AHEAD OF THE GAME (NOT)
-We hope for better fortune today after three of yesterday’s selections were in the lead 20 yards from the line and all three were beaten by a head. Newbury and…
A PUB WITH NO BEER
-David Kirkpatrick (aka Slim Dusty) leads us into the final day of the York Dante meeting with his worldwide 1957 smash, incidentally the only 78rpm record to go gold. A…
SEE YA LATER
-Day 2 of the York Dante meeting today, with the eponymous race taking place at 3.35. First of the five races on ITV is the Paddy Power Handicap at 1.50,…
EBORACUM EXTRAVAGANZA
-Day 1 of the York Dante meeting dawns with a drizzly morning on the Knavesmire and what should be near perfect ground. Five races are being televised, starting with the…
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
-Action from three meetings today, action that includes some of the fiercest handicaps of the current season at Ascot and Haydock. We begin, however, with the slightly calmer waters of…
FITZ A CRACKER
-Day 3 of the Boodles Chester Festival has arrived, with the feature, as usual, the Chester Cup Handicap at 3.15. A smaller than usual field of 14 is due to…
FLOWERS IN THE RAIN
-The first track ever played on Radio 1 in 1967 gives us the headline for Day 2 of the Boodles Chester Festival, with the first five races on ITV. Centrepiece…
LET BATTLE COMMENCE
-Day 1 of the three day Boodles Festival meeting at Chester kicks off this afternoon, with five races on ITV. A slightly low key start has the Group 3 Boodles…
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
-Thomas Hardy’s sixth novel provides our headline for today’s action, which features the first Classic of the season, the Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes, which takes place at 3.40 at Newmarket.…
