Billed as ‘The Greatest Show, The Greatest Drama’ – this year’s renewal of the Crabbie’s Grand National will once again pit 40 horses against the 30 most demanding National Hunt fences in racing. Watched by some 600 million people in over 140 countries around the world, this iconic handicap steeplechase is the ultimate test of a horses’ stamina… Read More »
Next Saturday sees the start of the Flat season and in particular the running of the Lincoln Handicap. A cavalry charge over the straight mile at Doncaster. Normally, I would be waiting for the draw to be made to see where every one is positioned but over the last few years the winners have come from all over… Read More »
Well it is supposed to be a Saturday, but the racing has a decidedly Wednesday feel to it. There are some good races at Newbury on Channel 4 so that’s good news but as for the rest of it, well as Tony The Bookie says, “Shove it!”. Ahem. AW Racing, Stratford and Bangor hold absolutely no interest for… Read More »
After yet another rollercoaster weekend of Premier League action, in which David Moyes’ future as Manchester United manager was thrown further into question with a, frankly, embarrassing 3-0 loss at home to bitter rivals Liverpool, the pace quickens in the race for the title, European places, and to avoid the drop in this weekend’s fixtures. The first fixture… Read More »
Graham Wylie-owned gelding weighted to go well for champion Irish trainer With Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up On His Own sidestepping a crack at the Crabbie’s Grand National, Prince de Beauchene now looks the main hope of champion Irish trainer Willie Mullins in the Aintree marathon test. The 11-year-old, like On His Own, is owned by Graham Wylie and… Read More »
A tough old day yesterday with us having no joy with any of iur selections. But we dust ourselves down and bounce back today as it’s Gold Cup day! So come on let’s have it. In the Triumph hurdle, we already have Plinth running for us and we anticipate a better showing from him on this decent ground, but I’d also… Read More »
Well would you believe it, lightening strikes twice with the last race providing us with a good profit. As I said in yesterday’s blog, D. Weld is a master at laying a horse out. I have followed Silver Concorde in each of his runs and knew that he had grown up, all of which I reported before the race. It… Read More »
Well, not the start we had hoped for yesterday with our great hope Rock on Ruby making a horlicks of the third and putting paid to his chances. These things happen in racing and we have to take it on the chin and move on. At least we showed a nice profit on the day with Present View… Read More »
As that famous song goes, “Well here’s to you Mrs Robinson, Jesus loves you just as much as he does Cheletenham” or something like that! All year we have waited for this moment and the next 4 days of top quality racing. However, before we look at the selections, it is worth remembering that all year, we have… Read More »
Well peeps, the Festival season is nearly upon us! We have Cheltenham, Aintree and Punchestown right around the corner and stuck in the middle of them is the newly named Lincoln Festival at Doncaster, for the start of the flat. These are the things that dreams are made of, as the Human League used to sing! It’s a… Read More »
