Astral Beat debuted encouragingly in a six furlongs dash when fifth (of 16!) at Newmarket and I’ll look no further for the winner of a 14-runner Restricted Novice Stakes over a similar distance on the pristine Newcastle tapeta today, when Callum Shepherd again rides the William Knight-trained Cotai Glory colt.Continue Reading

With Josies Kid scratched Final Account also ticks enough boxes and rates a serious betting proposition in the fourteen-runner Maiden Stakes over five furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Thirsk today and I’ll be extremely disappointed if PauL Hanagan doesn’t steer this twice-raced Adaay colt into the winners’ enclosure for in-formContinue Reading

Asymmetric looked a class act when giving this column another good-priced winner at Goodwood, Thursday, but jockey Martin Harley must have been mighty relieved to grab the spoils following a scrambling effort due to a stop/start pace; obviously he’d been told to ‘drop in’ but Alan King’s charge was hemmedContinue Reading

Before we go into the Friday piece I’ll plug/profile our 13/2 winner, El Bedegon, at Sandown Wednesday evening when the rainstorm fixture was abandoned a few minutes later because of horrendous ravaging weather conditions; James Ferguson’s charge continued our revival and the each-way ‘trixie’ also came up with two otherContinue Reading

Hollie Doyle stole the show on the first day of ‘Glorious Goodwood’ and in three nail-biting finishes at Yarmouth, hundreds of miles away east, Hayley Turner, Josephine Gordon and Laura Pearson thrilled a holiday crowd by registering dramatic victories; talk about ‘Ladies’ Day it was a reminder of colossal diversityContinue Reading

Fearby first, the rest nowhere could well be the outcome of an intriguing eleven-runner group three Molecomb Stakes over five furlongs of forecast ‘soft’ Glorious Goodwood this afternoon, despite the presence of three times winner, Chipotle, against the Ed Bethell-trained Havana Gold colt. Demanding underfoot conditions are the bane ofContinue Reading