Southwell’s newly-introduced tapeta surface got a resounding ‘thumbs up’ three days ago and six decent-sized fields of handicappers will provide a further test this afternoon when consistent, hitherto luckless Danni California has a tremendous opportunity of ending a vexing run in the Novice Median Auction Stakes over seven furlongs; it’sContinue Reading

Dukedom, a John Gosden-trained ‘left-over’ from the 2021 turf season, which concluded last month, races for the first time on an all-weather course when he attempts to make it fifth time lucky and go one better in a thirteen-runner Novice Stakes over six furlongs of Chelmsford polytrack today. It’s 55Continue Reading

Asean Legend meets median time-handicap requirement in division one of a Novice Stakes over seven furlongs of Kempton tonight when the obligatory lavish eight-race Winter ‘Wednesday-nighter’ affords a couple of half-decent wagers for two-year-old aficionados like myself. Weather conditions are grim and so the usual sparse crowd might be cuddledContinue Reading

Royal Rustle wasn’t able to fend off heavily-backed favourite Kavanaghs Cross in a Maiden Hurdle over two miles of ‘soft’ ground Kelso on Sunday but this was THE race of a tremendous week for me and I’d relish owning Lucinda Russell’s charge, definitely my kind of racehorse; unfortunately it can’tContinue Reading