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 […]