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1:55 Bet365.com Handicap Glorious Goodwood can be very hard as there are so many extremely competitive handicaps and this 1m2f Class B event for older horses is the first of four handicaps to solve on Day 1 alone, three of which look mighty difficult. This race was first run in 1840 and Mark Johnsto...

2:30 Chesham Stakes Berkshire’s 16/1 victory last season aside, overall this has been a cracking race for punters as 22 of the last 25 winners could be found in the first four in the betting, positions currently held by Dick Whittington, Crown The Kitten, Toscanini and Cordero. Ten of those winners ...

2:30 Albany Stakes A huge field of 24 two-year-old fillies line up for this 6f contest, 14 of which won last time out and nine of which are unbeaten, but strong trends are thin on the ground (first run 12 years ago). Eleven of the 12 Albany Stakes winners contested a maiden race last time out with s...

2:30 Norfolk Stakes A surprisingly small field for a 2yo race at Royal Ascot featuring nine runners which may be eight if Mind Of Madness (only 15th in the Windsor Castle as second-favourite on Tuesday) is withdrawn. After the Coventry, the Norfolk Stakes is the best two-year-old race at Royal Ascot...

2:30 Jersey Stakes Usually a race won by an up-and-coming three-year-old, only one of the last 28 winners has defied a penalty for winning a Group race which immediately puts me off Anjaal who won the Group 2 July Stakes before finishing fourth in the Dewhurst and was a disappointing fifth on his on...

2:30 Queen Anne Stakes The betting suggests that this is a match between Toronado and Verrazano. If you are a form backer, you will find it hard to go against Toronado but if you are a trends punter, then Verrazano will make plenty of appeal against last season’s Sussex Stakes winner. This is not a ...

1:35 Investec Out Of The Ordinary Handicap This is usually a decent 3yo handicap over an extended 1m2f and the classiest winner by a country mile would be the dual Breeders’ Cup, King George and St Leger winner, Conduit. The chances of anything remotely in his class lining up are miniscule but it do...

1:35 Princess Elizabeth Stakes A Group 3 race over an extended mile for fillies and mares and take note regards the Duke Of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot because three recent winners of that Group 2 race at the Royal Meeting were beaten here. This is a much deeper renewal than last year so the 201...

1:45 Betfred Supports Jack Berry House Handicap The draw in yesterday’s sprints didn’t throw up any huge clues but the ground appeared to be racing softer in the home straight than the Round Course. Ancient Cross bids to win this handicap at the age of ten for the third time in four years, this time...

1:45 Stanjames.com Handicap The North won all three runnings between 2004-2006 but it has been the top southern yards all the way since with three wins for Saeed Bun Suroor with John Gosden, Sir Michael Stoute, Roger Varian and Sir Henry Cecil claiming the last seven runnings of this extended 1m2f h...

2:30 Irish Field Chase Another cross country chase, this one over 3m, which was won by Sizing Australia last season and he is back to defend his title after finishing fifth in the Cheltenham Festival Cross Country Handicap Chase. Short List Be Positive Star Neuville Sizing Australia Conclusion Sizin...

3:40 KFM Hunters’ Chase An exceptionally low key start to another eight-race card which is restricted to hunters who are the property of farmers who farm in the Kildare district so, even in point-to-point terms, this is a poor contest. Last year’s winner and third, Johnnie’s Star and Enniskillen, re...

3:40 Colm Murphy Memorial Handicap Hurdle A new race and, with all these 25-runner handicap hurdles at this meeting, it’s more often than not a case of trying to find the horse laid out for the race rather than one with recent form in the bag. Short List Halling’s Treasure Golden Ticket Fire Fighter...

3:40 Martinstown Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle Next to impossible with plotted-up horses aplenty I’m sure about to leave their form miles behind. Many small yards have won this Final in the ten years since it was first run and Willie Mullins would be the only big name trainer to have won ...

3:40 Kildare Hunt Club FR Sean Breen Memorial Chase Not the most inspiring race to kick off the five days often being the worst cross country race at the meeting but it a race in which I has fared well in down in the years. Enda Bolger has won four of the last eight runnings so inevitably much of th...

1:30 Pertemps Network Mersey Novices’ Hurdle Ubak’s shock 22/1 success last year when winning his first race at the eighth time of asking aside, this has been a terrific race for punters as 12 of the last 16 winners started favourite or second-favourite. Promoted to Grade 1 status for the first time...

2:00 International Festival For Business 2014 Top Novices’ Hurdle Seven of the last 15 winners posted a top-six finish in the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, the last two, Darlan and My Tent Or Yours, gaining compensation here for Nicky Henderson after finding just one too good in the traditional C...

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2:00 – Injured Jockeys Fund Anniversary 4-y.o Juvenile Hurdle This could prove very competitive and we have the third and fourth from the Triumph renewing rivalry. Calipto was unlucky at Cheltenham as his saddle slipped at a crucial stage and connections will be confident of victory. Preference is f...

JCB Triumph Hurdle I am usually keen to take on the winner of the Finale Hurdle and Finesse Hurdle here as they have a dreadful record on faster ground come the Festival but Nick Williams stated earlier in the week that Le Rocher, who won both races, will not run which is a shame as he would have he...