William Haggas’ Shadwell-owned colt Almeraq makes his highly-anticipated return at Yarmouth on Thursday afternoon, while Newbury and Worcester also host competitive action, live on Sky Sports Racing.<\/p>\n
2.27 Yarmouth – Exciting Shadwell colt Almeraq returns<\/p>\n
Exciting Dark Angel colt Almeraq <\/strong>makes his return in the Charles Lumsden\/ATI Memorial Novice Stakes at Yarmouth. William Haggas’ three-year-old built on his debut second at Newbury to land a course-and-distance novice with plenty to spare and could prove a tough nut to crack despite conceding weight all round. Jim Crowley retains the ride.<\/p>\n The John and Thady Gosden-trained Spy Chief<\/strong> looks the main danger having finished a close second at Kempton and the drop to six furlongs may suit. This Godolphin-owned Kingman gelding is a half-brother to useful operator Al Suhail.<\/p>\n Correspondence <\/strong>was purchased for $235,000 back in September 2023 and hits the racecourse for the first time this afternoon, flying the flag for the Harry Eustace stable. Of the others, Takteek <\/strong>could be one to watch for Charlie Fellowes, despite a slow start to his career.<\/p>\n 4.25 Newbury – Hickory and Believe The Storm contest strong handicap<\/p>\n Jamie Osborne saddles Hickory <\/strong>who tops the weights under Saffie Osborne. Lightly raced for his age, the seven-year-old has shown improved form for these connections but must defy a career-high mark in this Grosvenor Sport Win Rewards Everyday Handicap.<\/p>\n Believe The Storm<\/strong> made a winning debut at Wolverhampton in December last year and returned to finish runner-up behind Brize Norton at Kempton. He steps into handicap company off a mark of 83 and could have plenty more to give in this sphere with Kieran Shoemark in the plate.<\/p>\n Twisting Physics<\/strong> is another to note with William Buick an eye-catching booking for Paul and Oliver Cole, while Photosynthesis <\/strong>holds claims under Rossa Ryan, retaining his mark of 85.<\/p>\n 3.50 Newbury – Colin Keane rides Blue Bolt for Juddmonte<\/p>\n Juddmonte’s new retained rider Colin Keane makes the trip over the Irish Sea to ride Blue Bolt<\/strong> in the Darley EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes.<\/p>\n The Andrew Balding-trained daughter of Blue Point progressed from her first start to land a Windsor novice by four lengths and, given the way she skipped clear, she must be feared under the penalty.<\/p>\n Consecrated <\/strong>made a sparkling debut when claiming a seven-furlong maiden here in April before finishing fourth when favourite for the Listed Sky Bet Fillies Stakes at York last month. Well-supported on that occasion, she will be popular to bounce back in this lesser grade for the Cheveley Park operation.<\/p>\n Stablemate Seren Star<\/strong> ran a cracker when third at Newmarket on her first start back in April and warrants respect under Rossa Ryan, while Ed Walker hands a first start to Dreamasar<\/strong>. The Shadwell-owned Majaz – trained by Roger Varian – enters calculations, switching to turf for the first time.<\/p>\n Best of the rest<\/p>\n George Boughey’s Moonfall <\/strong>will be looking to shed his maiden tag at the third time of asking in Newbury’s Local IQ EBF Novice Stakes (2.05pm), where he will meet a few eyecatching debutants. William Buick gets onboard the Gosden-trained Yachtsman<\/strong>, while Andrew Balding hands a first start to New Monarch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Another Godolphin contender likely to attract market support is Dangerman<\/strong>, a son of Cracksman who should suit slightly softer conditions than the last day at Newmarket in the closing Harriet Cozens Big Birthday Handicap at Newbury.<\/p>\n The feature race from Worcester looks to be the 6.10pm JenningsBet Brockmoor Handicap Chase, where Sean Bowen gets onboard a rare Gordon Elliott summer raider in Music Of Tara<\/strong>. De Tellers Fortune<\/strong> and Hold Your Fort<\/strong> look likely contenders.<\/p>\n Watch every race from Newbury, Yarmouth and Worcester, live on Sky Sports Racing.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William Haggas’ Shadwell-owned colt Almeraq makes his highly-anticipated return at Yarmouth on Thursday afternoon, while Newbury and Worcester…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-177650","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\/114668899279158244","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177650","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=177650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}