Doncaster clerk of the course provided the ‘final straw’ and a reason to avoid National Hunt racing for serious punting when it was announced ‘watering’ had taken place for the weekend two-day meeting, which concluded yesterday; just one glance alerted me to the state of the famous Town Moor, subsequentContinue Reading

Noble Order will be difficult to beat a twelve-runner Maiden Stakes over a mile of Kempton polytrack today, how many serious ‘triers’ will attempt a herculean task even though the forecast Charlie Appleby-trained favourite is drawn widest? It’s not such an outlandish question; as a one-time extremely serious racehorse ownerContinue Reading

ARSENAL have reportedly begun talks with Wolves over the signing of Ruben Neves. The Molineux club remain confident of keeping the midfielder, who they rate at £40million, and Manchester United are also keen to sign the 24-year-old. The Gunners are still reported to be keen on Juventus’ Arthur Melo, butContinue Reading

Addingham is strongly-fancied by William Haggas to go one better in the Novice Stakes over ten furlongs of Lingfield polytrack this afternoon but I’m totally aware the Intello gelding, well-backed on debut over a mile of this course last month, needs improvement to justify the confidence of his Newmarket-based trainer,Continue Reading

Whiteandblue has the beating of eleven rivals in a shallow Median Auction Maiden Stakes over six furlongs of Southwell tapeta this afternoon but unfortunately readers of this column will be tired of me mentioning Brian Smart’s charge positively given this Fountain Of Youth filly has failed to win from eightContinue Reading