It seems that any three-year-old colt that wins a maiden over a mile or more impressively at the moment has done enough to warrant a Derby interest. Mind you, this may not surprise those of you who bought my Dark … Read More »

I have never known Aidan O’Brien speak so openly about his Classic prospects as he has in the last few days. He displayed the patience of Job when speaking to Matt Chapman for ATR at the end of the day … 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Having despatched the copy for my Dark Horses Annual to the Racing Post’s designer on Wednesday my mind now has to switch back to the jumps, with the next few days devoted to finding some value for the three-day Aintree … Read More »

There was a time when my answer to anyone wanting to know what my guiding principle to winner finding was would be to follow a yard in form and, perhaps as important, avoid a yard out of form. Phil Bull, … Read More »

There was a time when my answer to anyone wanting to know what my guiding principle to winner finding was would be to follow a yard in form and, perhaps as important, avoid a yard out of form. Phil Bull, … Read More »

There was a time when my answer to anyone wanting to know what my guiding principle to winner finding was would be to follow a yard in form and, perhaps as important, avoid a yard out of form. Phil Bull, … Read More »

Hi there. It’s been a quiet morning regarding Cheltenham news, with the only update relating to Old Guard’s participation in the Champion Hurdle following what Paul Nicholls described as an “absolutely dire” piece of work on Saturday. The five-year-old, who … 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 »