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 »
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 »
I had the honour of attending the Steve Prescott Memorial match at St. Helens last night, a game played in the memory of a true inspiration and Rugby League legend. His bravery and honesty is something that will continue to live on and is something some other sports people could do with adopting. What did strike me was… Read More »
There has not been too much activity with our ante post selections other than an outing for Chance Du Roy, who ran well last week at Ascot. In hindsight, I think the jockey took up the running too soon, but so well was he jumping and travelling, he had no choice really. I know he faded slightly after… Read More »
