2016/17 jumps season ready to roll

IT’S that tantalising time of year. Autumn is looming and for most racing fans thoughts start turning from the flat to the jumps. While it might be six months to the Cheltenham Festival, the National Hunt big guns are already being loaded. So what do we have to look forward to this season? One word. …[Read More]

Daily Dabble November 3

I LOVE this time of year. The dying embers of the Flat season are slowly extinguished by the autumnal optimism of the jumps. Old favourites who feel like distant friends return to the spotlight. Today was a good example with Smad Place and Silviniaco Conti appearing at Kempton. But one aspect I enjoy more than …[Read More]

Road to the Cheltenham Festival

THE dreams start now. The crisp autumnal mornings give birth to the hopes of hundreds of owners, trainers and jockeys. Jump racing is back in earnest this month and with it the glorious visions of Cleeve Hill in March and Aintree in April. But there’s no need to remind Richard Johnson. He has already amassed …[Read More]