One of the most fascinating Premier League campaigns for years is entering its final phase and few would predict with any confidence how things will work out. Leicester can go clear again if they beat Norwich on Saturday and there … Read More »

In some ways the most interesting runner on Saturday is David Pipe’s Kings Palace, who goes in the Pertemps Qualifier at Chepstow. Better known as a chaser these days, he was strongly fancied for the Paddy Power Gold Cup and … Read More »

We were right about Swansea and Southampton last week but it was a patchy game and, although the Saints kept their winning run going, a draw would have been a fair result. I still think Swansea are in serious danger, … Read More »

Haydock in heavy ground has never been my idea of the place to find winners and I shall give it a miss on Saturday, though you could argue that David Pipe’s Broadway Buffalo has a very fair chance in the … Read More »

The news on Wednesday that Faugheen sustained an injury and would miss the Champion Hurdle perfectly illustrates the importance of timing in the horseracing business. As I have said before, both in my published and online work and Cheltenham conferences, … Read More »

Following my week away I returned to hear concerns that a few of Willie Mullins’ horses had been running below form. With a strike-rate in Ireland, as I write, of 40 per cent in bumpers, 38 per cent in hurdles … Read More »

SWANSEA STILL IN ACUTE DANGER Southampton and Newcastle both won narrowly last week and I think we’ve reached the stage where I should concentrate on that sort of analysis and leave the both teams to score bet alone. The problem … Read More »

L’AMI SERGE CAN DODGE THE BULLETS By and large I was pleased with last weekend, when Rivellino won the good sprint at Lingfield and Join The Clan finished a very good second in the staying hurdle at Sandown. He has … Read More »

It took an easy victory for Everton at Carlisle to limit the damage last week although there were times during the afternoon when I thought the draws might pay off. In the end Liverpool and West Ham played out a … Read More »

I hardly ever deliberately tip at odds-on for the simple reason that value is likely to be non-existent and, in any case, the horses in question can be spotted easily enough by everyone without outside help. I made an exception … Read More »