John Burke

The temperature has hit 29c here and I am writing this week’s column in shorts and a t-shirt, as it should be though given that… Read More »Making Money From Aiden O’Brien At Royal Ascot….

The 2017 turf flat season got underway at Doncaster on Saturday with the traditional curtain raiser the Lincoln Handicap. It certainly began on a high… Read More »Flat Racing’s Back With A Bang or Is It…..?

Hi all,

The eagerly awaited Cheltenham Festival is over for another year. Hopefully you had a better festival betting wise than I did. Breaking even isn’t my idea of a successful weeks punting but on the plus side it could have been worse. Like all eagerly awaited events there is always a sense of deflation when the event is over and it’s no different with ending of Cheltenham Festival. Oh well just another 359 days to go till the start of the 2018 festival.

At least there is still plenty to look forward too with Aintree’s Grand National meeting just a couple of weeks away and the Punchestown Festival also on the horizon. Meanwhile those of us who like the flat will be heartened with the thought that there’s less than two weeks till Doncaster gets the 2017 flat season underway.Read More »Cheltenham Hangover Sets In

Morning all,

This week’s article should have been looking back at the best performances of Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham but sadly events on Saturday cast a big shadow on the day. Before looking at a couple of the best performances of the weekend, One For The Tracker and of course a selection from Stats Corner for today’s racing I will firstly share some thoughts about the sad loss of a Grand National winner and true equine hero!Read More »Three from Three?