#Zetland 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…

Graham Dench runs the rule over the three-year-olds currently taking high rank in calculations for the Cazoo-sponsored Derby, Europe's most prestigious Classic at Epsom on Saturday June 3, 2023. GB: Like it or not, there is an ever increasing trend for winners of the Derby to come from just a handful of what might be termed'super stables', and if…

Newmarket hosts racing from Thursday to Saturday. Our top tipster has a 9-4 Nap for day one of the fixture at the sport's Flat HQ, featuring the Group 3 Tattersalls Stakes Max Vega earns Newsboy's Nap vote on Thursday MAX VEGA has the power to deliver in the Jockey Club Rose Bowl Stakes (3.20) at Newmarket. Favourite for the Listed contest on day…

Finding a superlative to describe the year which Charlie Appleby has enjoyed is a relatively easy task, but for those of his training colleagues with aspirations of toppling his team in 2023 they face what looks set to be a challenge of epic proportions. Having raised the bar following a stellar 2021 season, the Newmarket handler once again took…

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…

I might have cut my racing-interest teeth over jumps, or more particularly the point-to-point field, but I can't say the two-day jumps season opener at Chepstow (or three-day if you include Ffos Las) left me looking forward to the remainder of the season with any greater anticipation that I had before and judging by the relatively lukewarm…

Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 9:24 am |Back to: Europe, Flying Honours | Racingfotos.com By Flying Honours, who was 2-7 when caught out by a sprint finish last time, had placed himself among the key 2023 Derby prospects previously when beating the subsequent Haynes, Hanson & Clark winner Stormbuster (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) by 5 1/2 lengths in…

You sense Andrew Balding is enjoying his first season training for Juddmonte. Wearing the pink and green team colours with his shirt and tie combo, the Kingsclere handler beamed in the Newmarket winners' enclosure after Chaldean fought hard to land his trainer a first Dewhurst. The son of Frankel is one of five Juddmonte horses to be sent out onto…

Chaldean: winner of the Dewhurst Stakes Chaldean and Frankie Dettori battled to a thrilling victory to deliver a first success in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes for Andrew Balding. Despite missing the kick at the gates, the two-year-old quickly took up the running and held off late challenges from Royal Scotsman and favourite Nostrum to score by a…

Charlie Appleby views Flying Honours as a potential Derby candidate for next season after bouncing back to winning ways in the Godolphin Flying Start Zetland Stakes at Newmarket. So impressive in winning at Sandown and Salisbury during the summer, the Sea The Stars colt was widely expected to complete his hat-trick in the Group Two Royal Lodge…

All times BST, please refresh for updates 1046: Nostrum, along with Isaac Shelby, is the least experienced runner in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes and it's possible that it could prove to be undoing stepping up to contest this competitive Group One. However, there's no hiding from the impression that he's made in winning his maiden at Sandown and the…

It is day two of the Dubai Future Champions Festival at Newmarket, which features the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes. We have selections for all six Placepot races, including the leading two-year-old contest at 3.00pm. Newmarket Tote Placepot predictions - Saturday picks The Tote is the home of the Placepot and new customers can place their first £5 bet…

He was beaten at 2/7 in the Royal Lodge here has time but FLYING HONOURS was completely unsuited by how that race developed. He returns to the Rowley Mile for the Zetland Stakes and has at least seven pounds in hand of his nearest rival, while he also has a Timeform'small p', indicating potential improvement. The race developed into a sprint last…

Alflaila bids to put the seal on an excellent week for trainer Owen Burrows with victory in the Masar Darley Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. The Lambourn handler was in Paris last weekend to see his progressive four-year-old Anmaat make it three from three for the season in the Group Two Qatar Prix Dollar. Seven days on, fellow Shadwell-owned…

Nate The Great proved too strong for hot favourite Thunderous in the Jockey Club Rose Bowl Stakes. Although without a victory since landing the rescheduled Dante Stakes at July in 2020, Thunderous has run some excellent races in defeat this season - most notably pushing Stradivarius close in the Yorkshire Cup in May. As the highest-rated runner in…