In the third of an occasional series of updates on Peter May's juvenile ratings, which are published for Gold subscribers in the racecard, we look at the movers and shakers ahead of Newmarket's Future Champions Weekend, featuring six Pattern contests for two-year-olds. [Click here for the first and here for the second updates] Top performers […]
Book 2 of Newmarket's world famous yearling sales starts today but, as Tony Stafford put it earlier, that session is only for "the merely seriously rich owners". Meanwhile, in the real world of you and me, such hammer prices as were achieved at Book 1 last week tend to veer towards the faintly offensive. Top […]
After Friday's report dissection - good conceptual intel, awful results! - I'm back with another video blast for Saturday's Ascot card. It's a really decent meeting, and I'll probably have retire in disgrace if I draw a blank. Gulp. Anyway, with hopefully some more 'how to' insight as well as perhaps a chicken dinner or […]
I've recorded another video. In it, I walk through the Geegeez Gold reports in search of some Friday winners. There are horses of interest - from shorties to 33/1 pokes - throughout the recording. It's long. Just over an hour in fact. But it may well be worth the time, if you can spare it. […]
I headed west on the subterranean rattler last evening for a gathering of the London Racing Club at the Kensington Forum, Gloucester Road. There, a panel hosted by Racing Post's Sam Lawrie and comprising of Adrian Beaumont (International Racing Bureau), Nick Smith (Director of Racing, Ascot), and Nicola McGeady (Ladbrokes PR), offered thoughts and comments […]
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 2017 Preview: Trends, Tips Widely held to be the best middle distance race in the world, the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe brings together global formlines in a thrilling clash of continents, generations and sexes. The race revolves around Enable, a filly not yet even entered, though virtually certain […]
The 2017 Breeders' Cup will be run for the first time at Del Mar racetrack, near San Diego, on the Southern Californian coast. The meeting features thirteen races spread over the first Friday and Saturday of November. Entry to the races is decided by a jury of international handicappers, but there are also a number […]
Scarcity. An insufficiency or shortness of supply. It's what makes stuff valuable: gold, bitcoin (depending on who you listen to), etc. But it can also be manufactured to trick people into making bad investment decisions: fool's gold, bitcoin (depending on who you listen to), etc. Returning to matters closer to home, how does it manifest […]
The nights are drawing in, the St Leger is behind us, and thoughts are turning to the winter code of racing. With that in mind, I recently spoke to the consistently excellent Anthony Honeyball about his team for the upcoming season. The audio is supplemented with form histories for the horses being discussed, and there […]
The 2018 Cheltenham Festival will, for the first time, move to 48 hour declarations. It's a move that will delight punters and journalists by offering earlier visibility of final fields for all 28 Festival races. Moreover, the change has anticipated the scope for multiple declarations in that no horse will be able to declare for […]
The whole point of betting on horses - betting on anything - is being able to accurately predict what will happen in the future. The more 'yesterday' information we have, the better able we are to forecast 'tomorrow'. In Britain, horse racing punters were traditionally in the dark: for years, there was nothing more informative […]
From September to the end of the turf flat season, many of the top trainers in the land will be introducing the cream of their Classic aspirant juveniles to the racecourse for the very first time. Plenty of these unraced babies will be given what might be considered educational rides while others will be ready, […]
In this video post, I've taken a look at six of Saturday's sprints, as well as the big handicap hurdle from Newton Abbot.
The relationship between racehorses and equipment - especially headgear - is often misunderstood. That can be mainly credited to two factors. Firstly, some equipment, such as different tack (sheepskin or cross nosebands, for example), is not required to be declared. And secondly, the general public have nothing more than a notation in the racecard relating […]
Friday's Result : 2.25 York: Dartmouth @ 4/1 BOG - 2nd at 11/4 : Mid-division, tracked leaders 3f out, challenged over 2f out, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, drifted right under pressure inside final furlong, kept on, headed post, beaten by a nose... Saturday's pick goes in the... 5.10 Cartmel: Before I post the daily selection, just […]
