Category: Horse Racing

Matt Chapman looks ahead to a Breeders’ Cup meeting full of familiar names, but with the main focus on City Of Troy, with all the action live on Sky Sports Racing on Friday and Saturday. Del Mar 2024. This is a Breeders’ Cup with a difference. Because while, as always, there are a plethora of...

This year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic at 9.41pm on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Racing, shapes up as one of the most interesting renewals ever. The international class of three-year-olds takes centre stage with an Ireland (City Of Troy) vs America (Fierceness) vs Japan (Forever Young) storyline brewing. You also have some interesting older American runners,...

Before I start, I’d like to make just a quick memo to myself never ever attempt to drive home from the races again on a Friday, never forget it Simon boy, thank you, writes SIMON NOTT. The team on the rail for Star Sports today remained unchanged with Nick and Lofty doing the business. There...

The final Group 1 of the British Flat season features at Doncaster on Saturday and our man fancies an upset – check out the Saturday preview and selections. Matt Brocklebank’s Value Bet is designed to generate long-term profit by searching for overpriced horses in the feature weekend races and at the big Festivals in the...

Leading horse racing advisor Andrew Mount contributes to various Racing Post publications including the Weekender and Racing & Football Outlook, plus the GG.co.uk website. Unearthing value bets via handy systems and statistics, he shares his latest thoughts with SportsCasting readers below. Andrew heads Doncaster, Dundalk (AW) and Wolverhampton (AW) for his five stats-based selections on...

Mr Timothy will lead a debate on the issue in Westminster Hall in London. He has called for reformation to the betting levy as well as to betting affordability checks that he said were “disproportionate” – and putting betters off. The betting levy is paid by bookmakers with annual gross profits on British horseracing in...

Anmaat was the unlikely star of the show on QIPCO British Champions day as the home team had a red-letter day at Ascot. Alright Aidan, you can have the Long Distance Cup. Kyprios, take a bow. You are the fastest slowest horse in training and no horse can match you in the marathon sphere. We...

Marcus Townend visits Nicky Henderson for our first jumps stable tour heading into the new season. There were some difficult times for Nicky Henderson last season but it was not all negative. Despite the Cheltenham Festival being a non-event for his Lambourn stable after illness descended on it, the six-time champion trainer still managed to...

Kyprios, trained by the legendary Aidan O’Brien and ridden by top jockey Ryan Moore, is the clear favourite for the 13:20 PM race at Ascot on QIPCO British Champions Day, with current odds of 8/11. This six-year-old has been in sensational form, winning all five of his most recent races, including dominant performances over a...

The Weekend Winners team are back with a look at one of Saturday’s Group Ones, the Champion Stakes at Ascot, live on Sky Sports Racing. Host Kate Tracey is joined by BetVictor’s Sam Boswell and Declan Rix of attheraces.com to pick out their selection for the race, and they also look at the rest of...