LACAN did me a good turn when winning at Chelmsford in early May. He was due to run at the Epsom Derby meeting but was pulled out at the last minute but Marco Botti (left) sends him to Newcastle today where he goes in a class 2 handicap. He is up 3lb for his victory …[Read More]
TODAY feels a bit like after the Lord Mayor’s show. Yesterday was one of the finest day’s racing for many a year. We saw a fabulous Epsom Derby winner steered to victory by a 44-year-old Italian who, apart from being the most charismatic figure in the sport, remains one of the finest exponents of race …[Read More]
Photo: Michael Stevens FOUR excellent winners for the horses to follow notebook in the past week. SPERRY (7/2) (left) confirmed the promise she showed at Ascot by winning at York and could now head for the Royal meeting. Another John Gosden horse, GENRES (5/6), was another nice winner when he made all the running at …[Read More]
SO the Epsom Derby plot thickens. We finally have a crystal clear favourite after today’s Dante… but he isn’t even entered for the race! GOLDEN HORN shot to the head of the Derby betting with his impressive display and owner Anthony Oppenheimer now faces the dilemma of whether to fork out the £75,000 to supplement …[Read More]
DON’T you love a talking horse… Down the years a host of equine luminaries, including Gorytus and Dubai Millennium, have been hailed as some kind of latter-day Pegasus. Some of these thoroughbreds have fulfilled the hyperbole while others have sunk without trace, leaving us racing nerds exasperated and craving the next big thing. But for …[Read More]
I SPENT a large chunk of last summer analysing juvenile races and putting name after name into my 2yo notebook. That trusty notebook has formed the basis of the following list of Ten Horses to Follow for the 2013 Flat season. They are all three year olds but you won’t find Kingsbarns, Mars or Certify …[Read More]
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