Racing News & Previews
Race previews, festival guides, and seasonal features. Expert analysis and betting angles for upcoming UK fixtures.
St Leger Festival 2026 Tips: Four Days at Doncaster and the Classic Angle
St Leger Festival 2026 tips: how to bet the four days at Doncaster, the angles that repeat every year, and where the daily best bets land.
Cheltenham Festival 2027 Tips: Four Championship Days and the Angles That Repeat
Cheltenham Festival 2027 tips: the four championship races, the course angles that repeat every year, and where the daily best bets land.
Grand National 2027 Tips: What Actually Wins Aintree's Big Race
Grand National 2027 tips: the weight and age patterns that actually predict a winner, and where the best bet lands once the field is declared.
Royal Ascot 2026 Tips: Best Bets, Each-Way Picks & Daily Tipping Through the Meeting
How our Royal Ascot 2026 tips did: the honest settlement of every daily best bet (Tue 16 - Sat 20 June). Three winners from five, Ombudsman, Scandinavia and Precise, but all short-priced favourites, so the tips tracked the market rather than beat it. Each call settled with its SP, plus the original day-by-day reasoning.
Ebor Festival 2026 Results: Juddmonte, Nunthorpe & Every Day's Winners
Results from the 2026 Sky Bet Ebor Festival at York, 19-22 August: the Juddmonte, Yorkshire Oaks, Nunthorpe and Ebor Handicap, with starting prices.
Royal Ascot 2026 TV Guide: ITV Schedule, Race Times & How to Watch
Royal Ascot 2026 runs Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 June. Full ITV Racing schedule, off-times for all 35 races, the eight Group 1s, free streaming options, and how to watch every day of the meeting.
Irish Champions Festival 2026 Tips: Leopardstown and the Curragh
Irish Champions Festival 2026 tips: how to bet Leopardstown and the Curragh, the angles that repeat every year, and where the daily best bets land.
Cheltenham Festival 2027 TV Guide: ITV Times & Watch
Cheltenham Festival 2027: ITV coverage times, when each championship race goes off, free and paid streaming options, and how to watch every day.
Chester Cup 2026: Tips, Runners & a Record 86 Entries
Friday 8 May at Chester. Result is in -- A Piece Of Heaven (7/1, J P O'Brien / Dylan Browne McMonagle, drawn 2) won by ½ length from Maxi King (25/1) and Duraji (50/1). See the full Chester Cup 2026 result piece for race shape and trends-scorecard review.
St Leger Festival 2026 Preview: The Ante-Post Picture at Doncaster
St Leger Festival 2026 preview: the ante-post picture before declarations, and this year's strongest trial form into Doncaster.
Item's Arc Odds Cut From 33/1 to 16/1 After the Juddmonte
Item's 10/1 Juddmonte win prompted bookies to cut his Arc price from 33/1 to 16/1. We assess the form and the trip question for October.
Grand National 2027: A Beginner's Guide to Betting On It
New to the Grand National? How the race works, how to place an each-way bet, and the four things that actually matter when picking a horse.
Galway Festival 2026: Dates, Programme, Galway Plate and Galway Hurdle
Mon 27 July–Sun 2 August 2026, Ballybrit. Seven days of Irish racing — the Tote Galway Plate on Wednesday, the Guinness Galway Hurdle on Ladies' Day Thursday — with the full week programme, what to watch and how to follow it.
Glorious Goodwood 2027: Race Times, Schedule & ITV TV
Glorious Goodwood 2027 race times, the full festival schedule and ITV TV coverage — five days of Group 1 flat racing on the Sussex Downs (the Qatar Goodwood Festival), updated as runners and going are declared.
Dante Festival 2026 Preview: Christmas Day, Scandinavia & the Minster Rebrand
York's Dante Festival 13-15 May 2026: ALL three days in the books. Day 1: Legacy Link wins Musidora (Gosden's record-equalling 9th); 8/1 Elmonjed wins rebranded Minster. Day 2: Item 11/2 wins Dante (now 5/1 Epsom Derby joint-fav); See The Fire back-to-back in Middleton. Day 3: Rahiebb 4/1 wins Yorkshire Cup as 8/13F Amiloc flops to 6th. Full results, quotes, Royal Ascot implications.
Our Model Disagrees With the Favourite in 26 of Today's 27 Races
Across Goodwood, Beverley, Cork and Yarmouth our model's top pick is not the favourite in 26 of 27 races. What that means, and why it is not a signal.
Dublin Racing Festival 2026 Results: Irish Gold Cup, Irish Champion Hurdle & Every Grade 1 Winner
Full results for the 2026 Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown, run 1-2 February. All eight Grade 1 winners with starting prices.
Beverley Bullet 2026 Preview: Heavy Ground Turns the Listed Sprint on Its Head
Beverley, Sun 30 Aug, 14:15. Beverley Bullet Sprint, Listed, 5f, heavy. Top-rated Jm Jungle is only fifth on our model. The going, the climb, the eight.
Prestige Fillies' Stakes 2026 Preview: Nine Lightly Raced Fillies on Soft Goodwood Ground
Goodwood, Sun 30 Aug, 15:10. Prestige Fillies' Stakes, Group 3, 7f, soft. Aperoll heads the market at 3/1 but our model prefers Bayside View.
Coronation Cup 2026 Tips: Jan Brueghel Defends at 8/11 Odds-On
Coronation Cup at Epsom, Friday 5 June 2026. Jan Brueghel (A O'Brien / Ryan Moore) is 8/11 ante-post favourite to defend. Wahegine Sky (Burrows) and Continuous (A O'Brien) chase. Trends-clean profile, each-way value play and verdict.
Dante Festival 2026 Tips: Three-Day Race-By-Race Selections at York
Race-by-race tips for the 2026 Dante Festival at York, Wed 13 to Fri 15 May. Christmas Day in the Dante, Scandinavia in the Yorkshire Cup, plus Musidora and Minster verdicts. Each-way picks, structural value reads, and responsible-betting framing.
Newmarket July Festival 2026 Preview: July Cup, Falmouth & Three Days on the July Course
Thu 9 – Sat 11 July 2026, Newmarket July Course. The summer highlight: Ladies' Day, the Group 1 Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes on Friday and the Group 1 July Cup on Saturday. The meeting, the feature races, and where to bet.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2026 Preview: Ascot's £2m Group 1
Result: Kalpana (13/2) won the 2026 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot from 6/5 favourite Calandagan. This is the preview we published beforehand, kept live for the record: the race, the trends, the declared nine and the Friday prices. Full finishing order in our race report.
Irish Derby Festival 2027: Race Times, TV Coverage & Raceday Guide
The Curragh's three-day flat festival: race times, TV coverage, ticketing and the raceday guide for the Irish Derby and Pretty Polly Stakes.
Guineas Festival 2026 Preview: 2000 & 1000 Guineas Tips, Runners & Odds
The Guineas Festival at Newmarket on 2-3 May: our full preview of the 2000 and 1000 Guineas with key contenders, betting angles, and how to watch the first Classics of the flat season.
Fairyhouse Easter Festival 2027: Race Times & TV Guide
The Fairyhouse Easter Festival: three days at Fairyhouse built around the Irish Grand National. Race times, TV coverage and how to follow the runners.
Irish 2000 Guineas 2026 Preview: Gstaad 2/5F Heads Curragh 3yo Classic
Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh, Saturday 23 May 2026 at 15:40 BST. Gstaad (A O'Brien / R Moore) the 2/5F after his Newmarket 2nd; Distant Storm (Appleby) carries the 2000G 3rd-place form line at 5/1-7/1 each-way. Aidan O'Brien chasing a record 13th Irish 2000G win. Trends, runners, ITV coverage and verdict.
Listowel Harvest Festival 2026: Race Times & TV Guide
The Listowel Harvest Festival: seven days on the Island, built around the Guinness Kerry National. Race times, TV coverage and how to follow the runners.
Galway Festival 2026 Results: Galway Plate, Galway Hurdle & Every Day's Winners
Live results hub for the 2026 Galway Races Summer Festival (27 July–2 August). Seven days from Ballybrit: the Galway Plate, the Guinness Galway Hurdle, Ladies' Day and every day's winners, with starting prices, verified as each card finishes.
Breaking: Thirsk Abandons Three Races Over Ground
Thirsk abandoned three races today after the going was declared unsafe, following a fall in the opening race. Here's what's confirmed, and what isn't yet.
Lockinge Stakes 2026 Preview: Rosallion 6/4F Heads Newbury Mile G1 [Post-Race: Notable Speech Won 2/1F]
BoyleSports Lockinge Stakes at Newbury, Saturday 16 May 2026 at 14:35 BST. RESULT: Notable Speech won at 2/1F; 6/4F Rosallion flopped. Pre-race preview retained; see Lockinge Stakes 2026 Result piece for the full race report.
Thirsk Sky Bet Sunday Series 2026: ITV Broadcast Preview
Sunday 31 May 2026 — Thirsk hosts a Sky Bet Sunday Series fixture broadcast live on ITV. Seven races on a Sunday-afternoon card, enhanced prize money, and a family-friendly day out in North Yorkshire on the Bank Holiday weekend. Full card preview, where to bet, and what makes this fixture different.
Fairyhouse Easter Festival 2026 Results & Winners
2026 Fairyhouse Easter Festival results: Soldier In Milan's Irish Grand National win, the WillowWarm Gold Cup and the weekend's winners.
Cesarewitch Handicap 2026: Racetimes, TV Coverage & Raceday Guide
The Cesarewitch at Newmarket — flat racing's ultra-long marathon handicap. Race times, ITV coverage, course notes and how to follow the runners.
Who Is Winning the Summer: Jockeys and Trainers in 2026
Billy Loughnane leads the riders on wins since June, Joseph O'Brien the trainers. And two jumps yards are quietly out-striking everybody.
Chester Vase 2026 Preview: Benvenuto Cellini Heads the Derby Trial
Wednesday 6 May at Chester. Aidan O'Brien's Frankel colt Benvenuto Cellini -- general 5/1 Derby favourite -- is rerouted to the Vase. Field, trends, going forecast and verdict for the most important Derby trial in Europe.
Ormonde Stakes 2026 Preview: Jan Brueghel and the Stoute Void
Thursday 7 May at Chester. Result is in -- Jan Brueghel (4/7F, A O'Brien / Ryan Moore) won by 2½ lengths from Mount Atlas, with Illinois 3rd. See the full Ormonde Stakes 2026 result piece for race shape, market reaction and Coronation Cup implications.
Punchestown Festival 2026 Results: Every Grade 1, Day by Day
The 2026 Punchestown Festival results, day by day: Gaelic Warrior's Gold Cup romp, Bob Olinger's final win, Lossiemouth's double and every Grade 1 winner.
Lockinge Stakes 2026 Tips: Rosallion 6/4F Heads 10-Runner Field [Post-Race: Notable Speech Won 2/1F]
BoyleSports Lockinge Stakes at Newbury, Saturday 16 May 2026 at 14:35 BST. RESULT: Notable Speech won at 2/1F; 6/4F Rosallion flopped. Pre-race trends, verdict, ITV coverage; see Lockinge Stakes 2026 Result piece for the full race report.
Prix du Jockey Club 2026 Result: Constitution River Leads Ballydoyle 1-2-3
Sunday 31 May 2026 at Chantilly. Constitution River (15/8 fav, Aidan O'Brien / Ryan Moore) wins the French Derby by 3/4 length from Hawk Mountain (Christophe Soumillon) with Montreal a head back in third -- a historic Ballydoyle 1-2-3 in the Prix du Jockey Club. A P O'Brien flagged the Coral-Eclipse (Sandown, 4 July) as the likely next target rather than the Royal Ascot Prince of Wales's Stakes. Result, ride and Royal Ascot read-across.
Yarmouth Eastern Festival 2026 Preview: Three-Day Flat Meeting on the Norfolk Coast
Yarmouth's three-day Eastern Festival runs 15-17 September 2026 — Gentlemen's Day, the John Musker Fillies' Stakes (Listed) and Ladies Day. Course quirks, card-by-card focus, trends and where to bet for the Norfolk coast's autumn-Flat highlight.
Coral-Eclipse 2026 Preview: Sandown Group 1, 1m2f — Entries, Trends & Where to Bet
Sat 4 July 2026, ~15:35 BST. Sandown Park. Coral-Eclipse (Group 1, 1m2f, 3yo+, £1m). The first big clash of the Classic generation with their elders — with Royal Ascot winners Ombudsman and Precise among the entries. The race, the trends, the field and where to bet.
Punchestown Festival 2026 Preview: Dates, Races & Betting Guide
Full Punchestown Festival 2026 preview — key Grade 1 races, Cheltenham form horses to follow, dates, and the best betting angles for Ireland's end-of-season jumping showpiece.
Killarney July Festival 2026 Preview: Cairn Rouge Stakes, Ladies Day & Five Nights in Kerry
Mon 13 – Fri 17 July 2026, Killarney. Five days of summer racing beside the National Park: evening Flat cards, the Listed Cairn Rouge Stakes on Wednesday, the switch to jumps and Friday's Lee Strand Best Dressed Ladies Day. The week, the feature races and where to watch.
Killarney July Festival 2026 Results: Cairn Rouge Stakes, Ladies Day & Every Day's Winners
Live results hub for the 2026 Killarney July Racing Festival (13–17 July). Day-by-day winners from Kerry — the Listed Cairn Rouge Stakes, the jumps cards and Ladies Day — with starting prices, verified as each card finishes.
Dublin Racing Festival 2027: Times, TV & Raceday Guide
The Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown: eight Grade 1 races over two days, headed by the Irish Gold Cup. Dates, TV coverage and a raceday guide.
Brighton Festival of Racing 2026 Preview: Three Days on the Downs (5-7 August)
Brighton Festival of Racing returns 5-7 August 2026 — three days of summer Flat racing on the South Downs in partnership with Star Sports. Brighton Mile Challenge headlines Day 1, Ladies Day follows on Day 2, and the festival finale closes the meeting on Friday 7 August. Course quirks, trends, draw bias and where to bet.
Coral-Eclipse 2026 Result: Constitution River Wins for O'Brien & Moore -- a Fourth Straight Eclipse
Constitution River (8/11f) won the 2026 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown for Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore, beating A Boy Named Susie by 3L with Hawk Mountain third. A fourth consecutive Eclipse and a tenth overall for O'Brien. Full result, how the race was run, and how it graded against our pre-race angles.