Bert’s Horseracing Blog

I’m getting a few Winker Watson progeny coming through now, my fourth Winker foal of this season having been born last week. I have four free nominations to Winker each year, and I try to take them all. Year 1 was disappointing as two of the four foals failed to materialise - one went very early and the …

1:30 The Triumph Hurdle

In searching for statistical pointers that may govern this specialist race, there is one that holds strong in recent times; the winner will likely come from a large commercial stable in the UK. In the last eight years this race has been shared by Henderson, Nicholls, King and Hobbs, each winning …

It’s been a very long time since my last blog. My life has changed so much in recent times and I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the future - the horses have taken a back seat.

I’ve had a few winners lately. Present Danger won tonight which was nice - she’s very capable but is still very …

A poor tipping performance on Saturday - I’m not quite firing at the moment. Maybe today will be better.

I’ve had a hard look at the 3:35 at Ripon - the sharp early turn on the mile course has played into the hands of low drawn front runners in the past. In the Great St. Wilfrid on similar ground the …

A big week just gone as my stud farm finally got moving after a three year wait. Paul Coombe started as stud manager last Friday and the first horses came down. Three more mares came down today, all in foal.

In total I now have nine mares, all in foal, in my biggest paddock (Baldovina, Bea Menace, Lilac Moon, …

A long week. On Friday I went into hospital for an operation on my toe - it’s been crooked for my whole life but this year it’s irritated me more than ever, particularly when I climbed Kilimanjaro.

I now have a pin sticking out of my toe with a blue bead on the end of it - it will be …

It’s a strange and sad day for me as I write my blog today. There’s been a regular feature of my Saturday mornings for as long as I can remember - my Uncle Terry calls at around ten thirty and we go through the card. Two weeks ago he died of cancer - his funeral was on Wednesday. …

A quick one today;

Wolf Slayer runs in the 5:00 at Lingfield. She is up against an odds on fav trained by Ralph Beckett - he may well be too good for us, but Wolfie should run a good race today and is a price - I’ll be backing her.

Sunday Bess runs in a maiden at Hamilton tomorrow - she …

I’ve had a fair few 2yo runners this year, but all of them have been horses that Tom D bought intending to sell on and I ended up keeping a piece, or in the case of Van Go Go a home bred. I bought three yearlings at the sales last year - two fillies and a colt. The …

Nothing is quite going right at the moment. Tom didn’t go to Sandown for Bear Behind’s race, but he instructed Ryan Moore to go steady until the 3f pole and wind him up from there. Moore broke perfectly and rode to instruction - unfortunately by the time the 3f pole came he was 3 lengths behind and the …