After a considerable amount of thought and discussion we have decided to retain the Weekend Card for the new Flat season. I have found that the dropping of the Dark Horses Annual has relieved me of a great deal of … Read More »

The Two-Year-Old Guide 2022 continues to point the way towards big-priced winners! Rage Of Bamby scores at Newbury at 14/1 for Eve Johnson Houghton who described her as “one of our earlier fillies and quite fast….I imagine she’ll require 6f … Read More »

Marten writes: “This bumper Platinum Jubilee edition of the Weekend Card is packed with features, including my 1,700-plus word preview of the Derby, my thoughts on the Oaks, additional pieces from two exciting new writers Laura Joy and Jordan Hopkins, … Read More »

Jordan is a new contributor to our team and has written an article in our Two-Year-Old Guide on the two-year-old scene in France. Here you can learn a little more about him. Growing up 10 miles from Newmarket, I have … Read More »

Laura is a new contributor to our team and has written an article in our Two-Year-Old Guide on first crop sires. Here you can learn a little more about her. I developed my passion for racing late in life relative … Read More »

22 April 2022 The longer-term value of the Two-Year-Old Guide really came to the fore on the high-class opening day of Sandown’s Flat season.   WESTOVER (R. Beckett) “He is a tall, sizeable individual who finds things easy, though I … Read More »

After just two editions – both delivered during the global pandemic – The Two-Year-Old Guide by Dan Briden has unquestionably made a significant impact in the world of racing literature and firmly established itself as the go-to work regarding juvenile … Read More »

We are thrilled to have published the second edition of our Two-Year-Old Guide. We launched our first edition in 2020 following client requests following the sad passing of Steve Taplin. We didn’t think we had the resources but when racing … Read More »

I hope you are enjoying this summer’s racing programme. Last season we had to work amidst such uncertainty that it wasn’t possible to do full justice to the quality of information I had for unraced two-year-olds. Nonetheless we managed to … Read More »