There are occasions in this game when everything, for a short while, seems to go right and that is what happened yesterday with Alan King, who landed a big-race hat-trick at Cheltenham and also took the Sky Bet Chase at … Read More »

It was a pity to blow out last week after virtually sweeping the board the week before. Of course, Gillingham and Peterborough both scoring limited the damage but Everton were expensive losers. When playing at a short price it is … Read More »

Vroum Vroum Mag did us a good turn last week but otherwise things were run of the mill and it’s hard to latch on to anything at great value this Saturday. Racing – and racing journalism – has changed significantly … Read More »

I am not quite sure how I am going to approach this year’s Cheltenham Bulletin Book. Such is the dominance of Willie Mullins that for the main races it will be either a case of writing the obvious or stretching … Read More »

It was a superb weekend for us last week with four of the five selections winning and even Middlesbrough’s surprising defeat at Bristol City still leaving us well over 50 units to the good. Of course, with some bookmakers the … Read More »

Vivaldi Collnges could not do it for us last week but I wouldn’t set too much store by the result at Warwick. Meetings are taking place now when many of the participants have little chance of getting home on heavy … Read More »

This month we are pleased to welcome Joshua Mason to our site. Joshua is an aspriring sports writer so feel free to offer any feedback on this article to rebecca@martenjulian.com which will be passed onto him. The race to show horse … Read More »

The Premier League midweek games supplied plenty of goals, a good deal of controversy and also a ray of hope where Aston Villa and Sunderland are concerned. Also, by winning at Tottenham, Leicester put themselves in a very handy position … Read More »

Cogry could not keep our run going last week but, like so many in the Coral Welsh Grand National field, he failed to handle very heavy ground and was pulled up. I suppose you can always say that the winner, … Read More »

You can bump into some quite interesting discussions on the racing channels when things are quiet and there was one late this afternoon between Angus McNae and Tony Calvin about ante-post betting. I think we all now accept that ante-post … Read More »

West Brom v Stoke had the look of a banker draw about it last week so it was very disappointing when the home side scrambled in a winner deep into stoppage time. As I am always pointing out, there is … Read More »

I am very pleased with the way things are going at present. Polly Peachum ensured this page was in profit last weekend, while the telephone line is running at 100 percent after three selections in 2016 – Seeyouatmidnight, Polly Peachum … Read More »