new governance structure for the sport<\/a> which was introduced in 2022 aimed to shift ultimate authority in significant decisions towards the BHA, but the TG remains sceptical over the extent to which racecourses are returning a fair amount of their income to participants in prize money.<\/p>\nThe apparent implication of Friday\u2019s announcement is that Lord Allen concurs with Beckett\u2019s critique in March and needs more time to get to grips with the industry\u2019s overall structure and factional internal politics. The concern for the BHA is that he will ultimately conclude that the role is a poisoned chalice and better left untouched.<\/p>\n
Volterra can prove an each-way steal<\/p>\n
Audience, the narrow favourite for the John of Gaunt Stakes at Haydock on Saturday, registered wins at both Group One and Group Two level last year, but he has been well below form over six furlongs on his last two starts and makes little appeal at around 7-2 for what could be a strong renewal of this Group Three contest.<\/p>\n
Owen Burrows\u2019s Alyanaabi, successful over course and distance last time, and the evergreen Kinross, the winner of this race four years ago, both have strong claims, but at longer odds, Kevin Ryan\u2019s Volterra (3.33) <\/strong>is an interesting each-way alternative at around 16-1.<\/p>\nThe four-year-old is stepping up from handicaps to take on seasoned Group-race performers, but was a winner first time up last season, has just eight races in the book and stormed clear of a deep field in the style of a fast-improving colt on his final start at three.<\/p>\n
Haydock 1.48<\/strong> The lightly raced four-year-olds Durham Castle <\/strong>and Fine Interview <\/strong>head the betting and both have scope for significant progress through the handicap ranks this term. Hamad Al Jehani\u2019s gelding has had a run already, however, and that could tip the balance in his favour here.<\/p>\nChester 2.10<\/strong> A double-figure draw is never ideal here but Yanifer, <\/strong>in 10, was a winner from stall 12 over this trip last summer, when Never So Brave, the early 3-1 favourite for this race, was behind him in seventh. Never So Brave has since been gelded and switched to Andrew Balding, but he has been off the course for 239 days and 10-1 about Yanifer is too big.<\/p>\nHaydock 2.23<\/strong> Jasour <\/strong>ran in four consecutive Group Ones after a successful seasonal debut last year and while his form tailed off after finishing sixth in the July Cup, he returns after a wind operation with an obvious chance dropping in grade.<\/p>\nYork 2.40<\/strong> All 13 runners have an each-way chance at least but Kodiac Thriller <\/strong>was a comfortable winner at Thirsk earlier this month and William Pyle\u2019s 3lb claim could tip the balance his way.<\/p>\nQuick GuideGreg Wood’s Saturday tipsShow<\/p>\n
Haydock <\/b>1.13 Naqeeb 1.48 Fine Interview (nap) 2.23 Jasour 2.58 Shaha 3.33 Volterra 4.08 Arabian Leopard 4.43 Organ<\/p>\n
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York <\/b>1.30 Bona Fortuna 2.05 Tadej 2.40 Kodiac Thriller (nb) 3.15 Term Of Endearment 3.50 Singoura 4.25 Urban Glimpse 5.00 Delicacy<\/p>\n
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Chester <\/b>1.35 Breckenbrough 2.10 Yanifer 2.45 Tricky Tel 3.20 Surrey Belle 3.55 Spirit Of Acklam 4.30 Nazuki 5.05 Magella Cloud 5.35 Yellow Card<\/p>\n
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Southwell <\/b>4.20 Agent Mayfair 4.55 Master Zack 5.25 Imperial Guard 5.55 Young Endless 6.25 Coedana 6.55 Down To The Kid 7.25 Create<\/p>\n
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Stratford-On-Avon <\/b>5.30 Old Bridge 6.00 Iskar D\u2019Airy 6.30 Clear Storm 7.00 Fillyfudge 7.30 Up For Parol 8.00 Ashtown Lad 8.30 Nickelforce 9.00 Supreme Yeats<\/p>\n
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Lingfield <\/b>5.40 Golden Phase 6.10 Cavalry Call 6.40 Twilight Star 7.10 Assaranca 7.40 Havana Whisper 8.10 Harbour Vision 8.40 Mart<\/p>\n
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Haydock 2.58<\/strong> Two of the last three winners of this Group Three have gone on to win at Group One level later in the campaign and the impeccably-bred Shaha <\/strong>promises to be a filly to follow after a comfortable success at Goodwood last time.<\/p>\nYork 3.15<\/strong> Term Of Endearment, <\/strong>last year\u2019s winner of this race, went through the ring for 1.3m gns (\u00a31.37m) in the autumn and remains relatively lightly raced for a six-year-old. This looks an ideal contest to register a first success for her new trainer, William Haggas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The administration of British racing appeared to be in disarray on Friday following confirmation by the British Horseracing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-144672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114597991066285599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}