by Andy Holding | Apr 25, 2023 | Best Times
April 18 – Newmarket – Ottoman Fleet – 101 While many races at the Craven meeting didn’t quite live up to expectations, the same can’t be said for this Group 3, with the winning time backing up the feeling beforehand it was an...
by Andy Holding | Apr 18, 2023 | Best Times
April 10 – Kempton – Prop Forward – 98 A strong-looking handicap for the grade beforehand and given the overall speed figure, no reason to believe the form will not work out accordingly. The winner, returning to action after a 251-day break, set his...
by Andy Holding | Apr 10, 2023 | Best Times
April 3 – Lingfield – Old Harrovian – 97 A small field, but the pace was very generous from the start and it seemed to really suit Andrew Balding’s gelding who made light work of the strongly-fancied previous winner, Sea Flawless. The way he...
by Andy Holding | Apr 3, 2023 | Best Times
March 26 – Naas – Chazzesmee – 94 A smooth winner on his previous outing on the all-weather, Fozzy Stack’s gelding defied a 16lb hike in similarly impressive fashion, and on the evidence of this display, he might be capable of coping with...
by Andy Holding | Mar 28, 2023 | Best Times
March 20 – Taunton – Doctor Ken – 65 Olly Murphy is enjoying a bit of a golden patch at present and one of his nicer young chasers coming through is this son of Doctor Dino. Just outpointed by the useful Gold Cup Bailly at Ayr previously, the...
by Andy Holding | Mar 22, 2023 | Best Times
March 14 – Cheltenham – Marine Nationale – 77 Inevitably, the action at Prestbury Park during the four days of the festival dominate this column this week and we kicked off with what turned out to be an above-average Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. A...