Irish Champions Festival 2026: Day Two Preview
Day two of the Irish Champions Festival on Sunday has implications for upcoming racing around the world.
International
Alastair Bull
Alastair Bull has been writing on sports and horse racing for many years. Starting in his home near Auckland, New Zealand as news editor for several papers and since contributing for BloodHorse, The Associated Press and Churchill Downs, Inc after relocating to Cleveland, Ohio. Other sporting events Alastair has enjoyed covering are the 2012 London Olympics, Dubai World Cup, Melbourne Cup, Royal Ascot, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Cheltenham Festival and the Grand National.
Irish Champions Festival 2026: Day one preview
Flat racing’s biggest week in Ireland is the Irish Champions Festival, held on consecutive days at Leopardstown and The Curragh, respectively.
International
Australia Preview for September 12, 2026
One of Australia’s longest-serving warriors is off of Flemington to win his favorite race for a fourth consecutive year.
Wagering
Australia Preview: September 5, 2026
The countdown to the $14.4 million Everest heats up in Australia this weekend with two major contests.
International
Betting Selections for Australia Horse Racing on August 29, 2026
Australian Group One racing switches to Melbourne for its first top-ranked contest of spring, the Memsie S. It’s not as hot as last week’s Winx S. in Sydney – there’s no Autumn Glow or Sheza Alibi – but the 12 runners paid up for the seven furlong contest includes nine Group 1 winners and between them they have earned $37.75 million – that’s an average of more than $3.1 million, so it’s full of quality.
Wagering
Kentucky Derby Alumni at the Travers: Do Derby Winners Win the Midsummer Derby?
The Travers Stakes has been around since 1864, and the Kentucky Derby has existed since 1875.
Wagering
Australia preview for August 22, 2026
Group One racing for the new Australian season has drawn a hot field and will provide a great guide to Australian middle-distance racing for the spring.
International
Saratoga: A Graveyard for Punters, or Not?
For this exercise, we’re going to look at feature races from 2000 to 2025 at Saratoga, Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, Santa Anita, Keeneland, Del Mar, and Gulfstream Park.
Analysis
Australia Preview for Aug. 15
Spring racing in Melbourne starts to heat up this weekend. Three graded stakes races and one ungraded stakes highlight the card at Caulfield, with several top prospects beginning their campaigns.
International
Australia Preview for Aug. 8
The path towards the $14 million Everest (G1), begins in earnest August 8 with the Missile Stakes (G2) at Randwick.
International
Australia Preview for August 1, 2026
The season begins with racing at Rosehill in Sydney and Flemington in Melbourne, and as the latter is the only one of the pair to feature a graded stakes race, we’ll focus our attention there.
International
Rebel's Romance Highlights Godolphin Geldings
Rebel’s Romance is a reminder that Godolphin is not afraid to race geldings, and to race them for some time.
Horse
Betting the Handicaps at Royal Ascot for Day 5 on June 20
The big handicap is the time-honored Wokingham Stakes, first run in 1813.
Royal Ascot
Betting the Handicaps at Royal Ascot for Day 4 on June 19
Day four at Royal Ascot has another great selection of handicaps for punters.
Royal Ascot
Betting the Handicaps at Royal Ascot for Day 3 on June 18
With large fields of well-weighted horses, it's not easy to figure out which is largely why we’ve decided to look closely at one handicap per day rather than taking a light look at all of them.
Royal Ascot
Betting the Handicaps at Royal Ascot for Day 2 on June 17
There are 30 horses in an over-one-mile cavalry charge over the straight course, and finding the horse you backed during the running is a challenge.
Royal Ascot
Betting the Handicaps at Royal Ascot for Day 1 on June 16
The Ascot Stakes is an interesting race, but I’m going with Kizlyar to put up a nice performance at generous odds.
Royal Ascot
Royal Ascot 2026: Australian, Japanese contenders loom large in sprints
The five challengers at Royal Ascot from Australia and Japan – Overpass, Joliestar, Asfoora, Satono Reve, and Lugal – all have two things in common: speed and class.
Horse
How to Play the Trans-Atlantic Classics
As was the case five weeks ago with the 2000 Guineas (G1) and the Kentucky Derby (G1), there are three-year-old classics on either side of the Atlantic this Saturday.
Triple Crown
How to bet the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket
While everyone in the United States is focused on Churchill Downs, classic racing is happening in England at Newmarket.
International
The 10 Richest Races in the World
A countdown of the 10 richest races in the world, as of November 2022.
Breeders Cup
Seabiscuit: 10 interesting facts about the legendary horse
Here are 10 interesting facts about America's favorite equine underdog.
History
Pedigree
10 interesting facts about Justify, the legendary horse and Triple Crown winner
Justify is the 13th and most recent Triple Crown winner, having achieved his milestone in 2018 in remarkable circumstances. Below are 10 interesting facts about Justify.
Triple Crown
10 interesting facts about American Pharoah, the legendary horse and Triple Crown winner
American Pharoah was the 12th Triple Crown winner, having broken a 37-year drought to win the famed trio of races in 2015.
Triple Crown
How to play day two of the Sydney Championships
Day two of the Sydney Championships is usually a strong one, highlighted by the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
International
How to play Day One of the 2026 Sydney Championships
First post is 9:25 p.m. ET Friday night, with the Group 1s starting at 12:20 a.m.
International
How to bet the 2026 UAE Derby
The Europe/Middle East Road to the Kentucky Derby ends on Saturday morning U.S. time with the UAE Derby (G2) at Meydan in Dubai.
Kentucky Derby
How to bet the 2026 Dubai World Cup undercard
The races on Dubai World Cup day are normally among the most competitive in world racing, with horses from around the world making their way to the United Arab Emirates.
Dubai World Cup
2026 Dubai World Cup Preview
The Dubai World Cup is one of the rare prizes that the world’s leading dirt horse, Forever Young, missed out on last year. Can he make up for it this year?
Dubai World Cup