Off to Baden-Baden This column is now leaving for Baden-Baden and will return on Tuesday. ... » more

Highlights later in the week Thursday´s big race at York is the Dante Stakes at 15.30 CET, normally the best Derby trial, and the likely field includes Bonfire (Andrew Balding/ Jimmy Fortune) and Mandaean (Mahmood al Zarooni/ Mikel ... » more

York May meeting The York May meeting starts today with the Group Two Duke of York Stakes over 6 furlongs at 16.00 CET as the main feature. This has attracted a strong field with CD specialist Hoof It (Mick Easterby/ Ryan ... » more

6 meetings today Plenty of racing today, but as is normal for a Tuesday, nothing of great importance. In the U.K., the racing this afternoon at Hereford and Wincanton and this evening at Southwell is over jumps, while the ... » more

Listed race this evening at Windsor 5 meetings today, but nothing earth-shaking. The best race is the listed mile event at 20.10 CET at Windsor´s evening meeting with only 5 runners. Tullius (Andrew Balding/ Jimmy Fortune), who won a hot ... » more

top three-year-olds at Leopardstown and Longchamp there are 3 poor jumps meetings in the U.K. today, and more of the same at Killarney; much more exciting are the high class flat cards at Leopardstown and, even better, at Longchamp, where the first two ... » more

classic trials at Lingfield there was a time when the Oaks and Derby trials at Lingfield were the most significant races leading up to Epsom, but that is no longer the case, and even less so today, when both races are run on polytrack ... » more