Taghrooda to triumph in Arc de Triomphe

VERY few races capture the imagination like the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe. Dancing Brave, Sea The Stars and last year’s stunning winner Treve are just a few of the equine luminaries to grace the winner’s enclosure at Longchamp. This Sunday’s race is another mouth-watering affair and as competitive as ever. Only the absence of …[Read More]

Ruler Of The World the value in Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

ONE of the greatest performances by a racehorse came in 1986 when the marvellous Dancing Brave, under a bucking and kicking Pat Eddery, came about seven horses wide to scythe down a top quality field at Longchamp in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The race had already captured my imagination when Alleged and Lester …[Read More]

Is Dawn Approach unbeatable in Epsom Derby?

THERE are shades of last year in Saturday’s Investec Derby at Epsom. Camelot, on the back of an unbeaten run, brushed aside the opposition with barely concealed contempt in 2012. This year DAWN APPROACH will arrive at the Surrey track never having been toppled on the racecourse. Not only that, but nothing has come close …[Read More]