Tom Marquand believes Starman should prove “hard to beat” in Haydock’s Betfair Sprint Cup if he can replicate his July Cup-winning performance. Ed Walker’s four-year-old will try to become the third horse this century to win both races in the same season, after Dream Ahead (2011) and Harry Angel (2017). The Archie Watson-trained Glen Shiel, runner-up to Dream Of Dreams […]

Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Thursday, September 2 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Thursday’s meetings at Haydock, Newcastle, Chelmsford City, Salisbury and Sedgefield.  Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Thursday’s meetings HAYDOCK ROBIN GOODFELLOW 2.10 Mellow Magic 2.45 Laheg 3.15 New Kingdom 3.45 Al Suhail 4.20 Evident Beauty 4.55 […]

Jim Bolger will wait until later in the week before deciding whether to send Poetic Flare back to France for the Prix du Moulin at ParisLongchamp. The Dawn Approach colt has enjoyed an excellent season so far – winning the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, as well as filling the runner-up spot […]

Glorious Goodwood winner Illustrating heads to France in a belated bid for Group-race glory at ParisLongchamp on Thursday. Successful on her racecourse debut at Catterick in early June, Karl Burke’s filly subsequently finished seventh in the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot before rediscovering the winning trail in a conditions event on the Sussex Downs in late July. A late setback […]

Tis Marvellous could bid for Group Three honours at Newbury next month after lowering the course record when winning the Beverley Bullet on the Westwood on Saturday. Trainer Clive Cox is considering the Dubai International Airport World Trophy at Newbury on September 18, a race in which the seven-year-old finished second in 2020. Tis Marvellous also holds an entry in […]

Toro Strike boosted his chances of contesting the Breeders’ Cup with a record-breaking performance in the Weatherbys Hamilton Supreme Stakes at Goodwood. The four-year-old covered the seven furlongs in one minute 23.62 seconds to take the Group Three prize and go one better than 12 months ago. Toro Strike was the first leg of a 15-minute across-the-card double for trainer […]

Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Monday, August 30 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Monday’s meetings at Epsom Downs, Ripon, Chepstow, Wolverhampton and Cartmel. Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Monday’s meetings EPSOM DOWNS  ROBIN GOODFELLOW 1.00 Enkindle 2.35 Saatty 3.10 Titan Rock 3.45 Maori Knight 4.20 Patient Dream 4.55 Curtiz […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ryan Blaney won for the second consecutive week when the race Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway ended under caution in overtime with a typical fiery finish. Tyler Reddick took the 16th and final spot in the playoffs with a seventh-place finish. Reddick needed only to beat Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Dillon and hope for […]

Mise En Scene maintained her unbeaten record and provided trainer James Ferguson with the first Group-race success of his career in the tote Prestige Stakes at Goodwood. Impressive when winning by four lengths on her debut at Haydock, she was sent off a 7-1 chance in a strong-looking Group Three. When the favourite Daneh took two lengths out of the […]

Dynamic Dakota can strike gold at Beverley and repeat last year’s win…although seven-year-old was well beaten in Nunthorpe Stakes at York, a Beverley Listed event is within grasp Dakota Gold boasts the ammunition to land the Beverley Bullet Stakes  The seven-year-old deserved better in last week’s Nunthorpe Stakes A Beverley Listed event is within his grasp as he looks to […]