Richard Hoiles: Day 3 tips for Doncaster’s St Leger Festival
The horse racing broadcaster provides his tips for Day 3 of the St Leger Festival at Doncaster Racecourse, including picks for Saturday’s racing at Leopardstown and Chester. ‘Sell in May and don’t come back until St.Leger day’ was an old City adage which may just have been an excuse for Brokers to disappear and enjoy […]
Richard Hoiles: Day 2 tips for Doncaster’s St Leger Festival
The horse racing broadcaster provides his five selections for Day 2 of the St Leger Festival at Doncaster Racecourse. The full range of distances are explored during the five races from the second day of the St. Leger meeting at Doncaster, with the two Group 2’s being the 5f Flying Childers for two-year-olds and the […]
Richard Hoiles: 5 Saturday picks for Haydock, Kempton & Ascot
The horse racing broadcaster offers up his five best bets for Saturday’s racing at Haydock, Kempton and Ascot. Wildly differing ground conditions across the three venues that make up the ITV nine race coverage on Saturday. I am writing this from Haydock on Friday morning where over an inch of rain overnight on Thursday has […]
Richard Hoiles: 5 Saturday tips for Goodwood, Sandown & Windsor
The horse racing broadcaster offers up five selections from Saturday’s racing at Goodwood, Sandown and Windsor. Two good cards from Goodwood and Sandown make up the coverage on ITV4 this weekend and for the first time in over two months rain, and how much, is a key factor. Both tracks are scheduled to get a […]
Richard Hoiles: My picks for Day 4 of the York Ebor Festival
The horse racing broadcaster provides his four selections for the final day of the York Ebor Festival, including a pick from Saturday’s racing at Chester. The final day of York’s Ebor meeting with another five races from the Knavesmire being supported by a couple from Chester to provide seven races on ITV. Ever since KLASSLEADER […]
Richard Hoiles: My tips for Day 3 of the York Ebor Festival
The horse racing broadcaster offers up his five tips for Day 3 of the York Ebor Festival. Speed stunted by more cut in the ground will be the theme on Day 3 of York’s Ebor meeting when the Group 1 Nunthorpe holds central billing on ITV’s five race coverage. The opener is a typically competitive […]
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 […]