Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. GALILEO GOLD can benefit from recent rain in the south east to make a winning return in the £350,000 Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on Saturday. The valuable contest over the straight mile at the Berkshire track is Newbury’s biggest flat race…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. HUGO PALMER is going to take it “one race at a time” with Galileo Gold who is set to return in the £350,000 Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes, at Newbury on Saturday, May 20. Palmer landed the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and the…
By Simon Jackson at Royal Ascot. Galileo Gold’s immediate target is the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, trainer Hugo Palmer revealed after his stable star’s commanding victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes. The son of Paco Boy proved superior to his six rivals under a confident ride from Frankie Dettori to score by one and…
By Simon Jackson at Royal Ascot. Kevin Ryan intends to make a late decision on the participation of The Grey Gatsby in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes on Wednesday at Ascot, where the ground was eased to soft today. The going had been good to soft (soft in places on the round course) on Monday…
By Simon Jackson. Frankie Dettori anticipates a big run from the lightly-raced Architecture in the Investec Oaks at Epsom on June 3 after the filly worked well at Epsom last week. The Hugo Palmer-trained daughter of Zoffany exercised with stablemate Harry Champion over a mile on soft ground at Epsom Downs where she came through…
By Simon Jackson. Galileo Gold justified connections’ faith to land the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and provide local handler Hugo Palmer with his first British Classic victory. The son of Paco Boy raced close to the pace under the resurgent Frankie Dettori and stayed on well to score by one and a half lengths…
By Simon Jackson. The impressive manner of Baydar’s victory on a wet and windy day at Lingfield Park on Tuesday left connections dreaming of top targets next season. The Hugo Palmer-trained two-year-old was far too good for his rivals as he made all under Martin Harley to score by three and three quarter lengths in…
By Simon Jackson. French trainer Francois Doumen is confident Sea Calisi can reverse the Darley Yorkshire Oaks placings with favourite Covert Love in the QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. Covert Love and Sea Calisi finished second and third to Pleascach in the Yorkshire Oaks, with only two necks separating…
By Simon Jackson. Covert Love heads the market at 9-2 as 16 runners go forward for the QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes on Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday. The Darley Irish Oaks winner looks set to make a swift return to action after her tenacious victory in the Group 1 Prix de…
By Simon Jackson. Hugo Palmer is eyeing the Breeder’s Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita in November with Aktabantay after his narrow victory in the Group 3 Solario Stakes at Sandown Park. The short-head victory for Ryan Moore in the seven furlong contest was Palmer’s first Group-race success and the Newmarket trainer has high hopes…
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