Raging attempts to go one better tonight in a thirteen-runner class 4 Maiden Stakes over five furlongs at Bath where the highest racecourse in the United Kingdom stages a punter-friendly seven-race card on ‘good, good to soft’ ground; given the amount of rain we’ve been subjected to during the lastContinue Reading

On Monday, 17th May at 10am a bugler will sound Reveille on the roof of the Keep to mark the Museum’s reopening.  Afterwards a piper – Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Graham, late of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders – will play.   The Keep’s first visitor since lockdown will be theContinue Reading

Just Jacob might well be overlooked in a class 5 Novice Auction Stakes over the straight undulating mile of ‘good to soft’ Chepstow where William Haggas’ charge will be ridden by stable jockey Tom Marquand, partner of leading jockey Hollie Doyle. Many thought it would be a reverse situation andContinue Reading

Bolshoi Ballet looked impressive when winning a prestigious ‘Derby Trial’ unchallenged in Ireland Sunday and as a consequence has been backed into 7/4 favouritism for the Epsom feature next month; is this another typical reaction to an Aidan O’Brien-trained ‘superstar’ or panic by the bookmaking profession which seems scared stiffContinue Reading

Golden Rainbow is a fascinating declaration for the £2862 Novice Stakes over five furlongs of Lingfield polytrack today; last month Archie Watson’s charge attempted what turned out to be an impossible debut mission at Brighton where Navello, arguably the best juvenile we’ve seen this season, defeated the Havana Gold coltContinue Reading