Richard Hoiles: My 5 Saturday racing tips for Ascot and Redcar
The horse racing broadcaster offers up his five best bets for Saturday’s racing at Ascot, including a pick for the Guisborough Stakes at Redcar. 10 races spread across three venues give a bumper 10 race line up on ITV on Saturday, with four more from Longchamp to come on Sunday making it one of the […]
Richard Hoiles’ 2026 Prix de l’Arc de Triomph runner-by-runner guide
The horse racing broadcaster gives his thoughts on every runner in the 2026 Prix de l’Arc de Triomph on Sunday and provides his 1-2-3-4. DARYZ 13/8 – Last year’s Arc winner whose only below par runs have come when travelling to England. Smooth winner of the Prix Foy ahead of Bay City Roller last time […]
Richard Hoiles: My tips for Saturday’s racing at Newmarket
The horse racing broadcaster provides his best bets for Saturday’s racing at Newmarket, including a pick for the opening race at Haydock. Little doubt about the highlight of the seven ITV races on Saturday. It may be dubbed Cambridgeshire day, but the Cheveley Park is the best juvenile race of the season so far bringing […]
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 […]