Boiling Over is an 11/8 favourite to win at Haydock today - while highly-touted debutant Look To The Stars is a 2/1 second-favourite
In what is a Class 3 flat contest held over a distance of just over six furlongs - Boiling Over's trainer Karl Burke will be looking for his thoroughbred to go one better than last time out and claim the maiden win of his career.
Boiling Over was strong in his most recent outing last month - with the Irish thoroughbred finishing second by less than a length from Saba Desert.
Meanwhile, Charlie Appleby's Look To The Stars is perceived to be Boiling Over's biggest threat - with the two-year-old debutant a slight second-favourite at 2/1.
For those after somewhat of an outsider - Protection Act, Evanesco and Yachtsman round out the five favourites in the market at 15/2, 9/1 and 10/1 respectively.
Similarly to Look To The Stars, the above mentioned Protection Act and Evanesco are on debut, while Yachtsman finished fourth out of eight runners in the first race of his career at Sandown last month.
Sky Bet favourites for Race 5 at Haydock:
Boiling Over 11/8
Look To The Stars 2/1
Protection Act 15/2
Evanesco 9/1
Yachtsman 10/1
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Beth Mead interview: We're now judged like England men's team – that is a good thing
Beth Mead has experienced the highest of highs as a footballer and the lowest of lows as a daughter who lost her mother just a few months later. It was three years ago that Mead won the European Championship with England, ending the tournament with the Golden Boot and the year as BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Her life changed forever. She became a household name, a celebrity. And at the same time, she was left without her mum, June, to help steer her through it. 'Our lives changed almost overnight,' Mead tells Telegraph Sport. 'It was a big change at rapid speed. I went into the tournament as a footballer and came out of it as someone who was famous. That wasn't what I was expecting. 'Women's football in this country changed forever after that tournament. At Arsenal, our attendances flew through the roof. There was more television coverage and the game changed for the better. 'In terms of the celebrity side, it was a little weird at first. On a personal level, it was a big change, but whenever someone came up to me, in the back of my mind, I knew this was good for women's football. I'm an extrovert, it comes more easily to me to speak to people, but some found it a little harder to adapt.' There were challenges ahead for Mead, though. An anterior cruciate ligament injury in late 2022 ruled her out of the following year's World Cup and then she had to navigate her way through the trauma of losing a parent, without the release of playing the sport she loved. 'I think I went from the highest high in my life to the lowest of lows in the space of six months,' she says. 'I found out quite quickly after the Euros that my mum's cancer was terminal. I was trying to manoeuvre being this person who had achieved something they had always dreamed of, to being a daughter who was going to lose her mum. 'I was trying to come to terms with a new life with the dread of knowing that my mum was not going to be by my side. We were incredibly close, that was a tough path to figure out. 'To then do my ACL alongside that, it was a really horrible time, but it has helped mould me into the person I am today. I am a very lucky person because of the people I have around me. The people who really love me. You find out who those people are in dark moments like that. 'I have a great family and a family away from family, the Arsenal girls. They showed up for me at the hardest time of my life. Those moments when I thought I can't do this, they were by my side to help show me I could.' It has given the 30-year-old a unique perspective on not just football, but life. Back in the England squad as they prepare to defend their European crown in Switzerland, Mead has been through so much. She has forged strength in the face of adversity; a sense that whatever is thrown at her, she will overcome. These are qualities England need more than ever. The Lionesses have reached at least the semi-finals of every major tournament since 2015, but their form recently has been patchy. There has been criticism of their performances and players have departed. The sudden retirement of Mary Earps on the eve of the Euros was closely followed by that of Fran Kirby, another key figure in their success. When England's captain in Australia, Millie Bright, announced she was making herself unavailable for selection for the Euros to prioritise her 'mental and physical wellbeing' there was a sense of crisis engulfing the camp. Bright, like Earps, is understood to have been told she was no longer a guaranteed starter by manager Sarina Wiegman. Where once there had been only praise and good wishes, there were now barbed questions and scrutiny of the motives behind those decisions. Expectations are incredibly high too. You might argue the Lionesses have become victims of their own success but, interestingly, Mead does not entertain the idea they are victims of anything. Her message is a blunt one: this is what women's football wanted – deal with it. 'We are being judged how the England men's team always has been,' said Mead, with the sort of straight-talking approach that betrays her Yorkshire roots. 'One hundred per cent that is a good thing for me. That is how big women's football has become. It doesn't make it easier for some people and yes, it can be difficult, but top and bottom, we have to deal with it and cope with it. If there is criticism in the media, if there is outside noise, it should give us an extra point to prove.' Reflecting on England's inconsistency since winning the Euros in 2022 and reaching the World Cup final a year later, Mead expands on her point. 'It has been up and down [since the World Cup],' she says. 'We've had some good performances and some not good ones. I guess we have been in a transition period. 'There was a lot of familiarity in the group and that changed through retirements. We've had more change on the eve of the tournament, but that is done. We have to pull together, make it right and deliver. I always back us going into tournaments that we will get it right. 'There might be a perception that we are not the same force we were. But that was around the team when we went to the World Cup and the team got to the final. 'We know what comes as part and parcel of playing for England now. The expectations are huge and there is pressure, there is noise, but we are going out there to win the thing. 'I don't shy away from that expectation and pressure, we have to embrace it and as one of the senior players that is what I've been drilling into people. We're playing for England, this is what comes with it. 'There is going to be criticism attached to that. Throughout my career, I've always been criticised as well as praised. It's not something that worries me or bothers me. 'I understand that for some people it's not easy to have to deal with that and it can hurt. It's not our favourite part of playing the game, but we wanted the game to grow, we wanted the attention and with that expectation comes pressure. If you don't live up to it, there will be criticism. It should just give us an extra fire inside to prove people wrong. 'There is nothing better than shutting people up by performing on the pitch. That is the challenge we take on and it is one we are relishing. I think we should use it as motivation, not shy away from it. People can say what they want, we win games and it all goes away. Suddenly the story is different, isn't it?' Mead is diplomatic when asked about the loss of three senior players, insisting she respects their decision, but echoed the words of Wiegman when she said the squad had already moved on. 'They are big characters we are going to miss,' she says. 'They are players I've played with for a long time at international level. It will be a little bit weird not having them there, but at the same time, everyone has their own journey. These girls made their decisions for whatever reason and you have to respect that. 'We have to push on with the players we have here now. National teams evolve, there are always going to be changes. The last Euros was three years ago, you've got to make the best out of the situation, not worry about players who aren't going to be there.' There will always be one person Mead will miss; someone she will always struggle to cope without. 'I still think about my mum every single day,' she adds. 'Something will happen… a song on the radio, I'll hear her voice when someone says something. There are days when I think about her more than others, but there is always something. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Beth Mead MBE (@bethmead_) 'When I got the call from Sarina to say I had been called up to the England squad, she said to me I'm super happy for you to be in the squad, the first without your mum and that makes it very very different. 'For her to still understand and recognise that for me, it was very special. She lost her sister just before the Euros and we have that connection. We have lost someone we love and everything that comes with that. It never leaves you, but you have to get on with life.' It is an approach England will do well to follow this summer. 'I want to inspire kids when we play in Euros this summer' How do famous names spend their precious downtime? In our weekly My Saturday column, celebrities reveal their weekend virtues and vices. This week: Beth Mead 8am What time the day starts depends on what time kick-off is. I would love a lie-in, but my dog Myle really doesn't. She's a little cocker spaniel, brown with a white chest and ginger paws. I'm biased but she's gorgeous and I love her to bits. She's like me – full of energy, and a big personality, a big alpha woman 9am I've been away from my partner Vivianne [Miedema, who plays for Manchester City] since she left Arsenal, so it's nice to have quality time whenever we can. When it's not a match day, we'll go for a walk and have brunch and a coffee. I live by the countryside near St Albans so Myle is free to roam wherever she likes, as long as she behaves. 10am I live very close to the Arsenal training ground, so I drive over and get my breakfast at the club. I'm a creature of habit and eat what I eat to be able to feel good on the pitch, so it'll be avocado on toast with scrambled eggs or anything else to do with eggs, I'm a big egg fan. 11am We get on the bus to travel to the club. I play Monopoly Deal with Caitlin Foord, Katie McCabe and Alessia Russo. Katie has got 10 wins more than most of us, so we're not happy about that. We use a few rude words sometimes. 12pm Head into the stadium where I'll always go straight to see the physio. I'm actually very chilled before a match – when I'm on the physio bench, I play Candy Crush on my phone so that I don't think about the game too much, I just switch my brain off. 2pm When I go out for the warm-up, I'm in full focus mode. I'm getting old now so I've got to do that little bit of extra work, prepare correctly, and then get out there and play a good game of football. 5pm A lot of the girls find it really hard to switch off after a match, but it's one of my superpowers – I think some of them are very envious. But, win or lose, I'll always look at myself in the mirror, check my own performance, and look at what went right and what went wrong, and what could be done better. I'll then go over it the next day with coaches, looking at clips of the match. I'm my own worst enemy, definitely my harshest critic. 7pm It's nice to switch off and cook for myself. I'm very good at risotto and can make a nice lasagne or fajitas. I don't go out often but, if I do, it's for good food, good people and good chat. It depends where I am as to how much I get recognised. If one person talks to you, you're in trouble, other times, I pass by unnoticed. I meet a lot of young fans at McDonald's Fun Football sessions, where boys and girls have a safe environment to play for free. I never got the chance to do something like this as a kid and it would have made my footballing journey a lot easier. It's nice to meet them and give them a core memory – it depends who they support though, maybe not if they're the Chelsea fans! But I hope we can inspire every single one of them while we're out in Switzerland representing the nation. 9pm I've seen Game of Thrones right the way through before and gone back to the beginning. 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11 minutes ago
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James Vowles interview: I have no idea why Christian Horner calls me ‘The Reverend'
James Vowles can still remember the first time he went to Silverstone as if it was yesterday. He and his friend Luciano, with whom he grew up in Geneva, went on what he calls 'something of a pilgrimage' to the Northamptonshire circuit. By chance Williams were testing that day. 'I remember it perfectly,' Vowles says. 'I remember the sound, I remember the feeling, I remember the vibrations in my chest. We stood there for half an hour, on the fence, just in awe. This would have been 1996 or 1997, when I was 17 or 18. It was basically that famous Rothmans Williams car. That's what we were looking at and it was fantastic. I've still got the photos somewhere.' It is funny how life turns out. What would Vowles have said if someone had come up to him that day and told him that nearly 30 years later he would return to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix as team principal of Williams, charged with returning the once-great team to former glories? Vowles practically spits out the Wiener schnitzel he is eating. 'I simply wouldn't have believed you,' he says. 'I couldn't even come to terms with the fact that I was seeing a Formula One car, let alone come to terms with the fact that I might one day work in the sport. As for running Williams…' Vowles laughs at the absurdity of it. We are talking in a restaurant not far from the Red Bull Ring in Austria – a popular hangout for Formula One teams and drivers, to judge from the identity of our neighbouring diners, plus the mass of fans camped outside. This is Vowles' world now, although he admits he 'still pinches himself daily' at the way his life has panned out. The 46-year-old had a rather unusual entry to the sport. Growing up in Switzerland, he attended the International School of Geneva, and speaks fluent French, as he demonstrates when first Laurent Mekies, the Racing Bulls team principal, and then Jerome d'Ambrosio, the Ferrari deputy team principal, come up to say hello during dinner. 'Every team sent me a rejection letter' The sliding doors moment came when Vowles returned to Britain to read maths and computer science at the University of East Anglia. 'I woke up one day and realised I was not happy – I wanted to change my direction of travel,' he recalls. He applied to all 11 Formula One teams at the time, and got 11 rejection letters, all of which he pinned up on his wall. 'Crucially, two of those rejection letters – from BAR and Williams – came with explanations. 'They basically said that I had an interesting background but I needed engineering as well to be employable,' he recalls. He promptly applied to Cranfield, did a master's degree in motorsport engineering and management, and contributed to a project that won the Prodrive Award of Excellence, for designing a racing car for the Jim Russell Racing School. The rest is history. From BAR, to Brawn GP, to Mercedes, where Vowles was a key figure in a team that won eight consecutive constructors' titles and seven drivers' titles, and now finally Williams. 'It's been an incredible ride and I consider myself so fortunate,' he says. 'Even five years ago, I don't think I believed I would be a team principal. At Mercedes, you aspire. But you don't want to go beyond aspiring because there are so many other people more worthy than you to run an organisation. So, no, I never did. I trusted Toto [Wolff]. Toto was the one who really directed me and said 'you will be a team principal'. Listening to Vowles, you cannot help but be struck by his intense earnestness. He can actually be very funny. But you suspect that it is this earnestness, this reputation for being a bit strait-laced and boffiny, that has turned him into an unlikely fans' favourite. He is very memeable. His famous radio message when he was at Mercedes: 'Valtteri, it's James', which always spelt doom for the Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas, who knew he was about to be used as a sacrificial lamb for Lewis Hamilton, has literally become an internet meme. Comedian Jack Whitehall, meanwhile, had great fun at this year's F175 season launch at the O2, describing Vowles as 'Jimmy V' and 'the rizzmaster', and saying he couldn't wait to do espresso martinis with him at the after-party. Vowles takes it all in good humour. 'Jack is hilarious… he warned me beforehand and I found it very funny.' When Whitehall visited the Miami Grand Prix in May they ended up having espresso martinis together in the Williams motorhome. 'His was laced with alcohol, mine was not.' Vowles does not even object to Christian Horner describing him as 'The Reverend Vowles' on the last season of Drive to Survive. 'You can just imagine him saying: 'Dearly beloved…'' the Red Bull team principal told the documentary makers, laughing. What was that about? 'I have no idea,' Vowles smiles, before going on to admit he suspects it might have to do with his verbosity and mannerisms. 'I think there's two things,' he says. 'Do I think, at times, I over-explain answers? Yes. I think it might fall into that category. That's a negative trait and something I probably need to work on. And the second part of it is, yeah, I do try to act with virtue. I will do things with honesty and transparency. But I didn't take it as an insult.' It is an endearingly earnest response, which both makes Horner's point and shows Vowles in a positive light. Whatever the reason, as we head to Silverstone this weekend for the British Grand Prix, where McLaren will do battle with Red Bull and Mercedes and Ferrari, you can feel goodwill of the fans towards both Vowles and Williams. They want this to work. They want the return of a British icon to the top. What a story it would be. Vowles's conviction that it will happen is unshakeable. He may not consider himself a celebrity. He laughs about his appearance on the red carpet in New York for the movie F1. 'It wasn't for me,' he says. 'All these stars were about and I was literally standing in the middle saying: 'Anyone that needs anything signed, I'll come to you!'' But he is a workaholic. Vowles describes himself as a 'competitive psychopath' and you can feel that when he talks about his plans for taking Williams to the front of the grid, the hours he is prepared to put in, even his relationship with his wife Rachel, a surgeon. He recalls their first date together in 2019. 'I was like, 'I've got to warn you, my work is my life, and I work really long hours.' And she was like, 'No, I work really long hours.' And I was like 'No, no, no. I work really long hours.' We actually went through it. And to be fair, Formula One still trumps it, but only just. 'My wife is unbelievable. She's one of the best surgeons in the UK. A double-first from Oxford who then worked in A&E in Whitechapel, then trained in plastics and breast cancer. So quite a unique individual in that she can diagnose breast cancer and then do the mastectomy and a rebuild afterwards. 'She's now doing a PhD on the use of mesh in the rebuild process post-mastectomy. Honestly, it's life-changing stuff. I just work in F1. She's the clever one.' The couple, who live in Oxford, have a daughter Elodie, who arrived 19 months ago. They are expecting their second child literally this week, which could mean an emergency dash from Silverstone. 'As you can imagine with me, I have contingencies,' he says. 'I've got plans upon plans upon plans… so we are sorted, including helicopters on standby and all sorts!' Nothing, though, will stop him returning Williams to the top. Although the Grove team are still behind F1's biggest beasts in terms of infrastructure, change is coming. Williams have the backing of American private investment firm Dorilton Capital, and Vowles sees no reason why they cannot be winning races by 2028. Already the changes he has implemented have seen Williams make a leap in competitiveness that means they are now fifth in the championship, 'best of the rest' after the big four. But that is not enough. 'Fighting for points near enough every race is great,' Vowles says. 'But I call that low-hanging fruit. The really lovely stuff is the stuff coming online in 2026, 2027, 2028… infrastructure and facilities.' Vowles smiles. He rejects suggestions he might be 'too nice' to thrive in the Piranha Club. 'F1 has changed. It's not the same as it was even 12 years ago. I don't feel I have to go behind people's backs, to the FIA or to FOM [Formula One Management], to derail their operation. I should be beating them because I am doing a better job than them.' He similarly rejects talk that Williams are no longer 'Williams' with Sir Frank now gone and no one from his family involved. 'The DNA is absolutely still Williams. And while I'm here, we will not lose the family feel. That is really important to me. I don't want bureaucracy, I don't want corporate to go and kill what we have for money.' And how long will he be here? What if his mentor Wolff wants him back at Mercedes? Or Ferrari or McLaren come calling? He considers the question. 'I really feel this is where I'll end my career,' he replies. 'It was the proudest moment of my life walking through the door at Williams. I have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in a team with legacy beyond pretty much every team, to bring it back to the front. I'm happy looking everyone in the eyes and saying: 'This is where I want to be. This team can be world champions.' And I'll be here when we do that.'
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Don't forget Red Bull's Max Verstappen, fired up after last week's Austrian exit, ready to crash the British bash.
