Racing tips Four Group 1 races are staged at Ascot on October The country's richest card rounds off the Flat season with stars like Aidan O'Brien's Magical competing.

Frankie Dettori The John Gosden-trained mare has been an exceptional middle-distance performer over the past few years, winning multiple Group One races under Frankie Dettori.

Longchamp racing results: Sottsass wins the Arc de Triomphe as Enable finishes sixth Frankie Dettori Enable finished sixth as she raced for a record third win in Sunday's Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe at Paris Longchamp.

Early Life John grew up near Eastbourne, Sussex, south of London. California John trained over winners during his time in California, including champion Bates Motel, who won the San Antonio Handicap, the Santa Anita Handicap, and the Philip H.

He returned to England in to train at the renowned Stanley House Stables. Its from the sublime to the ridiculous with the second day of the week long Listowel Harvest Festival in Ireland.

This is 7 days of racing on the Flat and over jumps to celebrate harvest time. Coneygree will be the star of the show if running in the Kerry National on Wednesday.

You can harvest plenty of winners and profit with our Listowel Harvest Festival Special: CLICK HERE! Day One started well for us, with Ribchester doing the business in fine style before Murillo 3 rd and Aqabah 5 th both looking promising for future races.

Marsha was then also 3 rd but never a match for the speedball that is Lady Aurelia; Goldream was 10 th. Things then took a rapid turn for the worse as Churchill was a lacklustre 4 th , and Thomas Hobson proved that Willie Mullins can cost me money at both Cheltenham and Royal Ascot, an impressive double.

This son of Frankel won his debut nicely at Doncaster before looking the winner all over when kicking clear in the Greenham before being overhauled by Barney Roy; he then came 5 th in the Guineas and was far from disgraced when like many others he found trouble in running.

Le Brivido crosses the Channel for Andre Fabre and brings excellent form to the table, having finished second last time out to Brametot who has since won the French Derby and looks a live Arc contender.

Daban was third in the Guineas and could go close again here, while Whitecliffsofdover needs to find more consistency but is an attractive price if he can put his last run behind him.

Escobar looks to still be on the upgrade while Chessman has career form figures of and is another one who is unexposed.

Parfait absolutely hacked up at Newmarket last time in a handicap and that was a major step forward but this test may come too soon. All aboard the Wesley Ward train as HAPPY LIKE A FOOL looks to emulate Lady Aurelia and Acapulco in taking this race and making it a Queen Mary hat-trick for Wesley Ward.

She comes here like Lady Aurelia on the back of a maiden victory at Keeneland and is sure to bound out the stalls and try and make all. Tulip Fever, third that day, has since come out and won at York so I think the price is too big.

Laugh Aloud was very much doing that when scooting clear at Epsom on Derby Day, winning by 5 lengths when a short-priced favourite. However, QEMAH was undone at Lingfield last month by a smart ride from Ryan Moore on Mix And Mingle, but she beat the rest readily and is a fair second favourite.

She clearly needed that run and she should strip much fitter here for Jean-Claude Rouget. Usherette returns to defend her crown from last year, and Mix And Mingle should run her race as she normally does.

He is a globetrotting star who has raced in Ireland, England, France, America, Australia, Hong Kong and Dubai; he is an Arc runner-up and a Breeders Cup Turf winner.

Interestingly, however, he has not won consecutive races since August — he is ultra-consistent but occasionally finds one too good.

We have that to ponder as we look at the other contenders, starting with Jack Hobbs. Jack Hobbs is an immensely talented horse, runner up in the English Derby and taking the Irish version in his Classic season before a lengthy injury spell which sandwiched two third-placed finishes in the Champion Stakes here at Ascot.

Expect a big run. He beat Deauville by a length in the Gordon Richards in his first 4yo start which continues to look decent form, and he can still improve.

Much like other big handicaps, the more time one spends delving into the form the easier it becomes to make a case for almost every horse and the harder it becomes to nail your colours to the mast.

All are on official marks in double figures, which is helpful, but they will need luck in-running and you could easily throw another half a dozen horses into the betting mix and still not find the winner.

This looks a really competitive fillies race to end the day, and both Gymnaste for John Gosden and Josephine Gordon and On Her Toes for William Haggas and Pat Cosgrave should go close in the Cheveley Park Stud colours.

On Her Toes ran well at York to finish second last time out, but behind her that day was SIBILANCE who is now 5lbs better off and that could prove crucial as she attempts to overturn that form for Ralph Beckett and Pat Dobbs.

Queen Of Time looks well weighted and Rain Goddess ran well in the French Guineas on very soft ground where the 11 th that day, Senga, has since won the French Oaks on better ground but has a lot of weight to carry.

Her only win came on good to firm ground and she could run into a place if she finds that improvement.

Bean Feasa is another one who is interesting at a big price. Sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and admit you were wrong, and that was certainly the case with Tepin and indeed EVERY OTHER RACE ON THE CARD.

She was brilliant, and the gamble for connections paid off in some style. What price a race between The Gurkha, Galileo Gold, Awtaad and Tepin at Glorious Goodwood?!

Day Two centres largely around the fillies, although potentially the big story of the day is the appearance of A Shin Hikari, who simply could not have been more impressive when winning at Chantilly last time out.

This Group 3 looks as open as any race at the Royal meeting, with a field of 21 runners declared and only 4 of those in single figure prices.

However, this is a big step up in class and at the prices I prefer GIFTED MASTER for Hugo Palmer and Pat Smullen. Gifted Master, to put it politely, was a rather exuberant 2yo and once he was gelded, his form went to a new level.

However, that gelding operation excluded him from being a Guineas contender — he would have been one and instead has been campaigned over 6f this year in spite of winning over both 7f and a mile as a 2yo.

Of the rest, the Godolphin challenge looks strong and I also like the look of Ibn Malik. Selection: GIFTED MASTER each way. Acapulco was physically head and shoulders above her rivals and would have won over any track against any 2yo filly on that day.

Selection: ROLY POLY each way Alternative: AL JOHRAH each way. The penalty system for this race means that Miss Temple City carries 5lbs for her US Grade 1 win, whilst Devonshire and USHERETTE carry 3lbs each for their Group 2 victories at the Curragh and Newmarket respectively.

It is Usherette who is of most interest, however, given that Newmarket win was a clear career best and she has only been beaten once in her 6 career starts to date.

Being so lightly raced means she is still open to further progression, and under the watchful eye of the French master Andre Fabre she can take this for Godolphin.

Godolphin are coming at this mob-handed, with Devonshire, the smart improver Always Smile and the excellent Lucida providing strong competition.

Selection: USHERETTE. As a result, A Shin Hikari has been backed in to odds-on favouritism, and with the likely defection of The Grey Gatsby for similar reasons to Time Test we will probably have just five runners.

Selection: No bet. The first of two I tentatively like at double figures are DONNCHA, who was fifth behind Convey at York when slowly away and met trouble in running and has Tom Marquand claiming a valuable 3lbs.

The second is MR OWEN, who has some very smart 3yo form in France including a 3rd in the French Guineas.

Over the past 13 months he has contested four Group 1 or 2 races and won at Listed level, so even though he is fourth in the weights he might be able to translate that into a place.

Selection: DONNCHA each way Alternative: MR OWEN each way. Another huge field and another tough one to unravel, including six last time out winners who could be open to further improvement.

She has posted successive RPRs of 81, 91 and 96 and will take some beating if she improves again. Anamba, Czabo and Aljuljalah all make appeal, as does Mix and Mingle who was a creditable 7th in the Guineas.

Fiche signaletique. Post Tags Bates Motel Breeders Cup Classic John Gosden Stacelita. Partager cet article. As the crowd began to grow, so did the excitement and passion of the RaceMakers.

As we circled the course and mingled with the crowd it was fantastic to meet people from all walks of life.

Our very own John Hanley only fancied one horse that day, and that was Abseil. He told a well-dressed lady to only back Abseil and he duly obliged.

This lady then sought out John amongst the thousands-strong crowd and planted a smacker on his lips as a thank you — lucky man! RaceMakers are easily approachable and recognisable by our blue Qipco jackets and the crowd did not hesitate.

One of the finest Derby stories you will hear this year will be the gentlemen from Kent who managed to send half a dozen RaceMakers around the course in search of on item: jellied eels.

However, the best story you will hear around flat racing this season is from three gentlemen who take up the same bench at Epsom by the furlong pole every year.

John, Barry and Melvin sat peacefully at the furlong pole, Racing Post in hand and a race card in the other. Fellow RaceMaker Toby Smith and I approached the trio and welcomed them to Epsom.

Melvin immediately told us he needed no introduction to the Epsom Downs. As it the conversation continued, Melvin revealed he is a Derby specialist.

Since his first trip some 58 years ago, Melvin has not missed a single Epsom Derby. What a record. In awe at this phenomenal record of a racegoer, it would only be fair to ask him the best Derby he has witnessed.

From the very bench he sat on today, Melvin saw Seabird romp home by two lengths in a performance that has stayed with him since