The Grand National (4.00) is a different race these days. This represents the third renewal with a reduced field of 34 runners. Nine of the ...

On Ladies' Day, a tip for the Topham (4.05) run over two miles five - and the National fences. At the time of writing 29 are set to face...

A quick post with a suggestion for the Foxhunters' Chase on the first day of the Grand National meeting. The going on both the Mildmay a...

There are plenty of options for a staying chaser this weekend: the London National (3.35 Sandown Saturday); the Welsh Grand National Trial (...

Ordinarily I wouldn't be inclined to give you so much as a 'More tea, vicar?' for an episode of Murder Before Evensong, Channel ...

Yesterday marked the 19th anniversary of the blog's very first post.  If he were still alive today, my Latin teacher would have probably...

After Willie Mullins trains the winners of the first four races on Thursday's card, here are two selections for Ladies' Day...  On N...

Just one selection for the first day of this year's Grand National meeting. The Kalooki Kid takes his chance in the opening Manifesto No...

Seven days after this year's Gold Cup, I found myself in Cheltenham - Inothewayurthinkin.  Actually, I was there for my daughter's w...

Inspections have been called for tomorrow's cards at Sandown (7.30 am),  Aintree (7.00 am), Chepstow (7.30 am) and Wetherby (7.00 am) as...

Five of the ten declared for the 63rd running of the Badger Beer Handicap Chase (3.30 Wincanton) have still to record a victory over three m...

The nature of the National has changed in recent years; this year, for the first time, the field size has been reduced to 34 runners and the...

Today's cards at Fontwell and Wetherby have been abandoned due to waterlogging, along with tomorrow's at Kelso and Stratford; Uttoxe...

It's some 45 years since I was first introduced to the thoughts of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) and his (in)famous wager. I haven't bot...

Lottery won the first official running of the Grand National in 1839. According to Tom Segal writing in the Weekender, trying to find the wi...

Walking in amongst the weeds - and The Poddington Peas - at the bottom of our garden earlier this afternoon, I couldn't help but think t...

Fifteen have been declared for the Grand Sefton (2.11 Aintree) which is run over a trip of two miles five furlongs on the Grand National cou...

The success of Irish trained horses in recent years has been well documented; the going for tomorrow's renewal, due off at 5.15, is curr...

Some top class racing on offer tomorrow and I usually like a bet in the Becher Chase at Aintree but instead I'm going to take a chance o...

Owen Paterson may have been in the supermarket yesterday when he learnt of Boris Johnson's latest handbrake turn -  at this stage it...