John Burke

Evening all,

Inside today’s main piece I begin my look ahead to the weekend’s big race action by putting the Cesarewitch under the microscope. Plus, there’s a selection from Wednesday’s evening meeting at Kempton.

Evening all,

I had my Covid seasonal booster on Sunday. I have to say I didn’t feel a thing yesterday but on Monda I felt a bit achy and under the weather. That meant no Pontefract for me. I will ne wait for the seasonal finale on October 17^th. Still, I managed to cheer on a Surrey Mist and Cisco Disco to their respective successes.

One of the column’s readers Mike asked me about three Ralph Beckett juveniles who won at Salisbury last Thursday and whether they would be worth putting in the tracker. I’m glad Mike asked me. I want this column to be more interactive and if anyone else wants me to look at horses that horses ran the previous week.  I will if time allows be happy to oblige.

Inside today’s main piece I cast my eye over some of Ralph Beckett’s recent 2-year-old runners.

Morning all,

Sunday’s Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe reminded me of Arc’s from the 1970’s & 1980’s. A big field and a race where you could make a case for most of them. There was no standout horse among the twenty runners. no Baaeed, or Desert Crown. However, most of the top middle distance horses in the world were among the twenty runners.

The breeders may not favour the Arc these days but for me it remains the best race of the flat season and this year's race didn't disappoint.

Inside today’s main piece I look at some of the weekend’s highlights including Sunday’s Arc.  Plus, there’s a Monday selection from Windsor.

Evening all,

My good run came to an end yesterday, but I thought Asjad ran a cracker to finish third in Ascot’s Peroni Nastro Azzurro Challenge Cup (Heritage Handicap). If I had known, he would drift out to 22/1 I would have put him up each-way.

All eyes on at Longchamp on Sunday. However, there’s also a decent mixed flat/NH card at Tipperary. The highlight’s being the Group 3 Coolmore US Navy Flag Concorde Stakes (2:25) and two jumps Grade 3’s the highlights of an eight race card.

Inside today’s main piece I have concentrated on the five Group 1’s on the Longchamp card.