Owen Burrows’ Alflaila is set to return to action at Royal Ascot as he has two options at the showpiece summer meeting. The son of Dark Angel, now a five-year-old, has an impressive CV with three Group victories and a Listed prize to his name. Three of those successes came in the second half of […] The post Alflaila will return to action with two options at Royal Ascot first appeared on geegeez.co.uk ..read more

Tuesday's free offering from the GOLD service is the The Shortlist feature, a simple – and usually brief – report highlighting those horses with a largely ‘green’ profile in the Instant Expert Report each day. It covers win or place stats, and can be viewed for both today’s and tomorrow’s racing. GREENis good (33% or […] The post Racing Insights, Tuesday 04/06/23 first appeared on geegeez.co.uk ..read more

Shane Foley originally overlooked Fleur De Chine in the €200,000 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Gowran Classic but he was extremely happy he eventually teamed up with the filly in the course’s richest ever race. Foley was due to partner the Jessica Harrington-trained Kinesiology but when he was taken out on account of the soft ground, […] The post Fleur De Chine continues upward progress with Gowran Classic win first appeared on geegeez.co.uk ..read more

John and Thady Gosden’s Laurel will have her first run for over a year in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot. The lightly-raced five-year-old has not been seen since disappointing when well fancied for last year’s Lockinge at Newbury. As a three-year-old she was beaten less than a length in the Sun Chariot […] The post Laurel on course to return from lengthy absence at Royal Ascot first appeared on geegeez.co.uk ..read more

Deira Mile could be pointed towards the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby after his fourth-placed performance in the Epsom Classic. The Owen Burrows-trained Camelot colt was fourth in the Futurity Trophy last season and began this year with a taking four-length victory in a Windsor novice. At Epsom he stepped up to a mile and […] The post Irish Derby to come under consideration for Deira Mile first appeared on geegeez.co.uk ..read more

Robert Cowell has put plans on hold for Clarendon House after he remained in the stalls at the start of the Dash at Epsom on Derby day. The six-year-old’s race was run as he eventually emerged well adrift of the field. The Tom Marquand-ridden six-year old trailed in last of the 14 runners on the […] The post Cowell eager to resolve Clarendon House stalls issue first appeared on geegeez.co.uk ..read more

Clive Cox will not rush into making a plan for Ghostwriter having seen him finish fourth in his second Classic of the season on Sunday. The Jeff Smith-owned colt finished three and three-quarter lengths behind the impressive winner Look De Vega in the French Derby at Chantilly. That followed another meritorious run in the 2000 […] The post No hurry for connections to firm up Ghostwriter route first appeared on geegeez.co.uk ..read more

Roger Teal is eyeing up a crack at the Coral-Eclipse for Dancing Gemini who ran with credit to finish sixth in the Derby on Saturday. Having already run a huge race this season to be an unlucky second in the Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas), he stepped up half a mile in trip […] The post Teal planning Eclipse challenge with Dancing Gemini first appeared on geegeez.co.uk ..read more

Trainer Craig Lidster has paid tribute to the “inspirational” Rob Burrow as the racing industry adds their condolences to those of the wider sporting world. Burrow, an England international rugby league player who spent his whole career with Leeds Rhinos, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019 after retiring two years prior. After his […] The post Lidster remembers ‘inspirational’ Rob Burrow first appeared on geegeez.co.uk ..read more

Who is Celia? What is she? Or rather where is she? The one-time lady amateur rider and walk-on or pub-customer extra in Eastenders (and other TV series) played a massive part in my life, writes Tony Stafford. I’m sure she had/has no idea and even the Internet didn’t help me track her down. But Saturday […] The post Monday Musings: Of God and the Alchemist! first appeared on geegeez.co.uk ..read more