After watching today’s Shergar Cup meeting from Ascot, another good day for the female jockeys, with Nicola Currie finishing the day as leading rider. Her two wins coming on Just Hubert 1.25 and State of Bliss at 3.10. Both rides showed her taken as a jockey, the ride on State Of Bliss was a very good one, she ok her time, although never too far of the strong pace set by Star Caliber under James Doyle, hopefully Nicola can build on today, as both horses were trained by decent stables who shedoesnt red for on a normal basis.

Looking at the racing later tonight, Bolshoi Ballet runs at Saratoga 10.10pm UK time, I have backed him at 11;8, as I think he will be hard to beat.

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Today’s meeting at Goodwood, where the ground is testing after a deluge of rain. Trueshan was my advised selection for my subscribers, obliging at 6/5 under Hollie Doyle. His win was made easier with the withdrawal of Stradivarius, who is not at home on deep ground. Looking ahead to the later races today. Leading Theatre 6.35 Worcester is a course and distance winner, with a decent claiming rider on top in Liam Harrison who reduces her weight to 10 stone 9 lbs, she would be my idea of the one to back.

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A good winner yesterday for my subscribers. Order Of Australia 2.10 Curragh made virtually all the running to score at 2/1 under Ryan Moore. With the recent dry hot weather I would advise looking at horses at lower prices whilst the ground remains on the faster side. At Ayr today, Vintager 3.20 is a consistent performer, he acts on pretty much all ground conditions. He won last time at Windsor under today’s rider Mark Crehan , who claims a handy 3lbs off his back. He is worth backing at around 11/4 in what is a really tricky race, currently a bit of value in the betting.

Mark Crehan has been in the news at the weekend, he received a 28 day ban for his error at Doncaster on Saturday, misjudging the half furlong marker for the winning post, he eased up his horse Aerion Power when about to win. It was really unfortunate to see a rallying Colony Queen get up to win. Crehan looked devastated for his mistake, as he realised what he had done, it’s something that there is no excuse for really, but he will learn from it and remember to try to always ride a few strides past the winning post before easing up in future I’m sure.

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A couple of decent days for my subscribers, I advised Yesyes at 11/8 yesterday 1.35 Lingfield – who was heavily backed all morning, and scored at 4/6 !

Today I advised backing Japan 6.45 Leopardstown, who eased in the betting market to win at 15/8 under Ryan Moore. He was pressed inside the final furlong, but showed his class to last home by a nose.

hopefully the good run will continue for the remainder of July.

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Today at Sandown sees only 4 horses line up in the feature race on the card at 3.35 The Coral Eclipse over 10 furlongs. I like St Marks Basilica in it. He has looked really good on his two wins this year. And his latest was really impressive in the French Derby, I think he can make use of his 11lb weight allowance and beat the main rival Mishriff. I really like a horse at Chantilly today, later in the card. Hopefully the rain stays away and Sandown has decent ground to race on.

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A good winner for my subscribers yesterday, Papa Cocktail 7.05 Haydock was advised at 5/2 , getting a gap on the rails inside the latter stages, he won well. Hopefully followers may of backed Spanish Kiss and Maytal both advised on yesterday’s post, short odds winners but any winner is a good price!

Today I like a few, I’ve backed Briezh Eagle 1.05 Chantilly , just loading the stalls. I also like Gentle Ellen 1.45 Pontefract.

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With very soft ground at Ascot I am going to probably avoid having a bet there. Although the first race of the day at the Berkshire track has some really promising two year olds lining up. Point Lonsdale was really impressive when he won his maiden on his debut at the Curragh. He is likely to start at short odds, he is a half brother to Broome, who runs in a later race at Ascot, Broome handles soft ground ok, and it was good to yielding when Point Lonsdale won. My theory is a good horse will handle any ground, but they do have a preference to show their very best form. It is really interesting race and will throw up a good few future pattern race performers, no doubt about that.

Maytal 6.00 Haydock looks a penalty kick ( keeping an eye on the weather) with the useful Mark Crehan taking off a handy 5lb allowance, I’m trying to find one to put in a double. I think Newmarket will be on the ‘slow’ side ground wise. The staying race over 1m 6f at 2.10 is between Spanish Kiss and Chasing The Bar. Both won well on their latest starts, Spanish Kiss was probably more impressive as it was a better race than his main rival won at Carlisle, it is really difficult trying to split these two promising stayers, my slight preference is for Spanish Kiss.

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A late post today. I have avoided Royal Ascot to a large degree, but did advise my subscribers to back Alenquar 3.05 at 2/1 this morning, who got the job done. Looking at tonight’s evening card at Newmarket , I do like the chance of Divine Magic 7.30, she has won on good to soft going before. A good second on her latest run at Leicester when second , after being given a lot to do. I think she can win tonight if ridden more forward to the pace.

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The second day of Royal Ascot, it looks difficult as ever. I do like Wordsworth 3.05, although Ryan Moore has got his choice of rides this year very wrong in the major races. But this horse has good form and should stay well, he has some strong rivals, Kyprios his stablemate could pose the biggest threat. I also think Love 4.20 has major claims of winning, she runs well off a lay off and with plenty of speed she will have no issue with the 10f trip.

Looking at racing in France, at Saint Cloud, Afghany 2.35 will be hard to beat, he has had two good runs so far, finishing second on both starts, he has solid claims of getting his head in front today.

Looking at tonight evening card at Kilbeggan. One horse I thought that would win at short odds is Meticulous 5:10, he winning a maiden hurdle last time on decent ground, and I think he is a much better horse when it is riding good or close to that, he should be hard to beat with a decent claimer taking off a handy 5lbs.

Looking at Windsor it looks difficult , Canonized 6:00 is a good thing, hence the 1/3 odds.

Tomorrow is the start of the Royal Ascot meeting , winners are hard to find, Palace Pier and Stradivarius could be two sure things during the week.