Richard Hoiles: My tips for Day 1 of the York Ebor Festival
The horse racing broadcaster offers up his five selections for the opening day of the 2026 York Ebor Festival. The opening day of York’s Ebor meeting and for the first time in a while, there is the prospect of some material rainfall in the forecast from Tuesday night through to Thursday. Whether this impacts the […]
Richard Hoiles: 5 Saturday racing tips for Newbury & Ripon
The horse racing broadcaster offers up his five selections for Saturday’s racing at Newbury and Ripon. With the sun still blazing away and racing in the lull between Goodwood and York, once again it is one of the lower profile weekends with ITV coverage spread across three venues, Newbury, Ripon and the Grey horse handicap […]
Richard Hoiles: My tips for Day 5 at the Goodwood Festival
The horse racing broadcaster provides his tips for Day 5 of the Goodwood Festival, including a pick in the Summer Cup at Thirsk. The final day of Goodwood sees it mix coverage with Newmarket and Thirsk to provide seven races on ITV. The Stewards Cup is both the big race of the day and the […]
Richard Hoiles: My tips for Day 4 at the Goodwood Festival
The horse racing broadcaster offers up his five picks for Day 4 of the Goodwood Festival. By Day 4 Goodwood can become a test of stamina, so it is appropriate the card starts with a 2m 4f handicap where for the first time starting stalls are in operation (previously a flag start), due to the […]
Richard Hoiles: My tips for Day 3 at the Goodwood Festival
The horse racing broadcaster offers up his five selections for Day 3 of the Goodwood Festival. No doubt about the star act on display at Goodwood on Thursday, with French Derby and Oaks winner DIAMOND NECKLACE 8/11 (15:35 Goodwood) taking on her elders in the Group 1 Qatar Nassau Stakes. She made a deep impression […]
Richard Hoiles: My 5 Saturday racing tips from Ascot and York
The horse racing broadcaster provides his five selections for Saturday’s racing at Ascot and York. A terrific looking King George is the finale to seven races on ITV this Saturday. Featuring horses from four different nations, it puts the form of some of the major races from around the globe under the spotlight. CALANDAGAN / […]
Richard Hoiles: My tips for Day 3 of Royal Ascot
The horse racing broadcaster offers up his selections for every race on Day 3 of Royal Ascot. The middle and feature day of the week with the Gold Cup as the centrepiece. 14:30 Chesham Stakes 7f Listed 2-year-old Given their domination of the middle distance division, it is little surprise that Aidan O’Brien has won […]
Richard Hoiles: My runner-by-runner guide to the 2026 Epsom Oaks
The horse racing broadcaster gives his thoughts on every runner in the feature race at Epsom on Friday and provides his 1-2-3-4. The usual suspects in this race — Aidan O’Brien (11 wins), John Gosden (4) and Ralph Beckett (2) — provide the majority of the runners again this time around, with seven of the […]
Richard Hoiles: My runner-by-runner guide to the 2026 Epsom Derby
The horse racing broadcaster gives his thoughts on every runner in the feature race at Epsom on Saturday and provides his 1-2-3-4. Following yesterday’s guide to the Oaks, here is my runner-by-runner look at this year’s Derby field. 1. ACTION 16/1 Half-brother to last year’s winner Lambourn. Finished second in the Dante behind Item, where […]
Richard Hoiles: 5 Saturday selections & Epsom ante-post tips
The horse racing broadcaster offers up his ante-post bets for the Epsom Derby and Oaks at big each-way prices, before delving into this Saturday at Newbury and Newmarket. Another busy week of Classic trials comes to an end and, as we draw closer to Epsom, I will start this week with a quick summary of […]