Wednesday July 8. The Newmarket July Festival opens tomorrow — three days of high-quality racing from Thursday 9 through Saturday 11 July, headlined by the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes on Friday and the Group 1 July Cup on Saturday.
Today's NAP is live now at horseracingoracleai.com — published at 11am as always, before the market moves.
What Happened Monday
White Ladder at Ayr on Monday finished out of the places. The race ran to a 13-runner competitive field and the selection was unable to land from the wide draw. The each-way recommendation was the correct call for a horse with acknowledged concerns — the draw and the fourth-on-ratings position both materialised as issues. A loss on the record, stated plainly.
This Week's Racing — What to Watch
Tomorrow (Thursday July 9) opens the Newmarket July Festival. The Princess of Wales's Stakes is the headline Group 2 at 1m4f, with Rebel's Romance for Charlie Appleby and William Buick as the class benchmark. The July Stakes is the Group 2 for two-year-olds — one of the most important juvenile races of the season. Doncaster also races on Thursday with ITV coverage.
Friday brings the Falmouth Stakes — a Group 1 over a mile for fillies and mares — and on Saturday the July Cup, where Venetian Sun (the Royal Ascot Commonwealth Cup winner who was a non-runner in the Coral Charge) headlines alongside several Royal Ascot graduates.
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