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Wednesday Selection

Good morning all,

Just a week until my favourite of the summer festivals York’s Ebor meeting. Before all that there’s some decent action between now and Sunday.

The quality of racing starts to ratchet up from today. We have the start of Salisbury’s two-day August meeting with the Listed Upavon Fillies’ Stakes (4.15) the feature race of a six-race card.

There is more Listed action across the Irish Sea with the Hurry Harriet Stakes (5.35) at Gowran Park. It’s a race that has been dominated by Aidan O’Brien and Dermot Weld. The former has saddled the winner 5 times since 2011 and the latter 3 times.

Inside today’s main piece I start to look ahead to Saturday’s big races.  Plus, I have a selection from Gowran Park.

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Tracker Tuesday & Nottingham Selection

Good morning all,

Its “Tracker Tuesday”.  There won’t be many horses for the virtual notebook well at least until after York’s Ebor Festival.

For those of you who follow my tracker horses. You will know they churn out plenty of winner’s and sometimes in the most unexpected places.

I put up the Joseph O’Brien trained colt State Of Rest after he finished 3rd of 11 on his seasonal return in a Listed race at the Curragh on Irish Derby Day. Well, the 3-year-old was sent over across the Atlantic to run in Saturday’s Saratoga Derby and he beat the strongly fancied Aidan O’Brien trained Bolshoi Ballet. He was returned at a juicy 21/1.

Maybe one of today’s three eyecatchers will go in at big odds to?

Inside today’s main piece I have three for the tracker. Plus, I have had a look at three races on this afternoon's Nottingham card.

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Pontefract Fancies

Good morning all,

After all the excitement of Goodwood. The high-class racing in Britain takes a short holiday until York’s Ebor Festival. Which is now just two weeks away.

On Saturday, the Shergar Cup returns to Ascot after the 2020 meeting had to be cancelled due to Covid.  For those punters who don’t like the Shergar Cup, there’s the Group 3 Rose of Lancaster Stakes (4.10). There’s also Group 3 action at Newmarket with the latest running of Sweet Solera Stakes (2.50) for 2-year-old fillies.

On Sunday it’s the second installment of Sky Bet Sunday Series at Haydock. Across the Irish Sea the Curragh hosts a decent card with the feature race being the Group 1 Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (4.10).

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