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 »
The Generalites are coming out all guns blazing now as we head towards Cheltenham. I received a very interesting e-mail from 1 of them asking me if there was much credence to the fact that French Breds have a mixed record in the Queen Mother Champion Chase? Now I love a baguette as much as the next man,… Read More »
Greetings racing fans everywhere. With just under 2 weeks to go before Cheltenham, i thought it would be appropriate to start a dedicated new page just for the festival. I shall highlight any value bets and any that look good ante post at this stage. As time draws closer and the fields firm up, we can check our… Read More »
Hey hey what do you say, had me a woman she flew away, hung on to the nearest star, miss her a lot, well there you are! So let’s start with a look ahead to the Cheltenham Festival. On Sunday, we see the Irish Hennessey meeting at Leopardstown. This is a fantastic meeting and always provides some festival… Read More »
