Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. SANDOWN Park hosts the Betway Summer Celebration meeting on Friday and Saturday which features the Group 3 Betway Solario Stakes and Group 3 Atalanta Stakes. The seven-furlong Solario Stakes has an impressive roll call of winners having been won by subsequent Investec…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. EXPERT EYE is fancied to justify his place at the head of the betting by landing the £500,000 Darley Dewhurst Stakes on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket on Saturday. The unbeaten son of Acclamation bids to extend his winning sequence to three in…
By Simon Jackson. Sir Michael Stoute is set to run Ulysses and Across The Stars in the Investec Derby at Epsom on June 4 as he bids to win the World’s most important horse race for the sixth time. The Newmarket handler has an exemplary record in the Derby, winning with Shergar (1981), Shahrastani (1986), Kris…
By Simon Jackson. Crystal Zvezda is challenging Legatissimo’s position at the top of the market for the Investec Oaks as 11 runners were confirmed for the Group 1 Classic at Epsom on Friday. Legatissimo has been a clear favourite for the Oaks since winning the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 3 but is…
By Simon Jackson. Telescope is focussed on a lucrative double at Ascot as connections eye the Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes and the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Telescope bagged his fifth career success when winning the £100,000 Listed Al Rayyan Stakes by six lengths under Ryan Moore at Newbury on Saturday.…
By Simon Jackson. Sir Michael Stoute has confirmed that Integral is an intended runner in the £1million Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on British Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday. The four-year-old has been in superb form this season; winning a brace of Group 1s and a Group 2 and has yet to finish out of…
By Simon Jackson. The Queen’s racehorse and 2013 Ascot Gold Cup winner Estimate secured her first win in 14 months when she landed the Group 2 Socialites Electric Cigarettes Doncaster Cup this afternoon. The one and a quarter length success under Ryan Moore was the Sir Michael Stoute-trained five-year-old’s first since her memorable success at…
By Simon Jackson. Sir Michael Stoute could be represented by Snow Sky and Kings Fete in the Ladbrokes St Leger, following news that the Khalid Abdullah-owned pair are amongst the 21 remaining entries. Snow Sky first flagged his credentials when landing the Listed Derby Trial Stakes at Lingfield in May. His three starts since then…
By Simon Jackson. Sir Michael Stoute has said that suitable ground is the key for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes favourite Telescope, who tackles Group 1 company for the first time at Ascot on Saturday. The son of Galileo was prominent in the betting for the 2013 Investec Derby but missed the race…
By Simon Jackson. The Queen’s 2013 Royal Ascot Gold Cup winner Estimate has tested positive to the banned substance morphine. The Queen’s racing and bloodstock advisor, John Warren, has said that the early indications indicate that the positive test may have been caused by eating contaminated feed. “On Thursday July 17 the British Horseracing Authority…
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