John Burke

Good morning all, Well that’s Royal Ascot out of the way for another year and like Dave said in his Friday column, I won’t be… Read More »Royal Ascot Watering Leaves Punter’s ‘High n Dry’….

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