Navello commands my attention in the opening seven-runner listed Lily Agnes Stakes over five furlongs of ‘good’ ground Chester this afternoon which kicks-off a tremendous three-day(s) May fixture, one of my absolute ‘favourite’ tracks where two-year-old racing is the ultimateContinue Reading
Tossapenny rates a certainty for the six-runner Maiden Hurdle over two and a half miles of ‘good’ Fakenham today but what odds are acceptable given Evan Williams’ charge has failed eight times under National Hunt rules and disappointed punters onContinue Reading
Haija is yet another of those urgent John Gosden missions in an intriguing five-runner Fillies’ Novice Stakes over ten furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Beverley today; defeat would see our champion trainer scratching his head in bemusement but this superbly-bredContinue Reading
Mutasaabeq, one of fifteen ‘decs’ for the 2000 Guineas over ‘good to firm’ Newmarket Rowley Mile today, attempts to roll back all those years for the racing family Hills, my ’employer’ for twelve years during which Barry amassed more thanContinue Reading
Ranchero will be a prime target for ‘big-hitters’ in a fourteen-runner Maiden Stakes over seven furlongs of Newcastle tapeta tonight; my idea of the best and fairest racetrack on our beleaguered planet. John Gosden thinks on similar lines! Since theContinue Reading
Going Gone is worth risking in a seven-runner Novice Stakes over twelve furlongs of Lingfield polytrack this afternoon, significantly in-form veteran jockey Pat Cosgrave is back on board Jim Boyle’s charge; there was a major hiccup on his second startContinue Reading
Carolus Magnus, penalised 7lbs for a decisive Newmarket seven furlongs victory fifteen days ago, represents a solid ‘professional special’ in an eleven-runner Novice Median Auction Stakes over a similar distance of Chelmsford polytrack tonight; it isn’t easy eking out goodContinue Reading
‘Never have a bad day’ was impregnated on my mind in the early days of an elongated racing journalistic/punting career; and yet but for another Manchester United ‘hiccup’ against Leeds United, I’d have been totally flat after all selections failedContinue Reading
Moselle Valley looks an obvious answer to the question, ‘what will win the £2322 Fillies’ Novice Median Auction Stakes over twelve furlongs of Lingfield polytrack today?’ One of two runners declared by John and Thady Gosden this twice-raced Guiliani three-year-oldContinue Reading
Banana, one of only two juveniles with experience in a nine-runner 2-y-o Novice Stakes over five furlongs at Salisbury this afternoon, shaped encouragingly when a close fifth, beaten two and a quarter lengths, at Newmarket eleven days ago; ridden byContinue Reading