Excellent midweek racing on both sides of the Irish Sea including the middle day of Yarmouth’s Eastern Festival where the feature event is the listed John Musker Fillies’ Stakes over 10 furlongs.
AP McCoy heads to Uttoxeter and Worcester in pursuit of Martin Pipe’s record of 4191 career winners, the Champion Jockey just one behind his former boss and seven excellent rides on two excellent cards of summer jumping.
It’s Christmas Eve for Richard Hughes with four plumb rides on Toronado, Night of Thunder, Kool Kompany and Sole Power tomorrow on the first day of Royal Ascot and the Champion Jockey heads to his beloved Windsor for five rides, including two for the boss Richard Hannon.
The Monday jumps card at Kempton gives way to all-weather action this afternoon and Colour Catcher (2.10) is taken to improve on his debut when green but running on strongly into third place in a decent little race.
BetVictor make John Gosden’s unbeaten colt Kingman their 7/4 fav (from 6/1) for the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket next month after his magnificent win in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.
The opening day of the Aintree festival boasts four Grade 1’s on a tremendous day of jump racing in Liverpool, with the Thursday of the festival competing with Ladies Day and National Day in terms of both drama and excitement.