HT: ENGLAND 1-0 ITALY England started on the front foot, and the crowd were firmly behind them. Captain Kane dropped deep and sprayed the ball wide to Trippier on the right-hand side. The right wing-back delivered a good cross towards the far post. And Shaw thumped the ball past DonnarummaContinue Reading
Sed Maarib is fancied to literally ‘kick-off’ our each-way daily patent in division one of a Novice Stakes over seven furlongs of ‘good to soft’ Salisbury today, which promises to be one of the most dramatic on the English sporting scene with a sensational climax scheduled after all horse-racing isContinue Reading
Sir Duke will definitely not be a surprise this afternoon if able to cause one in the eleven-runner Novice Stakes over seven furlongs of ‘good to soft’ Ascot ground which might be much better in the straight than most expect. Dries out very quickly. Winners have also dried up forContinue Reading
‘I’VE GOT A SNEAKY FEELING’ Gary Neville thinks Marcus Rashford or Jadon Sancho could start for England against Italy in the final of the European Championship. He told Sky Sports’ The Overlap, he said: “I have to say, that I think on Sunday we’ll see Sancho or Rashford playing inContinue Reading
Dazzling Dan, one of eleven ‘decs’ for the concluding ‘aged’ class 3 handicap over six furlongs of ‘soft’ Ascot this afternoon, represents a ‘throwback’ for this long-standing racing journalist; the Pam Sly-trained five-year-old is in ‘the lucky last’, by default. Over the years I’ve often advised the Peterborough-based dual-purpose trainerContinue Reading
Project Dante is an obvious first day ‘special’ in the group two July Stakes over six furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Newmarket this afternoon when the fabulous mid-summer meeting promises sustained quality action; two-year-olds are always my main focus and Brian Smart’s charge meets median requirement, judged on a tremendousContinue Reading
ENGLAND 1-1 DENMARK 57. Denmark are showing again what a danger than can be. Braithwaite wins a corner on their latest attack, and it prompts Maguire into winning a header in his own area. The Danes keep the ball alive though, alive that is until Dolberg fails to keep itContinue Reading
Matamua, one of two fancied Simon Crisford-trained declarations, has the call in a Maiden Fillies Stakes over seven furlongs of ‘ good to soft’ Lingfield today, mainly due to her fourth outing which resulted in a career-best time-handicap effort at Nottingham only thirteen days ago; the Lope de Vega three-year-oldContinue Reading
Sea Oscar, sixth to Miss Scaletta at Goodwood just over four weeks ago, is strongly-fancied by trainer William Haggas to reverse placings with his Newmarket-based counterpart, Ed Walker, in an intriguing Fillies’ Novice Stakes over an extended nine furlongs of Wolverhampton tapeta this afternoon; none of eight other rivals hasContinue Reading
RADUCANU 4-6 *0-1 TOMLJANOVIC Raducanu with a signal of intent, winning the first point of the set against the serve. But she sends a passing shot well wide before an excellent serve-return from Tomljanovic is planted in the corner. Raducanu finds the net in the next rally with a backhandContinue Reading
