QIPCO Champions Day at Ascot will once again feature French raider Cirrus Des Aigles, who has been installed as favourite to emulate his 2011 victory in the Champions Stakes. He will face another competitive field on a day featuring many of the horses which have graced the turf throughout the 2013 flat campaign. Cirrus Des Aigles was […]
Europe’s richest horse race, the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe, takes centre stage on the racing calendar this weekend with an international line-up set to participate in the event. Cards for both Saturday and Sunday feature several Group 1 races at the Paris Longchamp racecourse with forecasted heavy rain later in the week raising the possibility of testing underfoot conditions. A […]
At this time of the flat season, attention often switches to predicting the outcome of the autumn double handicaps, the Cambridgeshire and the Cesarewitch. Both races usually attract large fields and such is the entry for Saturday’s first leg that the ‘Silver Cambridgeshire’ is available on Friday for those horses failing to secure a starting place in the […]
Several big handicaps are usually contested in early autumn during the flat campaign and such has been the popularity of the Ayr Gold Cup that the Silver Cup has been introduced for those horses unable to gain an entry. The Gold Cup itself appears to have attracted a very smart field… Top weight and ante-post favourite Jack […]
CHELSEA and Bayern Munich played their part in an enthralling European Super Cup final on a day when both teams learned their fate in the draw for this seasons UEFA Champions League. Champions League Groups / Europa League Groups The draw provided some intriguing groups and others which appear far more predictable… Bayern Munich remain favourites to defend […]
Twelve months previously, the appearance of Frankel in the Juddmonte International Stakes attracted a huge crowd to the Knavesmire on the first day of the York Ebor meeting. Frankel duly obliged that day with a comfortable win in his first attempt at the 1m 2f distance, and while the intended runners in this year’s renewal may not possess […]
After a summer of rumour and seemingly endless transfer speculation, attention refocuses on the actual football as the 2013-14 Premier League season finally begins. With uncertainty surrounding the eventual whereabouts of several leading players, it can be difficult to assess the available betting opportunities, but the markets for the Top Goalscorer are most certainly challenging with many new […]