Author: Darren Power

As is often the case, the shorties treble was foiled at the first hurdle yesterday as Sun Goddess could only manage second in the Albany. But there were still 4 winning favourites, and nothing bigger than 8/1, so a day for the punters! It’s the final day of Royal Ascot today and while it has…

Joseph O’Brien did win the King George V handicap yesterday, just not with the one I backed! Today could be the big day for punters, with three short-priced, clear favourites in Sun Goddess, Venetian Sun and Precise. If they all go in, the bookies will have their tails between their legs. Alas, it rarely works…

Just how good was Ombudsman yesterday? He produced a sublime performance to go back-to-back in the Prince Of Wales’s. It wasn’t to be for Victory Gold unfortunately, but Saeed bin Suroor has his two other runners for the week today with Dubai Future in the Gold Cup and Mountain Cat in the Hampton Court at…

Well, Royal Ascot couldn’t have started much better as Map Of Stars justified some healthy market support and won the Wolferton yesterday. Hopefully you didn’t oppose O’Brien in the Coventry either, winning it for the 12th time with Great Barrier Reef. Only one winning favourite though, so it was a tough one in the main…