It’s nearly that time of year again when the nights start to draw in and the weather begins to turn. That can only mean one thing! Last year’s Festival was one to savour with Annie Power becoming the first mare since … Read More »

Cheltenham Festival

Last week was another profitable week with Aston Villa proving too good for Cardiff and Leicester v Middlesbrough paying out at 13/5 for the draw. A single goal for Stoke at Watford cost us a clean sweep but things are … Read More »

As things turned out there was no need to cover Vicente in the Hennessy Gold Cup last week and it was a case of first thoughts turning up trumps because Native River was a game winner. Between the last two … Read More »

I have been busily employed today writing my feature on the King George VI Chase for the Winter Guide, which will be out the week before Christmas. It has proved a fairly challenging assignment, if only because running plans for … Read More »

Last week was profitable with Sunderland easily beating Hull and Sheffield United accounting for Shrewsbury at a much shorter price. How we missed three out of three I shall never know, because Liverpool were all over Southampton without forcing the … Read More »

I was pleased and relieved when Venetia Williams took Tenor Nivernais out of a valuable handicap chase at Newbury on Friday. It was a cold, dry day in the south and the ground would have been nowhere near as soft … Read More »

I am on the hunt for signatures please! Click here to sign To: South Lakeland District Council Planning Department South Lakes do not allow planning. Flood risk – Toxic – not affordable We would like SLDC to carefully consider a … Read More »

Whilst it would be rash to read too much into Sunderland’s victory at Bournemouth a fortnight ago – the home team had enough chances to win two matches – the fact is that three away points lifted spirits on Wearside … Read More »

I hardly ever take all that much notice of tips from owners and trainers for the simple reason that they’re likely to be biased; in addition, they often don’t know much about the opposition, which is a crucial factor. I … Read More »

The draws did not quite work for us last week, which ended a winning run, although only a very late goal in the Burnley-Crystal Palace match cost us a handy pick-up. Newcastle beat Cardiff all right, although you can see … Read More »

The only source of profit last Saturday was Growl’s last-gasp victory in the Wentworth Stakes at Doncaster. He has been on the go for a long time and is a credit to Richard Fahey but I think he will be … Read More »

I was at Carlisle races on Monday for what looked a fairly humbrum day’s action. The lack of rain has caused havoc with the field sizes, both up here in the north and the south, but rain is forecast today … Read More »