I was pleased with a handy profit last week, Newcastle and Southampton bringing a net 40 points’ haul, even allowing for Manchester United’s draw with Leicester. Like the vast majority of pundits, I thought Leicester were relegation material this season … Read More »

Just a couple of points from last week, when nothing really worked out for us. Right Touch lost his pitch but stayed on strongly in the final furlong of the seven-furlong handicap at Goodwood to finish fourth. He will have … Read More »

All winter I was thinking and telling people that of Aidan O’Brien’s favourite for the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas, I preferred the chance of Minding to Air Force Blue, despite the former being available to back until relatively recently at … Read More »

Leicester are so close now to one of the biggest shocks in football history and many neutrals are willing them over the line in the Premier League title race. Frankly, Everton have looked so poor in recent weeks that Claudio … Read More »

It was good to see You’re Fired winning a valuable handicap at Haydock last week. Karl Burke is always worth following at this time of year and we chalked up an 11/1 winner. It was hard to follow up at … Read More »

The 2015/16 Jumps Season reached a fitting climax at Sandown on Saturday when Paul Nicholls became a deserved winner of the trainers’ championship for the 10th time. This was a fine effort given that Paul’s best horse would probably not … Read More »

No one would dispute that Tottenham are the best team in the Premier League at the moment and on Monday evening Stoke were lucky to be sharing the same pitch, so outclassed were they. When the prices were 1/7 Leicester … Read More »

Naturally I was very pleased when Vivaldi Collonges landed the nap last week. He is a lightly raced horse and will take high rank among staying chasers next season. It just goes to show that, in a stable as powerful … Read More »

The race for the Jump Trainers’ Championship is set to go down to the wire this Saturday at Sandown when Willie Mullins and Paul Nicholls try to chase a massive sum of prize money. At the time of writing Paul … Read More »

All three selections came up last week so I hope you had a profitable day. The Premier League title will not be decided this weekend but I think it fair to say Tottenham – who looked electric in the second … Read More »

I cut right back on Crabbies Grand National bets when the ground changed and it was just as well. Saint Are ran well under the circumstances but could not go on in the closing stages and the task was always going … Read More »

There were plenty of clues for the future to be found over the three days at Aintree. Although the betting opportunities were stifled in some races by very short-priced favourites, it was wonderful for visitors to Aintree to see some … Read More »