It was good to start with a solid pick-up last Saturday, Millwall proving much too good for a moderate Oldham team at The New Den. The Lions will be there all the way this season and may well pick up … Read More »

We are away in Canada at present but I monitor the racing on a daily basis and things have gone well enough on the line, with Roger Charlton’s Paling a very safe favourite at Leicester on Sunday. I don’t know … Read More »

I was delighted to see Van Avermaet win the Men’s Road Race and Van der Breggan win the Women’s Race. In fairness, they were very competitive races and both needed a fair share of luck to win, but both were … Read More »

He’s at it again. Following the success of Caravaggio in Sunday’s Phoenix Stakes Aidan O’Brien found a new superlative to describe the colt, this time stating that they had never before had a horse at Ballydoyle “hit a top speed … Read More »

Paul Day will be updating his thoughts on the Olympics on a regular basis, starting today. Please refer to the Guest Contributor section of this page.

Today sees the start of the Rio Olympic, the 31st Olympic Summer Games. The Cycling Men’s Road Race is probably the highlight this afternoon. It takes place over a tough course, with multiple hard climbs to be endured before the … Read More »

Fulham’s narrow victory over Championship favourites Newcastle offered a timely reminder that nothing is going to be easy in the months to come. Obviously a single-goal reverse will not change the odds all that much and I remain reasonably confident … Read More »

The line has been in good form of late and Frankie Dettori kept things going with an 11/4 winner for Don Cantillon at Newmarket on Friday evening. I was a little disappointed that Thesme did not feature among the final … Read More »

I’ve apologised in the racing blog for not updating on Friday. Things became very hectic at Goodwood on Friday and we are close to a break in Canada, as well. In fact, there wasn’t much to add on the football … Read More »

I’m sorry it wasn’t possible to update in time for the weekend. I was at Goodwood and had to sort out various things, on top of which we are due to take a fortnight’s break in Canada shortly. I wouldn’t … Read More »

I made no secret of the fact that I had recently been through a rough spell of form, but also added that I intended to do something about it. As I put on my Twitter account, I decided to return … Read More »

The sad news came through on Tuesday morning that John Thomas – JT – McNamara had passed away at the age of 41. A brilliant horseman and rider, he rode over 600 winners as an amateur but, tragically, was paralysed … Read More »