I have written before about the decline in interest in ante-post betting, which is a great shame, but looking at the Gold Cup market there is nothing that entices me to advise an early investment. Fact To File, who beat … Read More »

As the goals rained down on Southampton the other evening there was no great surprise around the ground. After 13 minutes, with Tottenham three-nil up, the manager was bound to be sacked and it was just a question of playing … Read More »

I’m not sure that anyone outside the immediate circle of Venetia Williams’s yard could have predicted the ease with which Djelo won the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon on Sunday. The six-year-old was always travelling very smoothly and went effortlessly clear, … Read More »

Although the ante-post market is not the force of old, there is plenty of material for discussion regarding the current Champion Hurdle betting. The first quandary relates to the participation of Constitution Hill. The seven-year-old seems to be quite fragile … Read More »

I’m not so sure that Sunday’s John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase will prove to have great relevance to the Gold Cup. Yes it was a thrilling spectacle and Willie Mullins may be proved right that, on figures, this was the … Read More »