Dettori delight as he brings up Royal Ascot 50 June 17, 2015 THREE-TIME Champion Jockey Frankie Dettori thanked Qatari racing supremo Sheikh Joaan Al Thani after becoming only the fourth man to ride 50 winners at Royal Ascot. Dettori piloted Richard Hannon-trained 13-2 shot Osaila to victory by a nose in the Sandringham Handicap to join a select group that includes Lester Piggot, Pat Eddery and Willie [...]
Best of the Brokers for 24 April 2015 April 23, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com GAME DIGITAL Liberum upgraded the video games retailer to a “buy” rating from “hold”, following a capital markets day which “showed that Game can develop and diversify sales and profits over the next 24 months”. While current trading is soft, the broker sees [...]
Coalfields ready to rebrand as it buys Harworth March 3, 2015 PROPERTY firm Coalfield Resources is to rename as Harworth Group and relist on the London stock market after acquiring the 75.1 per cent of Harworth Estates that it does not already own. Coalfield announced yesterday that it had agreed terms with the board of the pension protection fund to pay £150m for 730,674,465 new shares [...]
Coral-Eclipse may prove to be a tough test for Golden Horn July 2, 2015 French Derby winner New Bay’s absence from tomorrow’s Coral-Eclipse (3.45pm) at Sandown means that Investec Derby winner Golden Horn is as short as 1/3 with Betway to see off his four rivals and land the 10 furlong Group One contest. Read more: Buick backs Jack Hobbs to gain Derby revenge on Golden Horn However, those [...]
Cricket Comment: Bayliss factor already apparent and worlds away from last Ashes July 1, 2015 Head coach Trevor Bayliss may only have started work with the England team last week but he will already have had a massive influence and that will only gather momentum during the Ashes series this summer. Read more: Root is now a master of all trades As I touched on in a previous column, [...]
Darley July Cup betting tips: Astaire may be able to blitz July Cup rivals from the front July 9, 2015 There is an ‘Ashes’ feel to tomorrow’s Darley July Cup (3.45pm) as England and Australia go head-to-head for the six furlong Group One prize. Read more: Back Amazing Maria at Falmouth Stakes Charlie Hills’ Muhaarar, a devastatingly impressive winner of the Commonwealth Cup at last month’s Royal meeting, heads the home contingent and is [...]
Ashes 2015: Joe Root rides his luck to stoke England revival July 8, 2015 Centurion Joe Root admitted that he rode his luck before leading England’s recovery from a treacherous opening to the first Investec Test against Australia at Cardiff yesterday. Read more: Cook vows to go on attack to win Ashes Vice-captain Root once again proved England’s driving force after the hosts slumped to 43-3, joining forces [...]
Bank of England trims UK economic growth forecast May 13, 2015 BRITAIN’S economy should keep growing solidly, the Bank of England said yesterday, but at a more moderate pace than it had previously hoped. Officials trimmed their growth forecast for the next year to just below three per cent. Consumers can expect a boost from flat prices over the coming months, with inflation likely to turn [...]
Cook unconcerned by misfiring middle order June 2, 2015 TEST skipper Alastair Cook has defended his side’s misfiring middle-order after New Zealand ripped through England to level the series with an emphatic 199-run success in the second Investec Test at Headingley yesterday. Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler top scored with 73 while the in-form Cook notched 56, but England were severely blighted by the loss of [...]
Sutherland snaps up SuperGroup shares March 31, 2015 FORMER Co-operative Group chief executive – and current SuperGroup boss – Euan Sutherland (insert) yesterday announced he was buying just over £99,000 worth of shares in the Superdry owner at 980.50p a share. He now holds 11,613 shares. Analysts have enthused about the clothes retailer. Analysts at RBC Capital upgraded shares of SuperGroup to a [...]