Entries by Andy Newton

2025 Phoenix Stakes Trends

Run on Saturday 9th Aug 2025 at the Curragh racecourse, Ireland, the Phoenix Stakes is a Group One contest run over 6f and in recent times has been dominated by a certain Aidan O’Brien, who’s landed the prize a staggering 17 times since 1998. We look back at past winners and highlight the key trends […]

2025 Galway Hurdle Trends

Run over a distance of 2m the Guinness-sponsored Galway Hurdle is always staged each year towards the end of July, early August, at the Galway Festival. Did you know - 18 of the last 22 winners finished in the top three last time out, while trainers Joseph O'Brien, Willie Mullins and Tony Martin have a […]

2025 Galway Plate Trends

Run over 2m6f, the Galway Plate (Handicap Chase) is one of the feature contests at the seven-day Galway Festival, and despite not being held during the main NH season the race is always well contested and attracts horses from leading yards from both sides of the Irish Sea. Did you know.......... 19 of the last […]

2025 Glorious Goodwood Trends – Day Two (Weds 30th July)

It's Panama hats, pimms, plus strawberries and cream galore at the end of July with the 5-day Glorious Goodwood Meeting (Tues 29th July to Sat 2nd August 2025). As always, the West Sussex track can expect monster crowds throughout the week with a whole host of top-notch contests each day for punters to get stuck into. […]

2025 Glorious Goodwood Trends – Day One (Tues 29th July)

It's Panama hats, pimms, plus strawberries and cream galore at the end of July with the 5-day Glorious Goodwood Meeting (Tues 29th July to Sat 2nd August 2025). As always, the West Sussex track can expect monster crowds throughout the week with a whole host of top-notch contests each day for punters to get stuck into. […]

Sat TV Trends: 26th July 2025

It’s King George Day at Ascot this Saturday as some of the best middle-distance horses in the world line-up for this lucrative Group One. We’ve four LIVE ITV races to take in at the Berkshire track, while there’s also four races at York that are headlined by the Group Two Sky Bet York Stakes. As […]

2025 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Betting Trends

Staged at Ascot racecourse, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is run over a distance of 1m4f and is generally regarded as Britain’s most prestigious all-aged flat horse race. With over £600,000 up for grabs for the winner the it goes without saying the race always attracts horses from the best yards around […]

Sat TV Trends: 19th July 2025

This Saturday (19th July 2025) we’ve another busy day of LIVE ITV Racing with the cameras heading to Market Rasen and Newbury to take in seven races across the two venues. At Market Rasen over the sticks it’s their biggest day of the season with the Unibet Summer Plate Chase (3.12) and Unibet Summer Handicap Hurdle […]

2025 Irish Oaks Trends

Staged at the Curragh racecourse the Irish Oaks is a Group One race run over a distance of 1m4f and for 3 year-old fillies. In recent years, horses that ran in the Epsom Oaks previously have gone well, with 10 of the last 22 Epsom winners having run in the English Oaks earlier that season. […]

Sat TV Trends: Ascot & York (12th July 2025)

Plenty going on again this Saturday with a staggering ELEVEN LIVE ITV races to take in. We’ve the final day of the Newmarket July Meeting (covered separately), with the Group One July Cup , plus the Group Two Superlative Stakes and the competitive Bunbury Cup Handicap. Then at Ascot, we’ve two more LIVE races to […]

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