Last week’s games may have been every bit as close as we expected but they didn’t end up as draws, which made for the poorest weekend in quite a while. The desire is always there to hit back quickly but … Read More »

Maybe I should have had the courage of my convictions regarding Sametegal at Newbury last week, though in fact the French challenger Pythagore also ran very well to be fourth. In the end Sam Twiston-Davies rode the winner whereas I’d … Read More »

Hi there I picked up a few snippets of news from working on the panel of the Cheltenham Preview evening at Cartmel racecourse last night. The most interesting came from Jimmy Moffatt, who said that Brian Hughes told him that … Read More »

It was a pity to be denied the draw by Chelsea’s late winner at St Mary’s last week but there is no doubt the visitors deserved to win after enjoying any amount of possession in the second half. They are … Read More »

I was a guest of the Northern Racing Club on the panel of their Cheltenham Preview evening at Haydock Park last night. My fellow panellists were Brian Hughes, Andy Gibson and Trevor Harris of Star Sports Bookmakers. I have covered … Read More »

It was fascinating hearing Rich Ricci talking about his horses and other aspects of his life with Luke Harvey and Jason Weaver on ATR races last night. What did become clear is that he thinks Min is, in his words, … Read More »

The telephone line continues to go well and we are a long way up since the turn of the year. As I am often saying, I’d like everything to work in synch and for there to be winners on this … Read More »

One of the most fascinating Premier League campaigns for years is entering its final phase and few would predict with any confidence how things will work out. Leicester can go clear again if they beat Norwich on Saturday and there … Read More »

In some ways the most interesting runner on Saturday is David Pipe’s Kings Palace, who goes in the Pertemps Qualifier at Chepstow. Better known as a chaser these days, he was strongly fancied for the Paddy Power Gold Cup and … Read More »

We were right about Swansea and Southampton last week but it was a patchy game and, although the Saints kept their winning run going, a draw would have been a fair result. I still think Swansea are in serious danger, … Read More »

Haydock in heavy ground has never been my idea of the place to find winners and I shall give it a miss on Saturday, though you could argue that David Pipe’s Broadway Buffalo has a very fair chance in the … Read More »

The news on Wednesday that Faugheen sustained an injury and would miss the Champion Hurdle perfectly illustrates the importance of timing in the horseracing business. As I have said before, both in my published and online work and Cheltenham conferences, … Read More »