Bless and Gain look Besht bets in the Hunt Cup June 18, 2024 CASH-SPLASHING owners Wathnan Racing look to hold a strong hand in today’s ultimate cavalry charge, the Royal Hunt Cup (5.05pm). Eight of the last 10 renewals have been won by progressive four-year-olds, so the Qatari powerhouse’s upcoming aces look cut out for this. REAL GAIN, who has raced just once this season, runs off a [...]
Grosvenor to prove best of Ballydoyle brigade in the Vase June 18, 2024 IT IS the turn of the staying three-year-olds in the Queen’s Vase (3.05pm) and it looks like it could be an Aidan O’Brien benefit again. The Ballydoyle maestro has won the race seven times and has four runners hoping to make that eight in this year’s renewal. Illinois seems to be the most fancied of [...]
Mighty Miss Rascal will Make them work for Queen Mary crown June 18, 2024 OPENING today’s card is the lightning quick Group Two Queen Mary Stakes (2.30pm), where MISS RASCAL will be a filly triggering notifications in a lot of trackers. The eye-catching late ground she made up on debut at Newmarket was quite astonishing, so it was no surprise to see her bolt up by three lengths under [...]
Michael Johnson announces Grand Slam Track with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone June 18, 2024 Michael Johnson’s challenger athletics tour was announced yesterday with Grand Slam Track set to contract racers to four Slams per year with prize money up to $100,000 per event. The idea has $30m of backing from a number of sources and will see four Slams between April and September, starting next year, and apparently avoiding [...]
Kylian Mbappe could miss the rest of Euro 2024, admits France chief June 18, 2024 The Real Madrid forward suffered the injury when he collided with Austria defender Kevin Danso on Monday.
EP: 279 Royal Ascot – Thursday June 18, 2024 The Group 1 feature on day 3 of Royal Ascot is the prestigious Gold Cup run over 2 miles and 4 furlongs. Jockey James Doyle joins us today to talk about his Norfolk Stakes chances, the first race on today’s seven-race card. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews Gold Cup Day at Ascot, in search of [...]
Premier League fixtures 2024-25: Arsenal handed Champions League headache June 18, 2024 Full Premier League fixture list revealed - and why there is no winter break.
Formula 1 is coming to London this summer… sort of June 18, 2024 Formula 1 will head to London for the first time this summer, in the form of its exhibition, at the ExCeL Centre in the east of the capital. The Formula 1 exhibition heads to the Big Smoke after stints in Madrid, Vienna and Toronto. It opens in August and will allow fans to get up [...]
Steven Finn: Reece Topley can play key role for England at T20 World Cup June 18, 2024 Former international bowler Steven Finn has backed Reece Topley to play a key part in England’s bid to defend their T20 Cricket World Cup title in the Caribbean. England scraped through to the Super Eight second stage of the World Cup, this year being co-hosted by the United States and West Indies, having needed to [...]
Harry and Calls to shine bright in Twilight years June 17, 2024 THEY say Royal Ascot is a marathon rather than a sprint, but on the opening day of the meeting it will be a case of ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ in the King Charles III Stakes (3.45pm), which features several of the fastest horses on turf. Many eyes will be on the Mick Appleby-trained Big [...]