#Pivotal Trigger

The 2022 Galway Races kicked off on Monday evening with seven races taking place at Ballybrit. The feature race on the opening day is the Connacht Hotel Handicap for amateur riders. And it proved 16th time lucky for Patrick Mullins as favourite Echoes In Rain ran out a gallant winner of the big one. Crowds are back to full capacity at the meeting…

There's nothing quite like the Galway Races and it would be fitting if Dermot Weld, the'King of Ballybrit', kicked things off in style today. oltor is back for more under Finian Maguire - who bids for a sensational hat-trick - in the Connacht Hotel Handicap having prevailed 12 months ago, but can he fend off a battalion from Willie Mullins? Let the…

BIG DAY FOR: Christophe Head entering the progressive filly Tigrais in this (against colts) rather than the Marcel Boussac hints she could be well above-average, and that she's got plenty of gears for this sort of test to boot. She's consigned her modest debut run at Chantilly in mid-July firmly to the past with subsequent wins at Deauville and…

The first Sunday of October in Paris always serves up a feast of Breeders' Cup clues. The pi èce de r ésistance, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1), is historically the key race for the Turf (G1), even long before the "Win and You're In" (WAYI) provision. Since we've covered the leading Arc contenders in the "10 storylines to know" feature, let's…

There's a feast of ITV Racing action on Saturday with eight live races from Newmarket, Haydock and the Curragh in a packed offering. The bet365 Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket is preceded by Group 1 action as the top two-year-olds in Britain and Ireland do battle the Cheveley Park Stakes and Middle Park Stakes. The broadcast is on ITV4 from…

A week after the Iroquois (G3) began the main Road to the 2023 Kentucky Derby, the European series begins this weekend. Two well-established juvenile features, one each in Ireland and England, begin the seven-race series. As was the case last year, the series includes four major juvenile turf races over a mile and then three contests on all-weather…