City Of Troy
Marten's Current Racing Diary | October 17th, 2023
Hi there, Well you don’t need me to tell you that the big talking point over the weekend was the performance of City Of Troy in the Dewhurst Stakes, with plenty of discussion afterwards about the relative merits of the … Read More »
Marathon Man required? Send for the Doyler
Ian Carnaby's Racing News | October 16th, 2023
The going at Goodwood has been soft or heavy more often than not this year and nothing changed on their final day in October. You have to make the circumstances work in your favour if possible and that was certainly … Read More »
HIGHS AND LOWS WITH FRED AND ARCHIE
Ian Carnaby's Racing News | September 20th, 2023
If I believed in ghosts I might find Islington Green a suitable starting point for a thesis. Trendy, even chic it may be nowadays but in the seventeenth century it was used as a plague pit – a little-known fact … Read More »
A Busy Weekend
Marten's Current Racing Diary | September 12th, 2023
Hi there! With Arc trials at Longchamp on Sunday and Group 1 action in Ireland you could be forgiven for overlooking the victory of Bay Bridge in the September Stakes at Kempton on Saturday. With a BHA rating of 121 … Read More »
A LA RECHERCHE DU FAILAND PERDU
Ian Carnaby's Racing News | August 21st, 2023
Like Marcel Proust, I drift back to the places of my youth. Some have disappeared, some have become something else and some are simply too loud. Actually it might be stretching a point to mention my formative years where the … Read More »
The Point-To-Point Recruits
Publication News | August 16th, 2023
THE POINT-TO-POINT RECRUITS is back for the sixth consecutive year and Jodie Standing anticipates another successful season! The book is packed with over 90 undiscovered horses from the pointing world set to embark on their careers under Rules. As her … Read More »
Rainy Day People
Ian Carnaby's Racing News | July 14th, 2023
The rain falls gently yet insistently on the Nine Elms Tavern which, like the rest of the borough, has undergone something of a transformation. One minute it was Battersea’s little-known cousin – nondescript flats, a little bit of this and … Read More »
Ponderings from the Weekend
Marten's Current Racing Diary | July 4th, 2023
Hi there, Before I pass on my thoughts about the Irish Derby I want to bring to your notice the victory of Manxman in the opening extended 1m 3f 0-55 apprentice handicap at Windsor on Saturday. I would not blame … Read More »
Saka Shines as England get Seven
Football | June 19th, 2023
Written by Jack Dixon Another match in Euro qualifying and another win for England, thumping North Macedonia 7-0 at Old Trafford. The win against Malta was impressive, but it was slightly scrappy and there was, at times, a lack of … Read More »
Job done in Malta for England
Football Marten Julian's Guest Contributor News | June 17th, 2023
England leave Malta with four goals and three points secured, beating Malta 4-0. The three lions were dominant all evening, having 66% possession and prevented Malta from registering a single shot on Jordan Pickford’s goal. England turned dominance into substance, … Read More »