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Daily Mail
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Thursday, July 10
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Thursday's meetings at Newmarket, Doncaster, Epsom Downs, Carlisle and Newbury. Newmarket Robin Goodfellow 1.50 Scandinavia 2.25 Brussels 3.00 Realign 3.35 Ghostwriter 4.10 Crimson Rose 4.45 Seagulls Eleven 5.20 Parole D'oro Gimcrack 1.50 Scandinavia 2.25 BRUSSELS (nap) 3.00 Arabian Sun 3.35 Arabian Crown 4.10 Night Shining 4.45 Opera Ballo (nb) 5.20 Boyfriend NEWMARKET – 3.00 Realign (nb); 3.35 PALLADIUM (nap).NORTHERNER – 3.10 Orangesandlemons (nb). Doncaster Robin Goodfellow 1.30 Throne Hall 2.00 Wyle Cop 2.35 Magic Boy 3.10 Vince Le Prince 3.45 Khafiz 4.20 Raedwald 4.55 Brian The Snail 5.30 Beaming Light (nb) Gimcrack 1.30 Throne Hall 2.00 Hey Tru Blue 2.35 Trafalger 3.10 Commander Of Life 3.45 Khafiz 4.20 Salamanca City 4.55 Winged Messenger 5.30 Onslow Ga NORTHERNER – 3.10 Orangesandlemons (nb). Epsom Downs Carlisle Robin Goodfellow 2.10 Havana Rum 2.45 BRECKENBROUGH (nap) 3.20 Highfield Comrade 3.55 Special Thanks 4.32 College Fund 5.07 Jkr Cobbler Gimcrack 2.10 Havana Rum 2.45 Breckenbrough 3.20 Cangofar 3.55 Aspiral 4.32 College Fund 5.07 Mayberry Moon NORTHERNER – 2.10 HAVANA RUM (nap) Newbury Robin Goodfellow 5.25 Oh So Perfect 6.00 Brisk Symphony 6.35 The Caribbean 7.10 Comic Hero 7.45 Sea Founder 8.20 Clermont Ferrand 8.55 Tazama Gimcrack 5.25 Pepper Fizz 6.00 Jowalla 6.35 Sioux Warrior 7.10 Comic Hero 7.45 Sea Founder 8.20 Fast Steps 8.55 Bellator Bullet
Daily Mail
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Wednesday, July 2
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Wednesday's meetings at Thirsk, Epsom Downs, Worcester and Chepstow. Thirsk Robin Goodfellow 2.03 Dandy Style 2.33 Summer Heat 3.03 Gentle Touch 3.33 Arantes Nascimento 4.03 Langholm 4.38 Rogue Impact 5.13 Dakota Gold 5.48 Calafrio Gimcrack 2.03 Dandy Style 2.33 FIRST PRINCIPLE (nap) 3.03 Gentle Touch 3.33 Arantes Nascimento 4.03 Carnival Zain 4.38 Topteam (nb) 5.13 Mythical Ph 5.48 Without Flaw NEWMARKET – 2.33 Summer Heat (nb) NORTHERNER – 3.03 FOREST CAPER (nap); 3.33 Arantes Nascimento (nb). Epsom Downs Robin Goodfellow 6.20 Imperial Cult 6.50 Ibshara 7.23 Alzahir 7.58 Big Bear Hug 8.30 Rupert The Prince 9.00 Marlay Park Gimcrack 6.20 Bobacious 6.50 Ibshara 7.23 Huscal 7.58 Golden Circet 8.30 Charles Morin 9.00 Diamondonthehill NEWMARKET – 6.20 BOBACIOUS (nap) Worcester Robin Goodfellow 2.15 She Has Notions 2.45 Village Master 3.15 Woodland Adventure 3.45 Nana Noodleman 4.15 Hammer Dan 4.50 Scintillante 5.25 Mr Le Philosophe Robin Goodfellow 2.15 Mersey Street 2.45 Jubilant 3.15 Woodland Adventure 3.45 Jefe Triunfo 4.15 Let Me Go Boys 4.50 Play Pretend 5.25 Mr Le Philosoph Chepstow Robin Goodfellow 5.30 Level Up 6.00 Flying Comet 6.30 Reservardo 7.00 Jax Edge (nb) 7.35 Filly's Last Lady 8.10 Fishermans Cottage 8.45 ARCIMBOLDO (nap) Gimcrack 5.30 Outer Edge 6.00 Flying Comet 6.30 Hi Lord 7.00 Jax Edge 7.35 Alshimali 8.10 Fishermans Cottage 8.45 Casual Encounter
Daily Mail
08-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
CALUM McCLURKIN: Half-empty hill at Epsom on Derby day should be the final warning that racing needs to get its act together to stay in the mainstream consciousness
Away from the grandeur of Derby weekend at Epsom, there are hints of a power shift in the governance of British racing. Or is there? It's not unusual for new bosses to be in situ in the background just before the big occasion arrives. It's a useful distraction and a quiet introduction to the role while all the eyes are on the Oaks and Derby. Jim Mullen is the new chief executive of The Jockey Club. They own plenty of the high-profile racecourses across Britain, including Cheltenham, Aintree and Epsom. While watching top-class horses whizz around the tight bends of Epsom will be a source of delight, Mullen would no doubt have been more alarmed with the half- empty hill in the middle of the racecourse. The Derby has been around for almost 250 years and it's never felt more culturally irrelevant as it does now. This was a national occasion marked in the diary by pretty much anyone who follows sport. Not anymore. Epsom looked and felt silent, its undercard to the Derby was all relatively uninspiring stuff. This race desperately needs to find its resonance again. So does the sport. Charging kids £50 and £70 to get into the stands is shocking from Epsom's chiefs. £85 and £165 for the Grandstand and Queen Elizabeth Stand hardly represents value. Access to the hill is free but, with everyone on weather watch and expecting a heavy rain shower, there isn't much fun standing around the middle of the racecourse stuck and exposed to the elements. It could be worse. You could have paid £40 to watch Scotland's diabolical friendly defeat Iceland at Hampden on Friday night. The cost of access to top-level sporting events is sky high and racing faces challenges along with every other sport. Rip off Britain is in full bloom. Ordinary punters, who are already being taxed to oblivion, are paying through the nose for everything between supermarket essentials and leisure interests. More and more are disillusioned with the political system and feel barely recognised in the sports they once adored. Racing is no different in people paying more but getting less in return. But it's also struggling to resonate with the general public. The Derby undercard proved it. Two sprint handicaps you can watch any other day of the week and a couple of weak Group Threes is not befitting of the main event. Punters take so much time and energy to spot the right price and get the right value in the right races. It also applies to gate prices. Don't be so shocked when people that spend most of their spare time poring through race form and weighing up whether to back a horse at 9/4 or wait for 5/2 are astute enough to not pay over the odds for the entry fee or £14 for a bad burger. Racing's core audience has been insulted for too long. More and more people and voting with their feet and keeping their hard-earned in their pocket. Credit to Hexham for being one of too few exceptions to the rule. You can get in for as less as £12 at the independently run course who had a royal visit earlier this week. A chief executive at Ladbrokes-Coral and newspaper group Reach, Mullen is no stranger to making brutal decisions. Speaking this week, the 54-year-old Glaswegian said: 'There will be hard decisions that have to be made.' Too right. The Jockey Club, and indeed racing's finances, have been taking a whacking. Attendances have fallen and profits have tumbled due to the gambling regulation that is being impinged on punters and declining attendances. Only a cursory glance over the hill yesterday would tell you that. Nevin Truesdale was in his position before Mullen took over last Sunday. It wasn't so long ago that Epsom was invaded by animal rights protestors, Truesdale took out a court injunction against them and they've not been seen since. He also started the petition that engaged a parliamentary discussion against affordability checks and their impact on the racing industry. Those two public acts of valour were greater than any chief executive or chairman in anyone in any body of British racing's absurdly bloated governance structure. Truesdale left with some frustrated parting words at the system's dysfunctionality and, quite understandably, rode off into the sunset. Mullen facing a major task in taking up the mantle and is destined to meet the same obstacles. The hope for real change is racing's governance curiously sits with the position of Mullen's fellow Scot Lord Charles Allen. He was supposed to take up his position as chairman of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) last week but delayed his arrival. He was appointed to the role he has not yet taken up last November. A double bluff to get exactly what he wants or one look into the shambles in the corridors of power and doing a runner? Time will tell but it's the kind of initial unorthodox move that might finally jolt signs of life into a paralysed governing structure that he wants to change. The BHA, for instance, are powerless over the bloated fixture list in Britain that sees massive races such as the Derby given precious little wriggle room from lesser meetings elsewhere. A Labour peer, Allen, 68, has voiced concerns about British racing's governance model. Mullen said: 'When and if he starts he's got my support because if we don't have proper governance of the sport it all falls off. I wouldn't dare to speak on his behalf but when and if he's here I will look forward to working with a fellow Lanarkshire man.' Allen has sent out a soft marker and needs to feel that the sport is willing to change for the better. If not, then he doesn't need the hassle. And he wouldn't be the first to walk away if racing's chiefs take the easy option and continue with the rudderless status quo. Even the insular racing bubble can burst. One look at the hill at Epsom yesterday tells you that. PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK… LAMBOURN produced a relentless galloping display from the front to make all in the Derby. An 11th victory in the race for trainer Aidan O'Brien, jockey Wayne Lordan set solid fractions and was never going to be caught in blowing what looked like an open Classic apart. SELECTIONS OF THE DAY… It's Perth Gold Cup day but the outstanding play lies in the Silver Cup (3.22). SCHMILSSON (6/5, William Hill) won nicely over course and distance last month and is open to further progress for the Olly Murphy-Sean Bowen trainer-jockey combination that have such a successful strike-rate at the racecourse. Bowen can double up in the Gold Cup (Perth, 3.57) with last year's winner STATUARIO (7/2, William Hill) back for more in the feature. he's still reasonably treated at the age of 10 and can at least go close again at a venue he adores for trainer Micky Bowen.
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Lambourn wins English Derby to give trainer Aidan O'Brien his 11th victory at the classic
Wayne Lordan, Aidan O'Brien and connections with the trophy for the Betfred Derby during Derby Day of the Betfred Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse, in Epsom, England, Saturday June 7, 2025. (John Walton/PA via AP) Winner Wayne Lordan, left, and Aidan O'Brien hold the trophy for the Betfred Derby during Derby Day of the Betfred Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse, in Epsom, England, Saturday June 7, 2025. (John Walton/PA via AP) Lambourn ridden by Wayne Lordan alongside travelling head lad Pat Keating after winning the Betfred Derby during Derby Day of the Betfred Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse, in Epsom, England, Saturday June 7, 2025. (Adam Davy/PA via AP) Lambourn ridden by Wayne Lordan alongside travelling head lad Pat Keating after winning the Betfred Derby during Derby Day of the Betfred Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse, in Epsom, England, Saturday June 7, 2025. (Adam Davy/PA via AP) Wayne Lordan, Aidan O'Brien and connections with the trophy for the Betfred Derby during Derby Day of the Betfred Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse, in Epsom, England, Saturday June 7, 2025. (John Walton/PA via AP) Winner Wayne Lordan, left, and Aidan O'Brien hold the trophy for the Betfred Derby during Derby Day of the Betfred Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse, in Epsom, England, Saturday June 7, 2025. (John Walton/PA via AP) Lambourn ridden by Wayne Lordan alongside travelling head lad Pat Keating after winning the Betfred Derby during Derby Day of the Betfred Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse, in Epsom, England, Saturday June 7, 2025. (Adam Davy/PA via AP) EPSOM, England (AP) — Lambourn raced away from the pack to win the English Derby on Saturday, giving Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien his 11th win at the classic race. Lambourn set the pace early and then pulled away down the final stretch to win by about 3 1/2 lenghts. The 3-year-old colt, ridden by Wayne Lordan, entered the race at 13-2 after losing to 2-1 favorite Delacroix at Leopardstown in March. But Delacroix never looked like challenging this time and finished ninth. Advertisement Lazy Griff (50-1) was second and Tennessee Stud came third. It was O'Brien's third consecutive win at the showpiece race. 'Wayne gave him him an incredible ride," O'Brien said. 'Everybody knew what he was going to do, he's very straightforward, Wayne knew he'd stay so he went forward." Lambourn was sired by 2014 Derby winner Australia, who in turn was sired by 2001 victor Galileo. 'It's incredible for everyone that we trained Australia to win the Derby and his sire as well, Galileo. I'm just a small part of it, everybody puts in so much, I can't tell you what a privelege it is," O'Brien said. 'Australia was a great Derby winner and his horses are so straightforward, just like him." ___ AP horse racing:
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Spiritual wins the opener on Betfred Derby day at Epsom
Spiritual (9-1) ran out an impressive winner of the opener, the Princess Elizabeth Stakes, on Betfred Derby day at Epsom on Saturday afternoon. The John and Thady Gosden-trained four-year-old, who had not won since scoring at Sandown last July, was given a positive ride by Rab Havlin to score. Stepping back up to an extended mile having run well over seven furlongs at Lingfield on her seasonal return, she crossed over to take the lead early on in the race. And once she hit the front she hardly saw another rival during the 1m½f Group Three contest. Spiritual went into the lead after about a furlong and once she turned Tattenham Corner, the daughter of Invincible Spirit began to move clear of the field and eventually came home four-and-three-quarters-of-a-length ahead of Bright Thunder (14-1) with Sparks Fly (11-1) half-a-length back in third and Royal Dress (16-5) was another three lengths further adrift in fourth. Advertisement John Gosden said: "She loved it in front and got a bit of space around her which gave her plenty of confidence and she relaxed. Leah, who rides her every day, does a great job as she's a handful and she goes off funny little places on her own otherwise she's off. READ MORE: Liverpool make improved offer for Florian Wirtz as £113m transfer talks continue READ MORE: Florian Wirtz transfer concern is clear as Liverpool wait explained "A mile is her trip and that was an easy mile, she ran well in the seven-furlong race at Lingfield. It was lovely to win a Group Three like that in good style and they gave it to her easy up front as they say. Advertisement "She's a good filly, but she sometimes worries about the others. The good thing is she got free there. She's got a Group Three now so we'll go and look at a Group Two somewhere and if she doesn't win she might be placed. There's one in France we've our eye on and we were just hoping to run well today and not go win like that. " On the runner-up Bright Thunder, trainer and Liverpool FC fan Karl Burke said: "She ran a brilliant race and I'm very happy with her. She loved the ground and probably could have done with it being a bit softer. I think that was probably a career best and we're very happy." Trainer David Loughnane was also happy with the effort of stable star Sparks Fly, who was third. He is hoping she can finally land a Group race this season. Loughnane said: "She ran a blinder, she just didn't get out in time. She's handled the ground fine and that's the first time she's gone and got black type with good in the going description, I'm thrilled with the run. It was a real blinder and it opens up a few more options for her now. I've always thought she was a Group Three horse and she's proved it there. I thought she was the best horse in the race, but just got held up and didn't get there in time." Persica, ridden by Ryan Moore, wins the Betfred Diomed Stakes on Derby Day at the 2025 Betfred Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse on Saturday, June 7 2025 -Credit:PA Persica (6-4 favourite) came through late to land the Group Three Betfred Diomed Stakes at Epsom. Advertisement The Richard Hannon-trained four-year-old had won the Group Three Earl Of Sefton Stakes at Sandown in April before finding Group One company and the slight step back down to a mile beyond him when eighth in the Lockinge Stakes last month. But back down to Group Threee level and up over this 1m½f, Persica was back in the winner's enclosure at Epsom where he also was after winning a handicap at this meeting last season. Under Ryan Moore, Persica was settled towards the rear despite having been prominent in many of his races. But he moved through the field stylishly and came late to collar Ice Max (10-1) and score by three-quarters-of-a-length. Docklands, who may head to Royal Ascot in 10 days' time for the Group One Queen Anne Stakes, was also finishing late and was just a short-head further adrift in third. Trainer Hannon said: "He's one of those horses who's a pleasure to turn up to the races with and he's a good-looking horse who belongs to the right people and he has a chance in any race. "Knowing his owners they'll be thinking Japan Cup and Breeders' Cup and something in Australia, but being honest we've always been happy to ply our trade around this level. We might make the occasional jump up on the back of this which I think makes sense, but he has a chance in any race if he gets his ground. Ryan said he struggled going down the hill a bit, but I didn't have the guts to tell him he had been here last year and won!"
