Last Sunday afternoon, while watching 'The Grinch' on telly, I was suddenly distracted by a story in the Racing Post about an anonym...

All that talk about holding the Cheltenham Festival from Wednesday to Saturday has given me the spooks. It's bats. Anyway, for coffee lo...

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

I still can't quite fathom how Collectors Item was allowed to go off at 14/1 for the Somerset National at Wincanton on Thursday; on his ...

I begin this yuletide post with a slight digression on customer service - an occasional hobby horse of mine.  I think we'd all agree goo...

Shocked and saddened to hear today of the death of Alastair Down , barely one week after the press room at Cheltenham had been renamed in h...

When favourite Ocastle Des Mottes spread a plate just before the start of the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury last week, I couldn't help but w...

Tom Scudamore rode Royal Pagaille to victory by an eased-down 16 lengths in the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock in January 2021, primarily beca...

With Wetherby apparently in a race against time to save the Charlie Hall card, I've opted to take a look at the Seat Unique Handicap Hur...

Following trips to Ludlow and Worcester - and a few ill-advised flirtations with the Flat - I've returned from my summer recess a little...

The Long Walk Hurdle (2.25 Ascot) poses a bit of a Christmas conundrum this year with pre-race favourite Buzz now a non-runner after sufferi...

Fourteen have been declared for tomorrow's Bateaux London Gold Cup (3.20 Ascot). The going at the Berkshire track is currently described...

Look, you wouldn't say Notachance was particularly well-named. Five weeks ago Alan King's charge held Achille half a length to win t...

For starters, I thought I'd bring to your attention  a recent analysis of starting prices compiled by the Horseracing Bettors Forum (HB...

British Champions Day at Ascot tomorrow.  On 28th September 1996 Frankie Dettori won all seven races on the Ascot card at cumulative odds of...

This time last year I was the rather fortunate recipient of three bottles of wine in a rather fetching presentation box that one of my siste...

Really, it can only be described as an opportunity spurned. Earlier this week Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn went head-to-head live on na...

Earlier today Gordon Elliott bagged a five-timer at Down Royal, with the 2018 Ballymore Novices' Hurdle winner Samcro making a big impre...