We are away in Canada at present but I monitor the racing on a daily basis and things have gone well enough on the line, with Roger Charlton’s Paling a very safe favourite at Leicester on Sunday. I don’t know … Read More »

I was delighted to see Van Avermaet win the Men’s Road Race and Van der Breggan win the Women’s Race. In fairness, they were very competitive races and both needed a fair share of luck to win, but both were … Read More »

He’s at it again. Following the success of Caravaggio in Sunday’s Phoenix Stakes Aidan O’Brien found a new superlative to describe the colt, this time stating that they had never before had a horse at Ballydoyle “hit a top speed … Read More »

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Today sees the start of the Rio Olympic, the 31st Olympic Summer Games. The Cycling Men’s Road Race is probably the highlight this afternoon. It takes place over a tough course, with multiple hard climbs to be endured before the … Read More »

Fulham’s narrow victory over Championship favourites Newcastle offered a timely reminder that nothing is going to be easy in the months to come. Obviously a single-goal reverse will not change the odds all that much and I remain reasonably confident … Read More »

The line has been in good form of late and Frankie Dettori kept things going with an 11/4 winner for Don Cantillon at Newmarket on Friday evening. I was a little disappointed that Thesme did not feature among the final … Read More »