Never So Brave Faces Emerging Star In Fascinating Criterion Stakes Clash The Group 3 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Criterion Stakes at York promises to be one of the highlights of Saturday’s card, with a small but select field of six lining up for the £100,000 contest over seven furlongs. Despite the modest turnout, this year’s…

Confucius Sets the Standard in Compact but Intriguing Anglesey Stakes The Group 3 Jebel Ali Racecourse And Stables Anglesey Stakes at the Curragh may have attracted only six runners, but it remains a fascinating test for some of Ireland’s most promising two-year-olds. Run over just beyond six furlongs on good ground, the race is headed…

Paborus the Intriguing Angle as Diligent Harry Defends His Crown in the Chipchase The Jenningsbet Chipchase Stakes (Group 3) at Newcastle brings together a fascinating mix of established Group performers, progressive sprinters and one particularly intriguing returnee in Paborus, who attempts to make a winning comeback after almost a year off the track. Run over…

The latest round of FIFA World Cup group-stage fixtures presents a fascinating mix of heavyweight clashes, qualification battles and potential upsets. Some favourites will simply need to avoid mistakes, while others face awkward opponents capable of disrupting the established order. Using tournament strength, current form, tactical match-ups and probability modelling, here is a detailed assessment…

Tickets Can Punch Back at Newcastle The 20:38 at Newcastle is a typical Class 6 sprint: competitive, slightly messy, and full of horses with questions to answer. That makes race shape and price more important than simply finding the “best” horse. The pace should be honest. Angel Of England, Ridgemaster, She’s A Goldigger, Tickets and…

Sports Coach the value call in fiercely-run Newcastle sprint The 20:03 Newcastle looks a proper Class 5 sprint puzzle, with 14 runners over 5f on standard-to-slow Tapeta and several arriving with plausible claims. Ancient State is the obvious starting point. He is 4lb well-in after bolting up at Newmarket last week and his AW 5f…

19:55 Curragh — Staying Test May Expose Poetic Sound The 19:55 at the Curragh is a deep staying handicap over 2m½f, bringing together progressive Flat stayers, dual-purpose types and several veterans with back-class. The official going is good, with light rain forecast, and that detail matters because a few of these would prefer more ease.…

Gosforth Park Cup Set for a Fascinating Renewal at Newcastle 19:28 Newcastle (AW), Friday 26 June 20265f JenningsBet In Bradford Gosforth Park Cup Handicap (Class 2) One of the highlights of Newcastle’s summer all-weather programme, the Gosforth Park Cup has attracted a deep and competitive field of 14 seasoned sprinters, with established course specialists, progressive…

Diamond Rain Sets the Standard in Newcastle’s Hoppings Stakes The 18:53 Newcastle, the JenningsBet In Delves Hoppings Fillies’ Stakes, brings together a compact but interesting field of seven fillies and mares over 1m2f on Tapeta. The race is headed by last year’s winner Diamond Rain, who returns to the scene of one of her most…