
Ascot Saturday Preview: Calico Heads Strong Card on Good Ground
Six-race National Hunt card at Ascot features the £25k Bangor-on-Dee Grand Wynnstay with Calico leading a competitive field on good ground.

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Six-race National Hunt card at Ascot features the £25k Bangor-on-Dee Grand Wynnstay with Calico leading a competitive field on good ground.

York's Listed Marygate Fillies' Stakes brings together ten promising two-year-old fillies over the minimum trip on the Knavesmire.

The Listed Westow Stakes at York brings together a competitive field of 11 three-year-old sprinters, with Aspect Island leading the market.

Big Mojo tops the weights in Wednesday's Group 2 Minster Stakes at York, but faces stiff competition from Kind of Blue and American Affair in this open sprint.

Six unraced colts clash in York's EBF Novice Stakes with £40k up for grabs. We analyse the key contenders and identify the value pick.

Seven-race evening card at Newcastle features the St. Austell Brewery Chase headliner. Good ground suits the speedier types on this sharp track.

Seven races at Newton Abbot on good ground with Olly Murphy's string looking particularly well-placed across multiple contests.

Six races at Great Yarmouth on good ground, headlined by the Class 3 novices' chase. Key runners analysed with course specialists highlighted.

Sunday's promising seven-race National Hunt card at Nottingham has been abandoned following an equine flu outbreak at an adjacent livery yard.

The Victoria Cup returns to Ascot with a stellar 29-runner field headed by Witch Hunter and Golden Mind in Saturday's £100k heritage handicap.

Six-race evening card at Uttoxeter features competitive handicap hurdle with top-rated Gwash leading the charge on good going.

Seven races at Hamilton Park on Saturday with Sean Bowen and Olly Murphy combining for multiple strong chances on good ground.