Daily Double June 28

AS is usually the case on a Sunday, the best quality racing is outside the UK. The Curragh stages the Group One Pretty Polly Stakes where Legatissimo and Pleascach lock horns while Treve runs in the Grand Prix de Saint Cloud in France. It is at The Curragh for today’s first selection… …and it’s the …[Read More]

Dark Horses: Aye aye Captain

TRAINER David Brown has some nice two year olds. My Catch and Wind Fire ran blinders at Ascot and the promising Sir Jack Layden broke his duck at Ayr on Sunday. Today he saddles CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT who has also shown promise. He hit the crossbar on fast ground on his debut at Beverley before seeming …[Read More]

A Grey Day for Hayley?

It’s going to be a huge week for Hayley Turner as she prepares to become only the second woman to ride in the Derby. The upwardly mobile jockey’s riding skills just seem to get better and better, but before the razzmatazz of Epsom comes the bread and butter of riding at Kempton this afternoon and …[Read More]

Summer’s here.. time to go racing

The weather forecasters have finally started talking about sunshine: there’s even been the mention of a mini heatwave this week. So it sounds like a great time to go racing, although soft ground horses may have to be put away for a couple of months. Redcar has an eight-race card this afternoon starting at 2.10pm …[Read More]