Cartmel – Monday, May 31st Apologies for the abbreviated copy today. This is a wide open Maiden race in which nothing makes particular appeal. Favourite at the time of writing is WHAT OF IT who probably has marginally the best form in the field but he does have to bounce back significantly from a dreadful [...]
Saturday, May 29, 2010
All eyes will be on Mark Webber in the Turkish Grand Prix as the Red Bull driver looks to complete a hat-trick of victories following back-to-back wins in Spain and Monaco, the latter earning us a nice 11/2 winner each-way. If the bookmakers have it right, we will once again be seeing a dominant performance [...]
Friday, May 28, 2010
Saturday 29th May 2.00 HAYDOCK I was a huge fan of HIGH STANDING last season and at the weights he looks to be the one they all have to beat. The form of his Newbury victory and subsequent narrow defeat in the Sprint Cup is way above any of his rivals and I am not [...]
Friday, May 28, 2010
With the Flat season now in full swing, those winners keep on coming for the Fifty For The Flat. Akmal’s impressive victory in last night’s Group 2 Blue Square Henry II Stakes provided the 7th winner since the service was launched in March, and many others have finished in frame and are expected to be winning soon, with [...]
Friday, May 28, 2010
Stratford – Saturday, May 29th W & S Recycling Champion Hunters’ Chase (3m4f) BORDER FUSION – Form figures in the Bangor North-West Final down the years reads: 1112 (beaten 10L by Ice Tea in the latest) and has never won a Hunter Chase away from that track. Fifth in this race last year having held [...]
Friday, May 28, 2010
Stratford – Friday, May 28th Happy 60th Birthday Jonathan Bourne Hunters’ Chase (2m1.5f) PREDATEUR – Weak finisher over trips in excess of an extended 2m so no surprises that he capitulated in the home straight at Folkestone last time; comes right into the equation on the strength of his earlier 2m win at Leicester but [...]
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Cecil – trip not going to derail Train Henry Cecil expects Bullet Train to see out the mile and a half well at Epsom as the master trainer goes for a fifth win in the Investec Derby on Saturday week. View full story at PA Timeform Caution Over Derby Favourite Timeform may have St Nicholas [...]
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Welcome to the preview for the Crown Plaza Invitational as a star studded field tackles the Colonial. Before I start on my shortlist for the PGA Event I wanted to quickly touch on the Madrid Open on the European Tour. Although not writing a full preview I wanted to put forward my thoughts as I fancy [...]
Monday, May 31, 2010