I’ve said before that if I were to single out just one leading principle to making a profit from backing horses it would be to monitor stable form. It’s quite extraordinary how things can go well for one yard and … Read More »

The busy Christmas schedule next week should bring some much needed clarity to the ante-post markets for Cheltenham. The highlight will be the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day, for which Gaelic Warrior and Jango Baie currently head the … Read More »

I readily admit that I go on about this sort of thing quite a lot, but there was an outstanding example of a horse apparently improving dramatically on his previous recent form last Monday at Ayr. King Gris was hammered … Read More »

Ask me about Christmas and I come up with three or four vivid memories  –  not bad when you consider Halloween’s second triumph in the King George VI Chase came 71 years ago. My Aunt Em ferried the bets to … Read More »

Hi there It is said that everybody is entitled to an opinion, but in certain areas of expertise I would suggest that not everybody’s opinion should carry equal weight. For example the majority of media pundits have never ridden a … Read More »

I’m not sure what to make of the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown yesterday. On the one hand it was thrilling to see Gaelic Warrior and Fact To File – the ‘right’ horses – engaged in such a tussle … Read More »