13:10 Jump fans, we have made it, the season starts, proper, after a fantastic Flat season over 150 points profit, our attention turns to all things tweed, hunt and the British will hope to be able to thwart the Irish challenge. Our opening selection is Hector Javilex, who has a front running style suited forContinue reading “Friday 11 November 2022 – Cheltenham November Meeting – Day 1”
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Wednesday 4 May 2022
Morning, Chester, a place where you wish to avoid the high draw, so much so, a mysterious bout of injuries, ensure that those drawn high (in the car park) do not make it to the dance. Racing at Chester and Newton Abbott in the main to look at today. Chester 13:30 – Star of LadyContinue reading “Wednesday 4 May 2022”
Tuesday 3 May 2022
Hoping you all had a good Bank Holiday, onto today, a quieter day with only 3 races to review, above Class 3. Chester this week and York the next, the Flat festivals come thick and fast as we build to Ascot. Ayr 15:50 – And we are Jumping again, so soon….Exit To Where is theContinue reading “Tuesday 3 May 2022”
Saturday 2 April 2022
A rubbish day yesterday where nothing worked, we gave a few points back to the bookies, but with plenty of profit banked, we can afford to do so and away we go again, on, Scottish National day. Ayr and Newbury today and a decent enough card at Lingfield. Ayr 13:15 – Some Reign 17/2 1ptContinue reading “Saturday 2 April 2022”
Monday 28 March 2022
Morning, yesterday was fun at Ascot, Danny Kirwan finally looked the horse that has been promised for years, Wandrin Star drifted to 14/1 only to be headed at the last and come back for more, narrowly finishing second in a thrilling veterans chase and we landed a 6/1 double on the first two races ofContinue reading “Monday 28 March 2022”
Thursday 24 March 2021
A day of oh so nearly but with an interesting performance by East Street, who despite finishing out of the places, is worth the tracker, finishing very well and looking to want the step up in trip. As to our double, the first obliged Valsheda given a confident ride by James Bowen and the secondContinue reading “Thursday 24 March 2021”
Wednesday 23 March 2022
That is one way to get over the Cheltenham blues, by landing a 20/1 win double over at Exeter with Moroder and Deeper Blue landing, the latter being backed right in from 9/2 to 11/4 from the off. And that was not all, a 50/1 win treble, was thwarted by the slimmest of margins asContinue reading “Wednesday 23 March 2022”
Saturday 19 March 2022
We did it, we left it until the last day but we turned it round big time. We landed a 160/1 multiple which won and an each-way 111/1 multiple, on top of picking the Gold Cup, we ended Cheltenham 2022, in excess of 80 points in profit. If you were lucky enough to follow theContinue reading “Saturday 19 March 2022”
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 2022 – DAY 1
TUESDAY 15 MARCH 2022 Good Morning, welcome to go the greatest show on turf, Christmas for grown-ups, whatever you wish to call it, it is here, with crowds and what a meeting it promises to be. The blog is back in earnest, after taking much of the National Hunt season off due to a newContinue reading “CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 2022 – DAY 1”
Friday 12 November 2021
A new dawn, a fresh National Hunt season awaits. After a busy summer in which new arrivals in our household curtailed much in the way of betting activity post Royal Ascot, the start of the November meeting at HQ (Cheltenham) always heralds, for me at least, the start of jump racing, proper. You will findContinue reading “Friday 12 November 2021”
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