Richard Birch

4 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Robbie Wilders |Richard Birch

This is as competitive a race as you could wish to see at Chelmsford. A maximum field was declared, and two key players are drawn wider than ideal. Silver Samurai (stall 12) was a good second in a similar race at Kempton recently when sporting a tongue-tie. That appendage clearly worked, while Grand Karat (11) put a moderate effort at that track behind him with a solid fourth at Newcastle. Wider still is Sir Mark Prescott's interesting handicap newcomer Sheriff's Court (14).

4 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Richard Birch

What’s the big story? It’s the Saturday before the Betfred Derby, and the ITV action from Haydock, York and Chester features Group races and red-hot, big-field handicaps as a mini heatwave is forecast. The Group 3 Betfred John of Gaunt Stakes (3.33) at Haydock sees the seasonal reappearance of the popular Kinross, who won this race in 2021 under Frankie Dettori. Now an eight-year-old, the 11-time scorer is reported ready to roll by trainer Ralph Beckett, but would ideally prefer more cut underfoot.

4 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Richard Birch |Phill Anderson

Andrew Balding has done well with horses formerly trained by Sir Michael Stoute so it’s no surprise to see bookmakers taking evasive action with Never So Brave in Chester’s feature. The lightly raced four-year-old followed up his maiden success with an easy course win over the extended seven furlongs at this venue and there were a couple of hard luck stories in his subsequent defeats last season.

1 month ago | racingpost.com | Richard Birch

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1 month ago | racingpost.com | Richard Birch |David Carr

This is a cracking Zetland Gold Cup with a handful of highly progressive four-year-olds pitched against more exposed rivals. The pick of that age group could be Sir Lowry’s Pass, who stormed two lengths clear of Tony Montana at Goodwood three weeks ago on just his second start since qualifying for handicaps. That looked a strongly contested race at the time and Tony Montana provided confirmation of that when beaten a head by Thunder Run at York next time out.