#Sean Levey

Sky Sports Racing presenter and London & The South manager Matt Chapman is back with the first of his Racing League blogs ahead of Thursday's opener at Doncaster. Jamie Osborne is doing his best to rattle my cage - but I won't let him! Racing League 2022 gets under way at Doncaster on Thursday, live on Sky Sports Racing, and I'm ready as Team…

Silent Escape (red cap) and Oisin Murphy power away from D'Bai (white cap) and the William Buick-ridden Al Suhail (blue cap) for a Godolphin 1-2-3 Oisin Murphy had to sit and suffer through suspension as William Buick banged in a treble at Yarmouth on Thursday, but the champion jockey made amends by riding a 70-1 treble of his own here to reinstate…

It is not only the England football team who are bidding to bridge a long gap between top-level triumphs at a venue. Leading owner and breeder Jeff Smith may have won countless big prizes in the past four decades, but he has not landed one of the Group 1 prizes at the Newmarket July Festival since the brilliant Chief Singer saw off all the best…

Left handed, flat. In essence, York is a very fair track, ideal for the long-striding galloper. In recent seasons, the field tends to come more down the centre of the track than has historically been the case, particularly if conditions are testing. The track was made into a circuit in 2005 and offers a straight five furlong/six furlong track, on…

Baaeed: red-hot favourite takes on five rivals in Sunday's Prix du Moulin at Longchamp Baaeed is set to face five rivals in Sunday's Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (2.48) after Poetic Flare was not declared for the Group 1 contest. The St James's Palace Stakes winner was one of two runners taken out of the race along with Coeursamba, who took Group 1…

Good Morning Bloodstock is Martin Stevens' daily morning email and presented online as a sample. Here he reflects on the sudden and way too premature death of the Classic heroine Billesdon Brook, who leaves behind just the one foal - All you need do is click on the link above, sign up and then read at your leisure each weekday morning from…

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…

Racegoers arrive in the rain at Epsom on Oaks day Persistent rain at Epsom has prompted a going change following the first race of the two-day Cazoo Derby festival, with conditions now described as good to soft (from good, good to firm in places). Up to 4.8mm of rain fell before midday and it continued to pour as the opening contest, won by the…

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…

Gavin Beech has returned for more, and we've secured his best bets for day four of Royal Ascot. Be sure to check out the latest as we look ahead to a big day of action on Friday below. 1pt each-way Go Bears Go - best odds 9/1 withWilliam Hill On what looks a tough card for punters, Walbank stands out (along with Reach For The Moon later on) as a…

THE Racing League returns for week two after a blockbuster first night of action at Doncaster. Sean Levey stole the show as London and The South under the expert stewardship of Sun Racing columnist Matt Chapman raced into a commanding lead. But it's all to play for at Lingfield on Thursday. Punters are treated to some decent fields - and Templegate…

There were plenty of high spots to look back on over the two afternoon jumps cards. Brian Hughes may want to shun the limelight but there's no doubting he grabbed it at Carlisle, partnering four winners, three of which were for his main supplier, Donald McCain. There was Scottish success there too for Maid O'Malley for the Stuart and Sam Coltherd…

The Amo Racing silks will be spotted plenty over the course of Royal Ascot - but connections feel their best chance of the week comes in Tuesday's Coventry Stakes with Persian Force. Winner of the Brocklesby Stakes by almost five lengths at Doncaster on the opening day of the season, the Richard Hannon-trained colt has only run once more…

Racing TV's Tom Bull provides his verdict on the 15 contenders in Saturday's QIPCO 2000 Guineas plus predicts the 1-2-3 for the first Classic of the season, live on Racing TV. By Tom Bull A winter of expectation and anticipation comes to an end with the arrival of the first Classic of the season on Saturday, the QIPCO 2000 Guineas. The pendulum of…

Happy Romance and Sean Levey (near) win the 2021 Hackwood Stakes Since the establishment of British Champions Day, the Hackwood Stakes has forged a close link with the big end-of-season meeting. The Diadem became the Champions Sprint in 2011, and since then four of its 11 winners had run in the same season's Hackwood. Two did the double, Deacon…

Mother Earth winning the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Top honours in the three-year-old fillies' mile division will be up for grabs as Guineas winners Mother Earth and Empress Josephine face off in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot on Friday. Ryan Moore will partner Qipco 1000 Guineas winner Mother Earth with Seamie Heffernan continuing his…

The 1000 Guineas is the first fillies' Classic of the season and is run over a mile on Newmarket's Rowley Mile course. The race is sponsored by Qipco and is exclusive to three-year-olds. Aidan O'Brien has trained two of the last three winners of the 1000 Guineas courtesy of top-class fillies Winter and Minding, and Billesdon Brook sprung a 66-1…

THE queen of the Racing League is hoping to crown a memorable year in today's Cesarewitch. Saffie Osborne rides the well-fancied Gibraltar for Willie Mullins - just weeks after her dramatic £25000 Racing League victory. She rode a stunning 6539-1 treble on the final night at Newcastle to overhaul Sean Levey in the jockey standings, scooping a…

Nostrum: heads seven declarations for the Dewhurst Stakes Impressive Tattersalls Stakes winner Nostrum will bid to maintain his unbeaten record on Saturday when he lines up against six rivals in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained two-year-old was promoted to favouritism for the Newmarket contest after Sakheer was ruled out…

This assignment - in the penultimate Lee Thomas Christy Handicap over a mile and six furlongs - is certainly a world away from his previous run, when ninth behind Epatante in the 2020 Unibet Champion Hurdle, and he was a strongly-fancied favourite off an official mark of 69. Nicky Henderson's charge was certainly made to work, however, and it took…

Cheltenham Festival winner Pentland Hills returns from a lengthy lay-off at Haydock this afternoon. The 2019 Triumph Hurdle hero has not been seen on track since flopping in the following year's Champion Hurdle, with injury problems plaguing his career. But 927 days after his last appearance, Pentland Hills has been declared for the Class 5 Lee…

The Cesarewitch course is two and a half miles long, with a single right-handed turn at halfway, creating a ten-furlong straight course, the longest in the country. A wide, galloping track with an uphill finish that is ideal for the big, long-striding horse, except for the descent into the Dip where those types can become unbalanced. Ability to see…

Doncaster's St Leger Festival kicks off in style on Wednesday with the Group Three Sceptre Stakes and the must-watch Leger Legends charity race, all live on Sky Sports Racing. The first of nine Group contests to look forward to during St Leger week on Town Moor, the Group Three Japan Racing Association Sceptre Fillies' Stakes (3.35) offers a…

The 2022 Racing League pitches up at picturesque Windsor on Thursday evening for the fourth of six rounds in this year's competition. The famous figure-of-eight course stages a seven-race offering from 4.30-7.30pm and the ITV Racing cameras will again be there to capture every moment. Our expert has selections for all of Thursday's Racing League…

TEMPLEGATE takes on a very busy Thursday of racing confident of banging in a few winners. There's lots of action around the country - with the highlight being week two of the Racing League. Read on for our man's top tips and back a horse by clicking their odds below. Don't forget to check out his complete punting guide to the Racing League at…

It's week two of the Racing League and the ITV Racing cameras will be at Lingfield Park on Thursday to capture all the action. Sean Levey took the riding plaudits on the opening night of the second edition of the Racing League, bagging a treble at Doncaster for team captain Matt Chapman's table-topping London and The South team, who had four…

THE Racing League returns for week two after a blockbuster first night of action at Doncaster. Sean Levey stole the show as London and The South under the expert stewardship of Sun Racing columnist Matt Chapman raced into a commanding lead. But it's all to play for at Lingfield on Thursday. Punters are treated to some decent fields - and Templegate…

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…