Great to see the Cornish weather doing its best to impress G7 world leaders.  Visiting Helston yesterday the weather was on the deck and nothing flew from RNAS Culdrose.  It’s just as I always remember it from holidays to Cornwall in August as a kid – dull, damp and depressing! Continue Reading

Sam Twiston-Davies provided a solid reason why I’ve long placed tremendous emphasis on jockeyship when winning on the somewhat recalcitrant Dr Richard Newland-trained Olympic Conqueror over two tense miles of Uttoxeter last Thursday; a short-head verdict over Ambassador doesn’t tell half the story. Alright so it was the second legContinue Reading

Another short-priced ‘professional special’ double yesterday became a ‘full house’ because C’mon Kenny was withdrawn earlier due to over-watering at Nottingham, again!   Income is a time-handicap ‘special’ expected to bring reward for serious punters in a twelve-runner Maiden Fillies’ Stakes over six furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Goodwood tonight;Continue Reading

Political party volunteers posing as members of independent polling companies will not instil public confidence in the industry, according to the head of one of Ireland’s leading polling firms. Richard Colwell, the founder and chief executive of Red C Research, said higher refusal rates could be the result of theContinue Reading

C’mon Kenny provides an interesting theory to effect of weight-for-age in a Maiden Stakes over a mile of ‘good to firm’ Nottingham this afternoon when the twice-raced Ian Williams-trained five-year-old Dutch Art gelding is set carry ten stones, 16lbs more than Matamua, a three-year-old filly which will also be havingContinue Reading