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Farhh ridden by Silvestre De Sousa on their way to victory in the JLT Lockinge Stakes during the JLT Lockinge Stakes Day at Newbury Racecourse, Berkshire. PRESS ASSOCATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 18, 2013. See PA story RACING Newbury. Photo credit should read: David Davies/PA Wire.

Fifty horses to follow -- as the countdown to the Epsom Derby Festival and Royal Ascot begins

The new Flat season is well and truly in full swing. And two of the highlights of the year -- the Epsom Derby Festival (May 31 and June 1) and Royal Ascot (June 18-22) -- are just around the corner.

Dawn Approach and jockey Kevin Manning celebrate winning the Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes during the 2000 Guineas Day during the 2000 Guineas Day of the QIPCO Festival at Newmarket Racecourse, Suffolk. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 4, 2013. See PA story RACING Newmarket. Photo credit should read: Sean Dempsey/PA Wire

Two top-class Guineas races are the perfect Newmarket antidote to Godolphin steroids scandal

OUR resident expert, RICHARD SILVERWOOD (Scoop Racing), looks back on the two-day Guineas Festival at Newmarket, which helped to draw a line under the anabolic steroids controversy that hit Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin training empire.

Windhoek (right) ridden by Joe Fanning on the way to winning The 200,000 Tattersalls Millions 3-y-o Trophy from second placed Greatwood (left) ridden by Kieren Fallon during day two of the Craven Meeting at Newmarket Racecourse, Suffolk. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday April 18, 2013. Photo credit should read: John Walton/PA Wire

Horses to follow from early Flat meetings at Newmarket and Newbury

TWO of the best, and most informative, meetings of the early weeks of the Flat season are at Newmarket and Newbury. Our resident expert RICHARD SILVERWOOD was there for all four days and reports back here on horses to follow as the campaign progresses.

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