Kempton & Newcastle selections Saturday 21st February As we draw closer to Cheltenham, we still have an excellent Saturday’s action to enjoy over the jumps this afternoon. Fairyhouse stages the Bobbyjo Chase, more of a trail for Nationals to come this spring. However at Kempton we have a quality...
Goodwood selections Saturday 2nd August We reach the climax at Goodwood of five high class days and as is now tradition, the Stewards Cup headlines the final day of action. I am getting stuck into all four big field handicaps on the card. We had a near perfect day...
York selections Saturday 14th June With Sandown’s fields largely decimated by the lack of the forecast overnight rain, I am going to concentrate on an excellent card at York where the field sizes have held up well. I have looked at the first four races, including the valuable 3yo...
The Dante is the feature event of the day, and the week, on the Knavesmire, but the card on Thursday starts with two red hot handicaps and they are the races I am focussing on. Harbour Lake was a winner for us in the previous column on Saturday (advised...
Newbury selections Saturday 8th February Another new name for one of Britain’s foremost handicap hurdles with William Hill taking over sponsorship of the feature betting race at Newbury. However this is a race which Nicky Henderson has already won six times under its various guises and I fancy his...
This week saw the latest set of entries for the Grand National, to be run on 13th April at Aintree and despite the withdrawal of top weight Hewick, who will be aimed at a Grade 1 Chase at the meeting earlier in the week, we have a top quality...
Easter weekend always means Fairyhouse and the Irish National meeting. Steady rain over the past few weeks means we will be having unusually slow ground and those horses who prefer fast ground are not likely to be seen over the course of the three days in County Meath. The...
The biggest race in Europe, the Prix De L’Arc de Triomphe is upon us again this weekend. The best middle-distance horses from Britain, Ireland, France and beyond meet up to effectively decide the 12f champion of the world. This year’s edition looks potentially above average, but whether the winner...
The Nunthorpe Stakes is another of the Group 1 events at the York Ebor meeting. It was originally staged as a lowly seller in 1903, but since 1922 was upgraded to the top class 5f race it is today. The race was known as the William Hill Sprint Championship...
