Blue Storm

Fresh from his victory in Saturday's 3YO 'Dash' at Epsom, Blue Storm (GB) is now being primed to become a first Royal Ascot runner for his rising young trainer Gemma Tutty. The colt is from the first crop of Blue Point (Ire) - a former star of the royal meeting himself when pulling off a Group 1 double in the same week - and is set to run in the Palace of Holyroodhouse S. "He's come out of it no problem at all, we just need to wrap him in...

They're off and running at Newmarket, though not all of the runners have been in official races. The first day of the Craven meeting, a date anticipated with longing by those racing folk who dwell by that wind-blasted Heath, was ushered in by a Classic winner on the Rowley Mile.  While we have more than a fortnight to wait for the first Classic victor of 2023 to reveal himself, the 2021 Irish Derby winner Hurricane Lane (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) strode out with purpose under William Buick on the easy turf...