Hong Kong Racing Tips: Cheers to reach the Happy Valley Summit June 8, 2021 ANTICIPATE reigning champion jockey Zac Purton to put his injury woes behind him when he arrives at Happy Valley with a full book of rides on Wednesday. The Zac-Man hasn’t been firing on all cylinders over the past couple of months, with niggling injuries causing him as much mental pain as physical. Nevertheless, that hasn’t [...]
Duke could be Diomed in the rough June 4, 2021 BEFORE Frankie Dettori bids to ride his third Derby winner, DUKE OF HAZZARD could provide him with the perfect warmup in the Diomed Stakes (3:10pm). A bit like his rider, he’s a battle-hardened performer with plenty of experience, and on the pick of his form he should be bang there. The Oliver & Paul Cole-trained five-year-old is [...]
Sunday can make it a great Saturday June 4, 2021 IT WILL be a case of blink and you’ll miss it when it comes to the World Pool Dash (3.45pm) on Saturday. The 20-strong field will take less than a minute to surge down the five-furlong straight at Epsom and as usual, this year’s renewal is a fiercely competitive affair. Stone Of Destiny should go well, but it’s often hard [...]
Friday rain muddies Cazoo Derby picture June 4, 2021 IT WAS Jimmy Cliff who sang that he could ‘see clearly now the rain is gone’, but I’m afraid yesterday’s deluge at Epsom has only muddled the Cazoo Derby (4.30pm) picture for me. With the sun blazing and temperatures soaring at the beginning of the week, we were all set for a fast ground Derby [...]
Snowfall lights up rainy Epsom with astonishing Cazoo Oaks display June 4, 2021 RAINFALL was the word of the day at Epsom on Friday, that was until Snowfall obliterated her Cazoo Oaks rivals by a record 16 lengths to give Aidan O’Brien his ninth success in the race. O’Brien has now won both fillies’ Classics this season following Mother Earth’s win in the Qipco 1000 Guineas, with both [...]
Johnson’s runner a Dream of a bet June 3, 2021 The Oaks might be the highlight on Friday’s card at Epsom, but there’s plenty of other good action across the remainder, including the Cazoo Handicap (3.45pm). This is a typically competitive Epsom contest with plenty having solid claims, but the one I like the look of is DREAM WITH ME for last year’s winning trainer Mark Johnston. [...]
All Smiles on the Downs for De Sousa and Balding June 3, 2021 ANDREW Balding has a very good record at Epsom and his MYSTERY SMILES is fancied to land the Listed Play Coral ‘Racing-Super-Series’ For Free Surrey Stakes (5.10pm), the race that follows the Cazoo Oaks. The son of Mehmas won his first two starts as a juvenile last season before being placed in the Group Two Gimcrack Stakes and the [...]
O’Brien filly looks Divinely bet in Cazoo Oaks June 3, 2021 TRAINER Aidan O’Brien saddles only the one runner in Saturday’s Cazoo Derby but fires five bullets at this afternoon’s Cazoo Oaks (4.30pm) in an attempt to land the Group One prize for a ninth time. His team are headed by the much-touted Santa Barbara who finished a close-up fourth in last month’s QIPCO 1000 Guineas [...]
Cazoo Derby Festival: Bolshoi Ballet and High Definition head Ballydoyle challenge June 2, 2021 Ireland’s champion trainer Aidan O’Brien has outlined his plans for the 2021 Cazoo Derby Festival at Epsom Downs. Already the most successful trainer of all time in The Cazoo Derby with eight victories, the master of Ballydoyle confirmed that the premier Classic, which he described as “the most important race of all” remained the plan [...]