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 »

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 »

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 »

As I have written and spoken about the Crabbie’s Grand National at some length I shall not go into great detail again here. To me, the starting point has to be last year’s race and the close finish between MANY … Read More »

The Flat turf season begins in earnest on Saturday with the rescheduled Lincoln at Doncaster, preceded by the ‘consolation’ race, the Betway Spring Mile. Incidentally, while I understand the dismay in some quarters regarding Channel 4’s decision to give motor … Read More »

Things improved on Friday with Alben Star paying out the fortnightly blog at 7/1. Richard Fahey is simply a master trainer and this horse is readied for the AW Sprint Championship every year with his form figures in the race … Read More »

Note from Rebecca I just wanted to add a little blog entry to let you know that Ian Carnaby produces a fortnightly racing publication. It is emailed on a Wednesday and costs £5 per edition Discounts are available if you … Read More »

I had a very poor Cheltenham, the major disappointments being Polly Peachum, Yanworth, who did not receive the best of rides (but in my opinion would not have won anyway), Upswing and, to a lesser degree, Join The Clan. The … 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »