Great Success for the Weekend Card The Weekend Card has made a terrific start following its return, with three out of three (9/2, 3/1 and 5/2) from Marten’s Weekend Action feature in Issue 2 and an inspired 10/1 winner from … Read More »

We are reaching the end of another amazing Olympic Games. It has been a truly brilliant performance from Team GB with 25 Golds and 61 medals in total as I write this. We have a few more chances today, Tom … Read More »

There were surprises on the football front right through last season but those prepared to play at short prices will have made Manchester United count against Southampton on Friday night. United looked a work in progress but that was only … Read More »

It was a splendid day for the line on Friday with Quest For More, Nemoralia and Babyfact all going in. They were horses we’d waited for and everything worked out well, though it was important to be up and about … Read More »

The better class of long-term two-year-old prospects are starting to appear now, with hardly a day when there is not an interesting maiden race or two, and they don’t come much better than today’s Convivial Maiden Stakes at York, with … Read More »

The athletics is well underway now and tonight we have the Men’s 100m. The semi-finals take place at 1am with the final at 2 25am and for sports fans it has to be worth staying up! Usain Bolt looked in … Read More »

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 »