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Godolphin had a memorable week at Royal Ascot but sights are set on Gowran Park on Sunday where Willie McCreery looks to hold their best hope of a winner...
It has been an attritional week for punters at Royal Ascot but Aidan O’Brien came to the rescue somewhat yesterday with two star three-year-olds in Caravaggio and Winter...
Aidan O’Brien notched up his 300th Group 1 winner at Royal Ascot this week but not everything has gone according to plan for the master at Ballydoyle. Things might fall into place a bit more for the Irish champion trainer on Friday. ..
Hopes of a record breaking haul of Irish-trained winners at Royal Ascot are probably slim now but the raiding party have a number of strong chances on day three at summer’s major flat meeting. ..
With Ribchester and Barney Roy landing the spoils on Day One of Royal Ascot it was certainly a massive day for the boys in blue and Sheikh Mohammed could well be watching on as the Godolphin team take the big race on day two also. ..
Royal Ascot will begin with an odds on favourite on Tuesday as Ribchester tackles the Queen Anne Stakes but the star of the show will run later in the afternoon as a dual Classic winner looks to stamp his authority on the three-year-old division. ..
The Ruby Walsh double at Downpatrick didn’t click on Saturday but those having a bet at the Northern Ireland track on Sunday will hopefully benefit from the first and last race double...
It's the calm before the storm this weekend ahead of Royal Ascot but there are a few interesting horses running on Saturday in a bid to fill the coffers ahead of the high class racing next week. ..
Irish Flat racing’s HQ poses another tricky prospect on Sunday and if this corner was to advise a bet for the day it would be a €5 patent (€35 total stake) on three horses that have small chances but would reward you to around €2,635 if it clicks or around €1,430 if you wanted to go each-way for the same stake. ..
The Curragh are back racing this weekend ahead of the mouth watering renewal of the Irish Derby later in the month but while there’s some trappy maiden races on the card today, there is a wide open two-mile handicap which will pay nicely if you can uncover the winner. ..