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 »

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 »