Narrowing The Field
Latest Races
Peter Marsh Handicap Chase
Saturday 23rd January 2021
Our top six for a fascinating renewal of the Peter Marsh: Main Contenders Acey Milan Anthony Honeyball’s seven-year-old is a hard one to judge. We.. read more >>Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle
Saturday 9th January 2021
At £28,000 this isn’t the most valuable Lanzarote Hurdle we’ve ever seen, though with a maximum 20-runner field, soft ground a trip alien to many.. read more >>Welsh Grand National Handicap Chase
Saturday 9th January 2021
Even in the midst of all the madness, we perhaps didn’t envisage the 2020 Welsh Grand National being run in 2021! After the initial race.. read more >>Silver Cup Handicap Chase
Saturday 19th December 2020
This is a huge three-mile handicap chase, these being the six we think are best suited to the job: Main Contenders Ardlethen A most interesting.. read more >>Caspian Caviar Gold Cup Handicap Chase
Saturday 12th December 2020
Known to many as the December Gold Cup, the Caspian Caviar is once again a frightfully competitive event this year and especially now that Master.. read more >>Becher Handicap Chase
Saturday 5th December 2020
Despite being a hugely competitive Grade 3 handicap chase in its own right, we all know why the Becher Chase is so important. This race.. read more >>Ladbrokes Trophy Chase
Saturday 28th November 2020
We have a tough task here; an 18-runner field for a 3¼-mile handicap chase worth £200,000, but we have managed to whittle them down to.. read more >>Stayers’ Handicap Hurdle
Saturday 21st November 2020
Despite its flat topography, Haydock Park really does take some getting when the rain gets into it and so this three-mile handicap is going to.. read more >>Greatwood Handicap Hurdle
Sunday 15th November 2020
This race, understandably so, is often considered to be an early Champion Hurdle trial but given how far down the weights our ultimate selection is.. read more >>Paddy Power Gold Cup
Saturday 14th November 2020
Having regained the sponsorship of the event, Paddy Power gives this race somewhat of a familiar look and the competitive 2½-mile event is as high.. read more >>November Handicap
Saturday 7th November 2020
The traditional season closer on the flat, the November Handicap is as competitive as ever even in what has been a very unusual year. Prize.. read more >>Sodexo Gold Cup Handicap Chase
Saturday 31st October 2020
On Saturday Ascot hosts one of the first big betting handicap races of the National Hunt season, the three-mile Sodexho Gold Cup. This is a.. read more >>Old Roan Limited Handicap Chase
Sunday 25th October 2020
We haven’t suffered from a typo here – look out for the non-standard race times this Sunday at Aintree with the Old Roan due off.. read more >>Cesarewitch Handicap
Saturday 10th October 2020
As usual and despite the massive drop in prize money this year, the Cesarewitch remains a massively competitive race. A maximum field of 34 runners.. read more >>Cambridgeshire Handicap
Saturday 26th September 2020
At £74k to the winner this race is understandably not as valuable as usual this year, however it is still a big purse and the.. read more >>Ayr Gold Cup
Saturday 19th September 2020
It’s Ayr Gold Cup time once again, and while the atmosphere is missing this year the race itself remains wildly popular with its Silver and.. read more >>Portland Handicap
Saturday 12th September 2020
This is an incredibly tight event by our reckoning, just as it should be of course, with no apparent handicap blot lurking in the field.. read more >>Ebor Handicap
Saturday 22nd August 2020
Even with prize money down this year, much more than in other territories such as France which is a discussion for another day, this field.. read more >>Great St Wilfrid Handicap
Sunday 16th August 2020
While not as valuable as normal and run on a Sunday rather than on its traditional Saturday slot, the Great St Wilfrid remains one of.. read more >>Stewards’ Cup
Saturday 1st August 2020
A cracking renewal as always, even if the prize money cannot be what it once was. The fact that we have a full field of.. read more >>John Smith’s Cup
Saturday 18th July 2020
The race with the oldest commercial sponsorship in Britain, the John Smith’s Cup is a top-quality mile-and-a-quarter handicap event and with a maximum field of.. read more >>Old Newton Cup
Sunday 5th July 2020
While prize money is understandably down this is still a valuable race with over £37,000 going to the winner. No surprise then that the field.. read more >>Northumberland Plate Handicap
Saturday 27th June 2020
Newcastle has been at the heart of racing’s restart this season and having staged rearranged runnings of the Pavilion Stakes and the Sagaro, now gets.. read more >>Wokingham Stakes
Saturday 20th June 2020
It’s a big shame that Sir Michael Stoute’s Mubakker isn’t running here as he is definitely a horse on the up, however we still have.. read more >>Silver Wokingham Handicap
Saturday 20th June 2020
A great addition this year is this consolation race for the Wokingham Stakes, with so many thoroughly capable sprint handicappers denied a run. Here’s our.. read more >>Duke of Edinburgh Stakes
Friday 19th June 2020
This ever-popular mile-and-a-half handicap features a mixture of those proven at the trip and those who for one reason or another will need to get.. read more >>Palace of Holyroodhouse Handicap
Friday 19th June 2020
A new race for the royal meeting, this handicap is over the five-furlong trip and is for three-year-olds only meaning there are plenty of unexposed.. read more >>Sandringham Stakes
Thursday 18th June 2020
After the hullaballoo of the Britannia Stakes comes the fillies’ equivalent, a fast one-mile handicap full of unexposed three-year-olds. Usually that would mean horses into.. read more >>Britannia Stakes
Thursday 18th June 2020
Some of the star milers of the future could be lining up in what looks a good Britannia Handicap, stars such as Gosden, Hamdan Al.. read more >>Golden Gates Handicap
Thursday 18th June 2020
This is a smashing addition to the Royal Ascot line-up, one that allows the three-year-olds a chance of success over a mile-and-a-quarter. All too often.. read more >>Copper Horse Handicap
Wednesday 17th June 2020
The last race on day two is a new event; a hugely competitive handicap over a mile and three-quarters. There are several in the line-up.. read more >>Royal Hunt Cup
Wednesday 17th June 2020
The first major one-mile handicap of the season is upon us and, despite the downgraded prize money, the lack of a crowd and the addition.. read more >>King George V Stakes
Wednesday 17th June 2020
There are plenty in with chances here, as you’d expect in a handicap race full of improving, inexperienced types who all appear to be ahead.. read more >>Silver Royal Hunt Cup Handicap
Wednesday 17th June 2020
Given the requirement for extra races at this year’s royal meeting, it is fantastic to see a consolation race for the Royal Hunt Cup which.. read more >>Ascot Stakes
Tuesday 16th June 2020
The short-priced favourite here is likely to be Nicky Henderson’s Verdana Blue, but even with the assistance of Ryan Moore her handicap mark looks tough.. read more >>Buckingham Palace Handicap
Tuesday 16th June 2020
There’s a new running order and some extra races for the behind-closed-doors Royal Ascot 2020, including this race which was last seen in 2015 and.. read more >>