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Qatar Goodwood Festival: The Five Feature Races, and What Last Year Told Us
Five days at Goodwood, a Group 1 on each of the first four and the Stewards' Cup to finish. We look back at how each of them was won last year, including a…
19 Jul 2026Aidan O'Brien: One Winner From His Last 23, and a King George Worry
Aidan O'Brien has had just one winner from 23 runners across the weekend, with two beaten at odds-on. A look at a rare cold spell, and why the timing matters…
19 Jul 2026Irish Oaks Day Review: The Winners, the Eyecatchers and What We Learned
Our race-by-race review of Irish Oaks day: a chastening afternoon of right prices and wrong results, Symbol Of Honour the bright spot, and three horses for…
18 Jul 2026Saturday 18 July: Irish Oaks Day, and the 20/1 Shot We Cannot Leave Alone
Eight meetings, 56 races. Our nap lands in the Irish Oaks, we take on the favourite in the Summer Plate at 20/1, and there are eight other races we want to…
17 Jul 2026Danger Bay and the Art of Ignoring the Prize Money
Danger Bay is being aimed at a Group 3 worth less than three handicaps he could win first. A look at why so much race planning ignores the prize money.
16 Jul 2026New Handicap Marks: Nine Horses To Note This Week
We go through this week's new handicap marks: nine horses from our reviews and tracker, from Secret Oath's opening 70 to three Bunbury Cup runners.
14 Jul 2026Newmarket July Festival: Day 3 Review
How Saturday's racing unfolded, starting with a perfect one to seven for the ratings in the 1:40 at Newmarket, race by race with the result grids.
11 Jul 2026Newmarket July Festival: Day 2 Review
How Day 2 of Newmarket's July Festival unfolded, race by race, with the result grids and how our top-rated selections and members fared.
10 Jul 2026Saturday Preview: Newmarket, Ascot and Beyond
Our Saturday preview ranges across the meetings: a big-priced Ascot sprinter, a well-treated Newmarket filly, and the class act in the Summer Mile.
10 Jul 2026Newmarket July Festival: Day 1 Review
How Day 1 of Newmarket's July Festival unfolded race by race, with the result grids and how our selections and ratings fared right across the card.
9 Jul 2026The little things too many jockeys get wrong
A fair but frank look at the race-riding habits that keep costing horses and punters, from ignoring an obvious track bias to dropping the hands before the line.
9 Jul 2026Newmarket July Festival: Day 2 Preview
Our free Day 2 preview of Newmarket's July Festival, with the horse we like in the opener and the short-priced favourites we are happy to take on.
9 Jul 2026