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Daily Mirror
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Newsboy's horseracing tips for Friday's six meetings, including Hamilton Nap
Newsboy fancies his nap, Khuskhas, to win at Hamilton and also hopes Arabian Force can score on the same card and complete his Daily Double KHUSKHAS looks well treated for her debut in the sphere as she takes on six opponents for the Hampton By Hilton Hotel Hamilton Park Nursery Handicap (6.00) to the south east of Glasgow on Friday evening. It was hard to get carried away with the Kevin Philippart de Foy-saddled filly's racecourse debut at Chelmsford City at the start of June - Khuskhas beat just two opponents home. But she took a big step forward from that first start in a six-furlong fillies' maiden at Great Yarmouth 22 days later. The market didn't fancy the daughter of Palace Pier's chances – Khuskhas went offa t 33-1 in a field of 12 – but she laughed at those odds with a strong-finishing three-quarter-length beating of Azleet. The Stuart Williams-trained runner-up did the form a favour with a subsequent win at Southwell, so Jason Hart's mount features on an attractive mark of 71 as she starts life in handicaps. Later on the Hamilton card, ARABIAN FORCE is taken to upset favourite Nahraan in the Listed British Stallion Studs EBF Glasgow Stakes (7.10). William Haggas's three-year-old couldn't get involved when seventh to Trinity College in the Group 3 Hampton Court Stakes over a mile and a quarter at Royal Ascot last month. But the ease in grade and additional furlong should enable Cieren Fallon's partner to show his true colours. FRIDAY'S SELECTIONS NEWBURY 2.25 SONIC PIONEER 3.00 RULER OF TIME 3.35 SING THE BLUES 4.10 WISE APPROACH 4.45 ORCHARD KEEPER 5.20 ODIN LEGACY NOTTINGHAM 2.15 MAXIMUM SCEPTICISM 2.50 BEELZEBUB 3.25 ON KEY 4.00 CAMTANK 4.31 SAN FRANCISCO BAY 5.05 MARCUS HAMILTON PARK 5.30 ASCENDING STAR 6.00 KHUSKHAS (NAP) 6.35 NARIKO 7.10 ARABIAN FORCE (NB) 7.45 LORD PROTECTOR 8.20 PARISIAC 8.50 INANNA NEWMARKET 5.15 CELESTRA 5.50 SCOVILLE 6.25 LADY OF ANDROS 7.00 CATCH CUNNINGHAM 7.35 ANTELOPE 8.10 ENPASSANT 8.40 BONDI PONTEFRACT 6.10 JACK RABBIT SLIMS 6.45 WALSINGHAM 7.20 RAVISHING BEAUTY 7.55 SQUEALER 8.25 PAPER DOLL 9.00 GOLDEN DUKE
South Wales Guardian
07-07-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
Ground crucial for Defiance's John Smith's Cup bid
The Roger Varian-trained four-year-old missed the second half of last season after successive runs on fast ground at Lingfield and York and he will not be asked to race on quick surfaces in the future. 'He's a lovely horse who had his problems last year, he got very jarred up in the Lingfield Derby Trial and we couldn't really get him back,' said Harry Herbert of Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, who own the gelding. 'We had to give him a lot of time and he's come back this year in really good shape, had a run at Epsom where he could have been a bit closer but he was just caught too far back. 'I think he's come on again for that run according to Roger, but we will take a look at the ground. If it's rattling quick we won't run and will wait until Goodwood. It looks like it is going to be hot up there but we'll see where we are the day before. 'It will be Roger's call but the horse is in great form, he looks fantastic and he's well thought of. We've not seen anything like the best of this horse yet, so it will be disappointing if he can't run as this has been his target for such a long time.' Karl Burke's course-and-distance winner Thunder Run has been left at the head of the weights following a host of withdrawals at the five-day stage, which included ante-post favourite Burrito. William Haggas' Archivist sits alongside Defiance in the new market with Arabian Force, See That Storm, Hand Of God and Naqeeb others in the mix
Glasgow Times
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Ground crucial for Defiance's John Smith's Cup bid
The Roger Varian-trained four-year-old missed the second half of last season after successive runs on fast ground at Lingfield and York and he will not be asked to race on quick surfaces in the future. 'He's a lovely horse who had his problems last year, he got very jarred up in the Lingfield Derby Trial and we couldn't really get him back,' said Harry Herbert of Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, who own the gelding. 'We had to give him a lot of time and he's come back this year in really good shape, had a run at Epsom where he could have been a bit closer but he was just caught too far back. 'I think he's come on again for that run according to Roger, but we will take a look at the ground. If it's rattling quick we won't run and will wait until Goodwood. It looks like it is going to be hot up there but we'll see where we are the day before. 'It will be Roger's call but the horse is in great form, he looks fantastic and he's well thought of. We've not seen anything like the best of this horse yet, so it will be disappointing if he can't run as this has been his target for such a long time.' Karl Burke's course-and-distance winner Thunder Run has been left at the head of the weights following a host of withdrawals at the five-day stage, which included ante-post favourite Burrito. William Haggas' Archivist sits alongside Defiance in the new market with Arabian Force, See That Storm, Hand Of God and Naqeeb others in the mix
North Wales Chronicle
07-07-2025
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Ground crucial for Defiance's John Smith's Cup bid
The Roger Varian-trained four-year-old missed the second half of last season after successive runs on fast ground at Lingfield and York and he will not be asked to race on quick surfaces in the future. 'He's a lovely horse who had his problems last year, he got very jarred up in the Lingfield Derby Trial and we couldn't really get him back,' said Harry Herbert of Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, who own the gelding. 'We had to give him a lot of time and he's come back this year in really good shape, had a run at Epsom where he could have been a bit closer but he was just caught too far back. 'I think he's come on again for that run according to Roger, but we will take a look at the ground. If it's rattling quick we won't run and will wait until Goodwood. It looks like it is going to be hot up there but we'll see where we are the day before. 'It will be Roger's call but the horse is in great form, he looks fantastic and he's well thought of. We've not seen anything like the best of this horse yet, so it will be disappointing if he can't run as this has been his target for such a long time.' Karl Burke's course-and-distance winner Thunder Run has been left at the head of the weights following a host of withdrawals at the five-day stage, which included ante-post favourite Burrito. William Haggas' Archivist sits alongside Defiance in the new market with Arabian Force, See That Storm, Hand Of God and Naqeeb others in the mix
Rhyl Journal
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
Ground crucial for Defiance's John Smith's Cup bid
The Roger Varian-trained four-year-old missed the second half of last season after successive runs on fast ground at Lingfield and York and he will not be asked to race on quick surfaces in the future. 'He's a lovely horse who had his problems last year, he got very jarred up in the Lingfield Derby Trial and we couldn't really get him back,' said Harry Herbert of Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, who own the gelding. 'We had to give him a lot of time and he's come back this year in really good shape, had a run at Epsom where he could have been a bit closer but he was just caught too far back. 'I think he's come on again for that run according to Roger, but we will take a look at the ground. If it's rattling quick we won't run and will wait until Goodwood. It looks like it is going to be hot up there but we'll see where we are the day before. 'It will be Roger's call but the horse is in great form, he looks fantastic and he's well thought of. We've not seen anything like the best of this horse yet, so it will be disappointing if he can't run as this has been his target for such a long time.' Karl Burke's course-and-distance winner Thunder Run has been left at the head of the weights following a host of withdrawals at the five-day stage, which included ante-post favourite Burrito. William Haggas' Archivist sits alongside Defiance in the new market with Arabian Force, See That Storm, Hand Of God and Naqeeb others in the mix
