Something better

I mnentioned three horses in my last blog post that would run over the next few days – in fact none of them are. Nationalism was pulled out of the Lincoln; Whey Sauce was withdrawn as the feeling was that she is not quite ready. The worst news regarded Wear em out Wilf – he had worked extremely well for …

Charity race

I finished small down at Cheltenham – some real ups and downs. I had a big bet on Alberta’s Run with seconds to go having barely looked at the race – that was the main up. The biggest downer was on the Friday – I was planning to have a big bet on Zarkandar and I had to put on …

Day 2

A fair start to the week with Hurricane Fly lining the coffers, but not as good as some. My brother-in-law had five winners including two at 10-1 – that’s a proper day. The first race comes a little early for me so I’ll start with the 2:05; 2:05 : The top two in the market here could both be serious …

Day 1

I’m blogging from my Blackberry today so will be brief; Day 1 has become my favourite day in recent times as I like the Arkle as a betting heat and the Champion is a race that has been good to me in recent times. I’m just covering three races today. I’ve studied historic Arkle form and from what I could …

One to watch

Monster Munchie ran poorly at Lingfield finishing a well beaten third. It’s often the case with a headstrong horse that they don’t settle on their second run – Marine Boy was a good case in point. He ran a brilliant first race winning a 16 runner Newbury maiden by 7 lengths, but every time he went to the racecourse after …