30/7/2020 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Goodwood, Nassau Stakes day
The Goodwood Carnival continues on Wednesday with an eight race card, highlighted by the Group l Nassau Stakes (1990m) for the Fillies and Mares.
The Goodwood Carnival continues on Wednesday with an eight race card, highlighted by the Group l Nassau Stakes (1990m) for the Fillies and Mares.
Mohaather demonstrated a devastating turn of foot to win the Sussex Stakes, the feature event on day two at Goodwood. Trained by Marcus Tregoning and ridden by Jim Crowley, the four-year-old endured a luckless run in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot – but righted the record as an… Read More »
The Goodwood Carnival continues on Wednesday night with a seven race card, highlighted by a fascinating edition of the Group l Sussex Stakes (1609m).
Stradivarius pulled off a dramatic piece of racing history to win his fourth successive Goodwood Cup – and is now set to be trained for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. John Gosden’s brilliant stayer faced a major challenge on paper from the Royal Ascot and Irish Derby winner Santiago… Read More »
The Goodwood Festival gets underway on Tuesday night with an eight race card, highlighted by Stradivarius, who will look to win his fourth Goodwood Cup (3219m).
Godolphin star Barney Roy claimed the third Group One of his career in the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis – Bayerisches Zuchtrennen at Munich. Now a six-year-old, he won the St James’s Palace Stakes in his younger days for Richard Hannon and went on to be narrowly defeated in the Eclipse. Barneyβs Back… Read More »
Magical proved a cut above her rivals as she added another Group One to her tally in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh. Winner of the race last year in its usual early season spot, Magical had impressed on her first outing of the campaign in the Pretty Polly… Read More »
Stradivarius will face Irish Derby winner Santiago as he attempts to win the Goodwood Cup for a fourth time. John Gosden’s chestnut looked imperious in winning a third Gold Cup at Ascot last month and will aim to keep hold of his title as the best stayer around. However, he… Read More »
Enable has captured an unprecedented third win in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes after one of British horse racing’s top events started with the smallest field in its history. Only three horses were in the running for the race at Ascot and Aidan O’Brien’s pair, Japan and… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Ascot on Saturday night, headlined of course by Enable taking on three Aidan O’Brien runners in a very intriguing edition of the King George Vl & Queen Elizabeth (2400m).
Jockey and horse will be chasing a slice of history when Frankie Dettori partners Enable in the prestigious King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. Enable will be bidding to become the first horse to win the Group One race three times, while Dettori can join Lester Piggot… Read More »
The nightmare of Red Verdon’s two failed Melbourne Cup campaigns is all but forgotten as the English stayer rides a wave of resurgent northern hemisphere form. Red Verdon contested the Caulfield Cup in 2018 and 2019, finishing unplaced both times. He was robbed of a chance to show his true… Read More »
Benbatl, runner-up in the last of champion mare Winx’s four WS Cox Plate wins, is expected to return to action later in the UK summer. The six-year-old has demonstrated his versatility late in life by proving just as effective on dirt when winning a Group Two at Meydan before finishing… Read More »
Ed Vaughan, who helped prepare the 2013 Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente for an Australian career, will quit training later in the season. The UK trainer cited economic concerns as the driving force behind the decision to relinquish his licence. “I haven’t just woken up and decided to do this. It’s… Read More »
Plans for owners to be allowed back on track in Ireland from next week have been put on hold following the Irish government’s announcement it is delaying the next phase of its lockdown-lifting roadmap. Horse Racing Ireland had intended to allow two owners per horse at tracks from Monday, with… Read More »
Del Mar has cancelled racing for the weekend after 15 jockeys tested positive for COVID-19. All the track’s riders and personnel who work in the jockeys’ room were tested by San Diego County public health officials at the request of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Of the 15 positive tests,… Read More »
John Moore drew a blank during the final day of the Hong Kong racing season as the legendary trainer prepares to continue his career in his native Australia. Moore had five runners for his Hong Kong swan song, but all finished unplaced. He is set to train in partnership with… Read More »
Ricky Yui, best known as the trainer of former star sprinter Sacred Kingdom, has claimed his first premiership title in Hong Kong. Yui secured champion trainer honours at the final meeting of the local season at Happy Valley on Wednesday and while thrilled to achieve a career goal, he took… Read More »
Two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for 15 days by Oaklawn Park stewards and two of his horses were disqualified in Arkansas after testing positive for a banned substance. The stewards said in a ruling that the Hall of Fame trainer’s suspension will run from August 1… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with this meeting concluding the Hong Kong racing season. Race One: 9 Great Smart Race Two: 4 Overscubscribed Race Three: 5 Amazing Race Four: 2 Party Together Race Five: 6 Kinda Cool Race Six: 9 Loriz Race… Read More »