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17 line up for the listed Cecil Frail Stakes at Haydock on Friday but a lot of them are taking a chance in the hope of getting black type and it really concerns just 4. The 3yo Half Sovereign attempts to prove she has trained on as a 3yo but is poorly drawn in stall…

By far the best race on Thursday is at Longchamp when Santorini Star contests the newly upgraded Group 1 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier due off at 19.50, over just short of 2 miles. She faces a re-match with her conquerer on Arc day last October the Sir Mark Prescott trained Consent. Santorini Star had beaten Consent…

This season in the Haggas yard there are, as yet, no 3yo’s like Merchant last year that had already made a mark in handicaps and looked obvious Royal Ascot candidates. The upcoming week will see a fair few maidens looking to progress from maiden to Handicap company but there a couple that have shown high…

As expected the bookmakers have taken no chances with Adamlyi and he has been put in at around Even money against Runman in the Nottingham Novice Stakes at 2.20. I thought the hope of getting 7/4 or bigger was unlikely so it looks like a No Bet race. On Monday we correctly assessed the chance…

An excellent start to the week on Sunday with Valiancy winning very impressively and probably booking his place in the Copper Horse at Royal Ascot. Hopefully some of you got the early price of 5/2. Siren Star ran as we anticipated – she will be better for the run and probably needs to come down…

The end of Dante and Lockinge week is usually a very good time to reflect on the early weeks of the season with a slight pause before Epsom and Royal Ascot. From the viewpoint of the William Haggas yard it highlighted the very positive start made to the season, which has been reflected with a…

Valiancy  There are a few candidates housed in Somerville Lodge that could contest the 14f Copper Horse Handicap at Royal Ascot – it is a race annually targeted by Wathnan Racing .  Last season the Gosden’s delivered the goods for Wathnan with French Master and this year William Haggas has a couple of darts to…

From a betting point of view I think the card at Newbury is very difficult to assess.  Many horses from the top yards are running partially in preparation for Royal Ascot.  The Haggas team have runners in most of the races and all should be closely watched with half an eye on next month. Several…

On Wednesday all the winners were race fit apart from Klassleader and significantly the two narrowly defeated runners Kinswoman and Binhareer were making their seasonal debuts  The predicted ‘Good’ ground expected at all of the fixtures – now looks less likely with torrential rain at York and in the Berkshire area on Thursday. Both Divine Knight at York and Indhaar at…

It is rare in Racing to be offered a chance to back a 10/1 Ante-Post chance in a big race 12 weeks before the race , pretty much knowing if the horse is fit and at his best it will go off 3/1 favourite. This is the quote by William Haggas this afternoon after Klassleader…