori, who missed last week's opening meeting at Doncaster…

Wales and The West manager Jamie Osborne reveals his runners for week two of the Racing League at Lingfield Park on Thursday, live on Sky Sports Racing. Although the bragging rights on the opening night at Doncaster last week belonged to Matt Chapman's London & The South, my own team got off to a very satisfactory start with a third-place…