The Racing Post Trophy will be run at Doncaster on Saturday 27th October. This race was the brainchild of the late Phil Bull and his righthand man, Reg Griffin, and was originally known as the Timeform Gold Cup when it was first run in 1961. The purpose of the race was and still is to…
Review of Newmarket Champions Day 2007
by Ian Wade •
What a fantastic days racing at Newmarket on Saturday the 20th October. I met up with my old school chums Colin and Peter for the weekend. The weather matched the racing so all in all it was a great weekend break.In the Dewhurst Stakes New Approach showed that he is the best two year old…
Newmarket Champions Day 2007
by Ian Wade •
On Saturday the 20th October Newmarket hosts its Champions Day. This is probably the highest class raceday in the British Flat racing calendar. There are two Group 1’s, two Group 2’s, two Group 3’s and the Cesarewitch Handicap making it a seven race card.The £350,000 Group 1 Champion Stakes is for 3 yo’s+ run over…
Arc Weekend Review
by Ian Wade •
Pipedreamer was an easy winner of the Cambridgeshire on Saturday at Newmarket. He was always travelling well and landed a major public gamble on him.A bit different at Longchamp on Sunday where Authorized was a big disappointment in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. He never seemed completely relaxed travelling in last place and when…
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp 2007
by Ian Wade •
The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe was inaugurated on 3rd October 1920 and for me it is the greatest flat horse race for horses of all ages run over one and half miles. It is run at Longchamp on the first Sunday in October every year. There have been some truly great winners of this…
Newmarket Cambridgeshire Meeting 2007
by Ian Wade •
The Newmarket Cambridgeshire Meeting gets underway on Thursday 4th October for three days. The showpiece of the meeting is the £160,000 Cambridgeshire Handicap for 3yo’s+ run over 9 furlongs on the Saturday. It is the first leg of the Autumn double and is one of the big betting races of the season. After his impressive…
Ascot Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Meeting 2007
by Ian Wade •
The Ascot Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Meeting gets under way on Friday 28th September with the centre piece being the £200,000 Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes for 3 yo’s + over the one mile round course on Saturday 29th. The Saturday card has two supporting Group races with the £200,000 Group 1 Fillies Mile…
Ayr Gold Cup 2007
by Ian Wade •
The £121,000 Ayr Gold Cup for 3yo’s+ will be run over 6 furlongs on Saturday. The first Ayr Gold Cup winner I ever backed was Compensation way back in 1964. He was a super sprinter who needed an easy surface to show his best form. In those days the race used to be run on…
St Leger Weekend Review
by Ian Wade •
ATR gave the armchair viewer a real treat by covering all the races from Doncaster over the four days. Channel 4’s coverage of four races on Friday and Saturday was as usual excellent. Highlight on Friday was Septimus showing what a good stayer he is by winning the Doncaster Cup. He looks a ready made…
Doncaster St Leger Meeting 2007
by Ian Wade •
Racing returns to Doncaster racecourse on Wednesday 12th September after a huge redevelopment sees a new grandstand which will be opened by the Princess Royal before racing. The feature race on Wednesday will be the £300,000 St Leger 2 yo Stakes over 6 furlongs. Thursday has the £100,000 Park Hill Stakes as its main race.…
