Glentaneous, easy five three and three-quarter lengths winner of an ‘aged’ handicap over ten furlongs ‘good to soft’ Nottingham, Wednesday, must represent one of best and most assured naps from this column which originated back in 1974 when I created record £72 points and scored unchallenged in the now-defunct SportingContinue Reading

Haunted Dream makes strong appeal in the Nursery Handicap over ten furlongs of Chelmsford polytrack tonight when Tom Marquand becomes the fifth jockey in as many outings to partner this progressive Ed Dunlop-trained Oasis Dream gelding; career-best effort came last time in a juvenile handicap only 18 days ago. Good,Continue Reading

Glentaneous, denied a gilt-edged opportunity to win the prestigious ‘Cambridgeshire’ at Newmarket last month, because ground conditions were too firm, is one of nine ‘decs’ for an ‘aged’ handicap over ten furlongs of ‘good to soft’ Nottingham this afternoon. Brian Meehan’s charge is expected to go close on a yieldingContinue Reading

Lucky Lucky Lucky represents a time-handicap ‘special’ to grab one of three places in the fourteen-runner Novice Stakes over six furlongs of Newcastle tapeta tonight when three of eight races are for two-year-olds; obviously I’ve been fully focused, as you’d expect! Every season is a new set of juveniles, myContinue Reading