The Shortlist Finalised To make the final shortlist, our remaining competitors must now pass 5 tests. Firstly, they must have won over 3m. Secondly they must have won a handicap. Thirdly they must have won a race worth 30K. Fourthly, they must now be racing off a handicap mark within 10lbs of their last winning mark. Lastly, experience… Read More »
Don’t overdo it We start today with 31 of the top 40 in the handicap left in with a chance if we look at the race through a stats eye. Now obviously, this is very subjective to your own point of view and not everyone buys in to the stats angle. I think they have a tale to… Read More »
Stats run through for 6 day declarations The big day is drawing closer and closer, so I thought it would be apt to look at the stats to whittle down the remaining contenders. Over the next few days I’ll introduce different stats to help us end up with a shortlist on Saturday. We’ll start today with 2 stats… Read More »
Strewth, can you Adam and Eve it? The Clerk of the course at Doncaster is incapable of reading the weather forecast! I mean, seriously, even though the Met Office had rainfall forecast for 4 days this week, he insisted that the ground would be on the fast side of good. Really? Really? Really? I’m not complaining mind as… Read More »
They say that lightning never strikes in the same place twice. Or at least, that is what repair workers for Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Cristo Redentor will be hoping. Brazil will never get a better chance to win the World Cup in their home country. The Statue of Christ may have since been restored to full health. Whether… Read More »
Fancied horses to fail the test I took an e-mail from Generalite A. Jackson, asking me if he should follow his 2 favourite horses Triolo D’Alene and Katenko in next week’s Grand National. I told him to keep his money in his pocket. I think he was a bit taken aback, but after I showed him the table… Read More »
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 »
