Graeme Rodway

6 days ago | racingpost.com | Graeme Rodway |Liam Headd

Derby trials, Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore just seem to go hand-in-hand these days and another plethora of potentially top-class middle-distance three-year-old colts strutted their stuff for Ballydoyle at Chester this week. Now it is the Lingfield version that is in their sights. O'Brien saddles Puppet Master and Stay True, and the market could not split them before Moore chose to ride Puppet Master.

1 week ago | racingpost.com | Graeme Rodway |Andrew Dietz

The remarkable rise of James Owen up the ranks continues at pace and the Newmarket-based trainer seems to be able to win with anything, over jumps and on the Flat. He has trained Flat winners from 5f to 2m-plus, but it’s over the longer distances where his runners really excel. Owen has saddled 45 winners from 193 runners over 1m4f-plus since he started training and that 23 per cent strike-rate has translated to a profit of £12.10 to £1 level stakes.

1 week ago | racingpost.com | David Milnes |Graeme Rodway

It’s impossible to escape the notion that Illinois was a bit of a nearly horse in his Classic campaign last season. He was second in the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp, the Great Voltigeur at York and the St Leger at Doncaster, and lost by a neck in the last two of them. However, he has still won twice in the last year and both victories came at Group 2 level, so he is definitely capable of winning this Group 3, but can he defy a penalty for his higher-grade wins?

1 week ago | racingpost.com | Andrew Dietz |Graeme Rodway

Most punters will start and end their analysis with Aidan O’Brien, who has won this race ten times, including on six occasions in the last ten years. However, three of the last four haven’t gone his way and maybe he isn’t bringing quite as strong a team to the contest as he used to. Nevertheless, it’s the Ryan Moore-ridden Lambourn who heads the market and he is a certain stayer.

1 week ago | racingpost.com | Graeme Rodway

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