John Burke

Good morning all,

It’s that time in the week when I look ahead to the weekend’s big race action.

We are coming to the climax of a shortened flat season. It’s Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday and the following week it’s the final Group 1 the Vertem Futurity at Doncaster. Today and tomorrow I’m going to look at the six races from Champions Day.

Inside today’s main piece you can read my thoughts on the first three races on the card. Plus, I have fancy from Nottingham.

Good morning all,

It’s Tuesday so it’s three for the tracker day. Inside the main piece, you can find out which three horses caught my eye at the first big jumps meeting of the autumn/winter campaign. Plus, I have an each way fancy running at Leicester this afternoon.

Good morning all,

Plenty to look forward to at the end of the week. On Friday it’s the start of two days of Group 1 juvenile action at Newmarket with the highlight being the bet365 Fillies' Mile, and the Old Rowley Cup. It’s also the first big jumps meeting of the autumn/winter campaign at Chepstow with the feature race being Unibet Persian War Novices' Hurdle. To add to the fun there’s also a good-looking flat card at York.

On Saturday it’s Europe’s premier juvenile race the Group 1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket and the second leg of the “Autumn Double” Cesarewitch Handicap. There’s also the Coral Sprint Trophy at York and another competitive day’s jumping at Chepstow. 

The big handicap action doesn’t end on Saturday either. It just switches over to Ireland with the Paddy Power Irish Cesarewitch at the Curragh and T McNamara Ladbrokes Munster National at Limerick.

Inside today’s main piece, I have had a look ahead at four horses that are worth looking out for at the weekend. Plus, I have a couple of each way fancies from Ludlow and Navan.

Good morning all,

It’s tracker Tuesday and I have two from the notebook that run at Kelso on Sunday. You can find them inside the main piece. Plus, I have a couple of fancies for this afternoon.