I’ve thought for a while that there might be a tiny race in Annabel Murphy’s Rigolleto, who contests a weak-looking Class 6 sprint handicap at Lingfield on Saturday. He seems to handle this surface better than Kempton and finished a … Read More »

Ian Carnaby, Jumps 2016/17, Lil Rockerfeller, Tenor Nivernais

I had a feeling last week when writing my Online Preview that it was not going to be easy to find value over the Christmas period, in the main due to the number of races with small fields and short-priced … Read More »

Jumps 2016/17, Marten Julian, Native River, Outlander, Thistlecrack, Tom Scudamore, Tony McCoy, Willie Mullins

It is a measure of how crazy football has become that Alan Pardew, deemed a failure at Crystal Palace, walks away heavy of heart but in receipt of a pay-off which would be life changing to the vast majority of … Read More »

Aston Villa, Burnley, football, Ian Carnaby, Sheffield United

I could not be all that confident about Tenor Nivernais last week because he was stepping up to three miles and I’d been waiting for him in a top handicap chase over two and a half plus, as you know. … Read More »

Glaring, Ian Carnaby, Jumps 2016/17, Tenor Nivernais, Unowhatimeanharry

Ring Marten this Christmas and New Year If you want to hear my thoughts and information for Boxing Day and the festive holiday then give me a call on 0906 150 1555 Any selections are, as always, given in the … Read More »

Gallant Oscar, Jumps 2016/17, Marten Julian, Paddy Power

I was not all together surprised to learn on Sunday that Coneygree will now miss the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day. I sensed all might not have been well. Sara Bradstock, who rides him in all … Read More »

Colin Tizzard, Coneygree, Josses Hill, Jumps 2016/17, Marten Julian

The good run continued last week with Newcastle winning comfortably and Sheffield Wednesday scoring in time added on at Reading to land the Both Teams To Score wager. As I mentioned seven days ago, Newcastle are over their blip and … Read More »

Bournemouth, football, Ian Carnaby, Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham

Things worked out well enough last week with Aso showing a small profit for his each-way second, though I think it would have been very close with better jumps at two of the last three. He is capable of winning … Read More »

Did you know that if you use a kindle you can send PDF documents to it to read? We have offered our books before in a Kindle format but we don’t always have time (sorry). However, if you use a … Read More »

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Willie Mullins may not always be the toast of ante-post players with his late decisions on running plans and last-minute switches, but nobody knows his horses better and he usually gets it right. That looked the case today, when Douvan … Read More »

Djakadam, Douvan, Jumps 2016/17, Marten Julian, Willie Mullins, Winter Guide

There were four football bets last weekend, three of them won and the good run continues. Unfortunately there is nothing comparable over the next few days and this wIll be a short message apart from dwelling on NEWCASTLE’s chances at … Read More »

The telephone line picked up with the easy success of Briery Belle at Warwick on Thursday and the Weekend Card included a strong recommendation for Call To Order in the three-mile handicap hurdle at Cheltenham on Friday. Both were needed … Read More »