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King´s Stand and St.James´s Palace Stakes

news@oneXtwo.com — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:59:07 +0200

no other race meeting in the world starts off with 3 Group One races, but that is the case today at Royal Ascot. The King´s Stand at 16.05 CET over 5 furlongs had attracted an international field and a British-trained winner looks a bit unlikely.The best of them ran in the Temple Stakes at Haydock last month, in which Kingsgate Native (Robert Cowell/ Shane Kelly) just got home from Swiss Spirit (John Gosden/ William Buick) and Reckless Abandon (Clive Cox/ Adam Kirby), with Irish raider Sole Power (Eddie Lynam/ Johnny Murtagh) a beaten favourit...

Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot

news@oneXtwo.com — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:47:21 +0200

there are 6 meetings in Britain and Ireland today, but we are only going to look at one of them- Royal Ascot. This fixture, undoubtedly the highlight of the flat season in England, starts off today and continues through Saturday with some brilliant races, starting with the very first race of the meeting- the Group One Queen Anne Stakes over a mile for older horses at 15.30 CET. Frankel won this last year, putting up one of his best performances at 10-1 on, but there is no Frankel in today´s field, which looks sub-standard -with one exception. T...

the lull before the storm

news@oneXtwo.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:45:58 +0200

Royal Ascot starts tomorrow,so obviously very llttle will happen today, with 4 low level meetings - Carlisle and Kempton (a.w.) this afternoon, and Warwick and Windsor this evening. 28 races today, and only one of them is better than a class 4 handicap, and that is the listed Warwickshire Oaks for four-year-old and older fillies and mares at 19.50 CET at Warwick. Shirocco Star (Hughie Morrison/ Kieren Fallon) is the obvious favourite here, having finished runner-up 5 times in top races last year, including the Oaks itself and the Irish equiva...

Black type races at Cork

news@oneXtwo.com — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:13:51 +0200

The two U.K.meetings today are nothing special, but the Irish card at Cork has a couple of decent races, with the Group Three Noblesse Stakes over 1 1/2 miles for fillies and mares at 17.20 CET the main event. Dermot Weld has won this 3 times in the last 4 years and score again with Princess Highway (Pat Smullen), who carries a penalty for winning the Ribblesdale last year at Royal Ascot but is still clear top-rated. Aidan O´Brien saddles 3 fillies here, but none of them looks good enough, and the two British runners Cubanita (Ralph Beckett/...

Listed race at Sandown

news@oneXtwo.com — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:17:55 +0200

The listed race at Sandown is over 5 furlongs for 3yo´s at 15.55 CET and we expect Morawij (Roger Varian/ Ryan Moore) to be returned the winner. He was not beaten far when 6th in the Temple Stakes last time, which is easily the best form of offer here. This distance could be ideal for Sound of Guns (Ed Walker/ Luke Morris) and she looks next best. The handicaps here are also very tricky. Ningara could have a squeak in the opener at 14.50, though trainer Andrew Balding must now look for a new jockey as David Probert is injured and will be out...

Listed race at York

news@oneXtwo.com — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:29:00 +0200

Surprisingly for a Saturday, there are no group races at all in the U.K.today - actually it is not such a surprise considering that there are 18 of them next week at Royal Ascot- and the two best races are listed events at York and Sandown, the two courses which also feature the best racing today. Otherwise the day is dominated by handicaps, some quite valuable and all very competitive with some big fields. At York, the main feature is over a mile at 16.15 CET and looks wide open. Stipulate (Lady Cecil/ Tom Queally) would obviously be a po...

8 meetings today

news@oneXtwo.com — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:18:24 +0200

A busy Friday with 3 meetings in the afternoon and 5 in the evening - two of them in Ireland with huge fields. The vast majority of today´s races are handicaps, usually at a low level, and it looks tricky for punters. The main meetings are at York and Sandown this afternoon, but both of them have much better cards tomorrow. At Sandown, the pedigree of Aegaeus (Ed Dunlop/ Ryan Moore), who runs in the 10 furlongs handicap at 17.20 CET, is of interest as he is by Monsun out of multiple Group One winner Ouija Board. However he seems very difficult ...

5 runners for Lady Jane Cecil

news@oneXtwo.com — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:59:15 +0200

Sir Henry died on Tuesday, and his widow Lady Jane Cecil has been granted a provisional license to keep the Newmarket stable running. If it sounds heartless that she is saddling her first runners only 2 days after his death , this is far from the case: Henry would certainly have approved and in fact he made the entries for these runners while practically on his deathbed. Jane certainly knows plenty about training thoroughbreds. Not only was she Henry´s secretary for several years. her father was a trainer and so are her brothers Rae and Rich...

6 flat meetings today

news@oneXtwo.com — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:58:47 +0200

No jumping at all today, but 6 flat meetings - 3 in the afternoon and 3 in the evening, but all of course at a low level. Dane O´Neill rode 5 winners at Beverley last Saturday and returns there today with more good chances; his best prospect in our view is John Hills´ Mujarrad in the 7 furlongs maiden at 16.00 CET. This well-bred colt has not really lived up to expectations, but faces feeble opposition today. The best race at Yarmouth is the 6 furlongs handicap at 16.40, which looks really tricky, especially as most of the runners are all-we...

5 more poor meetings today

news@oneXtwo.com — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:06:21 +0200

with Royal Ascot starting in exactly one week from now, there is little point in expecting high class racing at the moment and today´s 5 cards - flat racing at Satisbury this afternoon and Lingfield (a.w.) this evening, jumps racing at Fontwell in the afternoon and Worcester in the evening, as well, as a mixed Irish meeting at Roscommon (3 flat races, 3 over hurdles and 2 bumpers) are all very weak. At Salisbury, we expect Kyllachy Rise (Richard Hannon/ Richard Hughes) to get off the mark in the 7 furlongs maiden at 16.00 CET. Originally train...