#Spring Cup

Geronimo looks a good shout to win the Coral Scottish Grand National (3.35pm) at Ayr on Saturday afternoon. After last week's historic events with Tiger Roll's second victory in the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, Ayr hosts another of the spring's long-distance handicaps. It looks as competitive as last week's action at Aintree,…

Akuta (Bettor's Delight), the reigning New Zealand two-year-old of the year, and his co-trainer Mark Purdon made a big statement when taking out the time-honoured Hannon Memorial on Sunday afternoon (Sep. 18) in Oamaru. While the 2600m journey was a sedate affair (3:20.1) and the second slowest Hannon since 2005, the manner in which in Akuta was…

Harry Davies will be back aboard Shine So Bright at Newmarket on Saturday Harry Davies is deservedly garnering praise as a 7lb claimer to follow, but the market might be overestimating his influence as backing all of the rider's mounts this season blindly to £1 stakes has yielded a £8.61 loss. Shine So Bright provided the biggest victory of…

2022-05-19Top five Lockinge Stakes winners of the 21st Century including Frankel, Ribchester and more The Lockinge, a wonderful spectacle at just about the fairest track in the land, Newbury. Who couldn't love a race down that has delivered some of the greats of the past couple of decades, and perhaps the greatest of them all. The race was…

Who will rise to the challenge at Ascot on Saturday? Andy Stephens shares his best bets and suggests potentially underestimated runners to keep in mind. 1.25 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) THE TIP: ELDAR ELDAROV at a general 5-2 No three-year-old has won this race since it was first run in 2011 but that masks the fact that…

Still with the maidens, but an open affair sneaking up a further furlong in distance. Improving provincial filly 13. Leipzig progressed nicely into her third-up run, missing by a nose chasing home a talented winner on a bog track at Scone. Again drawn to get to the outside, and looks well treated here under the set weights scale, coming through…

Friday night (23 Sep.) harness racing heads to Alexandra Park where the first Group One of the Spring will headline a fantastic 11-race programme. While Caduceus Club Classic and Spring Cup will draw most of the attention on the night, there is also the first North Island heat of the iconic Nevele R Fillies Series along with the 24 running of the…

Nothing does this punter's head in more than trying to predict where the field will go in the major straight-course races.

Perfect Power: Greenham Stakes favourite Perfect Power is expected to further enhance his Classic claims with the Richard Fahey-trained runner cut to 6-4 (from 7-4) for the Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (3.00). The ground at Newbury is good for the Group 3 event which has been won by Frankel, Kingman and Mohaather in recent years…