Blogs: Horse Racing

Juvenile fillies contest a Group 2 mile at Doncaster, a race whose winners have a habit of returning to contest the following spring's fillies' classics at the highest level. Our trends guide covers the profile, the draw and the shortlist.

Doncaster's Mallard is a staying handicap over an extended mile and six furlongs, run at the Leger Festival, where stamina and a kind assessment both count. Our trends guide covers the profile and shortlist.

Two-year-old colts contest a Listed race over seven furlongs at Doncaster, a useful guide to which juveniles are progressing towards a genuinely serious level of competition. Our trends guide covers the profile, the draw and the shortlist.

Five furlongs of juvenile speed at Doncaster, this Group 2 is a headlong dash where a fast break and natural pace count for more than anything else in the field. Our trends guide covers the profile, the draw and the shortlist.

Britain's oldest continuously run race sends stayers an extended two miles at Doncaster, a Group 2 forming the final leg of the season's Stayers' Triple Crown. Our trends guide covers the profile, the draw and the shortlist.

Two-year-olds meet at Doncaster in a contest that often gives an early indication of which juveniles hold the scope for considerably better things as they progress. Our trends guide covers the profile, the draw and the shortlist.

Seven furlongs of valuable Leger Festival handicapping, where the handicapper's assessment carries real weight and a big field makes for an absorbing puzzle. Our trends guide covers the profile and shortlist.

Juvenile colts meet at Group 2 level over seven furlongs at Doncaster, a race whose roll of honour is studded with subsequent classic winners and genuine top-class milers. Our trends guide covers the profile, the draw and the shortlist.

Juvenile fillies meet in a nursery handicap at Haydock, where a first handicap mark and the improvement horses show from their early racecourse starts frequently prove decisive. Our trends guide covers the profile, the draw and the shortlist.

Fillies and mares meet at Listed level over an extended mile and a quarter at Yarmouth, a flat Norfolk track that rewards horses able to travel strongly throughout the contest. Our trends guide covers the profile, the draw and the shortlist.