May 6 – May 12

May 8 -Kempton – Rochelle – 80 First port of call from last week comes from a slightly unusual source, but based on the figures, it’s a race worth taking seriously for future reference. The winner, having her first outing since leaving Peter...

April 28 – May 5

April 29 – Naas – Sparkling Sea – 72 Some of the better two-year-olds are beginning to appear and there’s a decent chance we witnessed quite a few in the opening contest at the Co Kildare venue. Despite having to contend with the well-regarded...

April 21 – April 27

April 22 – Pontefract – Bolster – 83 Karl Burke’s team have hit the ground running based on the results in the early part of the new season and this son of Invincible Spirit posted one of the fastest speed figures we have noted during that...

April 15 – April 20

April 16 – Newmarket – Tees Spirit – 79 Now the jumps season is coming to its conclusion, we are going to be predominately concentrating on the Flat and the first race that comes into focus this week was the five furlong sprint handicap on the first...

April 8 – April 14

April 11 – Aintree – Il Etait Temps – 75 The main focus of attention, of course, was on matters at Aintree and the meeting kicked off with a cracking novice chase won in taking fashion by the Arkle third. Having found two miles on the sharp side at...

April 1 – April 7

April – Ludlow – Balhambar – 61 Not a breakneck gallop by any means but a reasonable end product and a winner who could be a nice one to go to war with during the remainder of the season – especially on better ground. Very strong in the latter...