Good morning all,

Finger’s crossed the weather gods do seem to be playing ball with jumps racing at least for now. The snow close to Wetherby is melting quickly, but there's an inspection on Friday morning and it could be all-hurdles card at the West Yorkshire track,

There's cold weather on the way but Musselburgh should be fine.  Sandown should also be able to race on Saturday but all the hurdle races were cancelled and it will be an all-chase card. I’m a shade disappointed that the Grade 3 handicap hurdle has had to be abandoned, as I had a fancy in the race. However, better some racing than none.

It’s a feast of Grade 1’s for racing fans on day two of the Dublin Racing Festival on Sunday. The feature race is the Irish Gold Cup (3.40). At Musselburgh it’s Scottish Cheltenham Trials Day and you can see the best of the action from both tracks in ITV’s bumper ten race programme.

Inside today’s main piece I have had a look at two of the Sunday races from the Leopardstown. Plus, I have a couple of fancies at Wincanton.

Read More »Wincanton Selection & Dublin Racing Festival Preview – Part 2

Good morning all,

Cheltenham, as expected, has bitten the dust but Doncaster has a good card and luckily enough, I have a spot reserved, so I’ll be going today. I realise how lucky I am to get any racing at all, but a day like today makes it even more special. I’ll report back next Friday. 

Thanks to those of you that joined me on the Colossus yesterday, we pretty much nailed the card and won a nice few quid, so we’re playing with their money today! Isthebaropen also hit sixth and got a bit of the e/w extra money too – if that’s not in your tracker, it should be…

On to today then – here’s hoping for more of the same.

Read More »Saturday Selections

Doncaster Colossus

Good morning all,

An interesting little card at Doncaster, plenty of runners and a couple of whiffy favourites all means it’s time to try a few Colossus lines. I’ll be putting them up around 10.30am, I’ll keep it small fun stakes so plenty of you can have a few quid on with me, and my thoughts on the card are on the main piece. 

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Hi all,

Down Royal was another jumps meeting lost to the weather yesterday and today’s cards at Catterick and Wincanton have already bitten the dust. Thursday’s Wetherby fixture is subject to Wednesday morning inspection and it seems unlikely we’ll see racing at the West Yorkshire track.

Warmer weather is on the way though although it may turn a bit colder on Saturday. The improved temperatures are coming just in time for Saturday’s Cheltenham Trial’s Day and Doncaster’s Sky Bet Handicap Chase meeting.

It’s a seven-race card for Trial’s Day and four of the races are being covered live by ITV. The broadcaster will also be covering three races from Doncaster, as part of a seven race programme, including the Sky Bet Chase.

Inside today’s main piece I’m looking at some of Saturday’s big races. Plus, I have a selection from Thurles.

Read More »Wednesday Selections & Cheltenham Trial's Day