Back in the saddle, dear reader, after a couple of days off down in Dorset with my family. It’s been an interesting few days with, like many of you I imagine, far too much of… well, pretty much everything really.
Too much food, too much booze, too many gifts, too many arguments, too many bets, and [...]

Just a short post today, dear reader, to tell you about a final Christmas special that you might be interested in.
TrainerTrackStats is enjoying something a purple patch currently and, to mark the occasion in fitting style, I’ve managed to persuade Gavin that we should do something special for all of our loyal readers. [In fairness, [...]

Apologies for the delay, dear reader, but I wanted to properly go through Project Betfair (PB) and let you know my thoughts. You see, on the face of it, this is better than your average S Brookes (for I assume it is he) product.
In fact, it is using some sound principles of form in its [...]

And so it is, dear reader, that the feared and much dreaded paid subscription model arrives at racingpost.com. Of course, we’ve had it good for so long that we almost take it for granted that we have a right to continue to get free stuff from that site. And of course it is the right [...]

“And in a packed show tonight”, dear reader, as the immortal Two Ronnies used to say…
we’ll be waltzing through a veritable whirligig of racing related reaction, flying from the latest on the Racing Post comedy of errors; to the early survey results; through a look at the weekend racing; and, it being Thursday, landing on [...]

Thank you so much, dear reader, for your interest in my new Geegeez Laying Service (GLS), and for your patience on Friday when amidst the fanfares and footfall, there was a – by now – traditional launch day cock up on the part of yours truly.
Due to said technical glitch, a number of you were [...]

A strange day yesterday, dear reader, with more than a whiff of skulduggery in the air at Southwell.
First, there was the remarkable case of decent bumper horse, Shiwawa, making his all weather debut in a very moderate 1m4f maiden. Strongly backed all day (including by yours truly), the horse suddenly drifted from evens to 2/1 [...]

I bring important news today, dear reader, of something exciting happening from next week.
In fairness, it probably won’t change your life irreversibly, in the way that… say… a sex change (or gender transformation, as I believe the correct term is) operation would.
And it won’t be the answer to all your financial worries either (should you, [...]

Squibs come in all shapes and sizes, dear reader, but few in recent memory have been damper than that which descended over our eternally optimistic Scoop 6 ticket yesterday.
With a perm that would have made the great Carlos Valderrama jealous, we were ready for action.And, though we sailed through the first leg, with both the [...]

It’s low grade fare today, dear reader, but for every race there must be a winner, and 4/1 in a seller pays no less than 4/1 in a Grade 1, so let’s see what we can establish about today’s punting action.
Starting at Folkestone, and I am seriously tempted to take on Medermit in the 1.10 [...]

After a bizarre and hugely eventful first day of the Open meeting, dear reader, there is much to look back on and much to look forward to…
Today’s curious goings on started when Hoopy’s jockey, having made a typical amateur rider blunder and dropped his whip, nicked another ‘persuader’ from an ailing competitor as he passed [...]

Just back from a quick trip to Bratislava in Slovakia, dear reader, (colder than here, but mercifully drier). The reason for my trip was mainly business: I have a little apartment there and was renegotiating the contract with my tenant.
My tenant, Petr, a stout Czech chap who works in financial services (lucky him!) agreed to [...]