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 […]