Sam Rideout’s Galway Hurdle Preview
First run in 1913, the Galway Hurdle is one of my favourite races of the summer and in recent times has become an extremely classy affair. The now 163 rated Aramon won the last renewal in 2020, whilst dual Champion Hurdle runner up Sharjah landed the spoils in 2018. Looking at a few of the key trends, 17 of the […]
Sam Rideout’s Galway Plate Preview
This year’s Galway Plate looks a potentially high-class affair with a number of graded winners set to line up. I personally would like nothing more than to see Samcro cruise round in second gear and saunter clear after the last. He’s become just a bit unreliable though and for all he’s clearly an extremely talented horse on his day, he’s […]
Ten Horses To Follow At Glorious Goodwood By Sam Rideout
Glorious Goodwood is back with five exhilarating days of top-quality racing. I’ve taken a dive through the early entries and selected ten horses to keep an eye on this week. Fingers crossed plenty of them get declared and we find the odd winner or two! Tuesday Kinross 15/2 – Unibet Lennox Stakes (Group 2) The Unibet Lennox Stakes looks […]
Sam Rideout’s Saturday Racing Preview
Saturday Racing Preview Won by the likes of Galileo, Harbinger, Nathaniel, Highland Reel and Enable, this weekend’s feature race is the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes. Derby winner Adayar will look to prove his class, whilst the extremely exciting Love bids to give Aiden O’Brien his fifth win in the race. Mishriff will hope to add to his […]
Sam Rideout’s Saturday Racing Preview
Saturday Racing Preview All eyes will be on the Curragh this weekend where record breaking Epsom Oaks winner Snowfall looks to complete a Classic double. Elsewhere we have competitive cards from Newbury, Haydock and Newmarket along with a decent summer jumps card from Market Rasen. Last Saturday the preview struck gold with Tilsit 5/1, Winter Power 9/4 and Royal Fleet […]
Sam Rideout’s Saturday Racing Preview
Newmarket’s three-day July Festival culminates this Saturday with all eyes on the best sprinters around in the Group 1 July Cup. Newmarket also plays host to the Bunbury Cup and Superlative Stakes, whilst there are good looking cards at both York and Ascot. Last week the preview landed the big race of the day with St […]
Euro 2020 Final Preview
England meet Italy at Wembley in the final of Euro 2020, with England looking to win a first major international tournament since the 1966 World Cup in front of a home crowd. Italy come here on the back of a penalty shoot out win against Spain in the semi finals and whilst England didn’t quite […]
England vs Denmark – Euro 2020 Semi-Final Preview
Denmark make the trip to Wembley to take on England to see who will be coming back here for the final on Sunday. Denmark are playing with the support of every country other than England, and are looking to create a fairy tale given the events involving Christian Eriksen, but also the fact that they […]
Italy vs Spain – Euro 2020 Semi-Final Preview
Italy meet Spain for a place in the final of Euro 2020, with both sides enjoying very different paths to the final. Italy have been one of the most impressive teams at Euro 2020, with a solid defence and deadly attacking threat. They cruised through the group stage without conceding a goal and although they […]
Sam Rideout’s Saturday Racing Preview
Saturday Racing Preview Sandown takes centre stage this weekend for Group 1 action and one of my personal highlights of the season, The Coral Eclipse. The list of past winners is one full of legends with the likes of Enable, Roaring Lion, Golden Horn and Sea The Stars all winning in recent times. Elsewhere on the card […]
