When I published the first blog post on Monday 3rd April 2006, nobody told me it was going to end up like this. Ten Years of PG's Tips  ...

Eleven declared for tomorrow's William Hill Half A Mill Grand National Trial Handicap Chase  (3.15 Haydock) run over three miles four an...

Small fields, small fields...  Just six declared for tomorrow's Peter Marsh Handicap Chase (2.00 Haydock) but bet365, Sky and Paddy Powe...

Seventeen are set to face the starter for the Betfair Stayers' Handicap Hurdle (2.25 Haydock) tomorrow; the going on the hurdle course i...

I'm usually in hibernation mode at this time of year but I've just seen Sam Twiston-Davies on TV - in a suit - posing with winning c...

Everybody agrees - this race isn't a trial for the Grand National in April, so it's time to call it something else. Ten have been de...

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 ...

How times have changed!  These days dictionaries tend to have their very own 'word of the year' - can you believe it? - and this yea...

The widely reported fall in betting turnover on racing is certainly not good news for the sport's finances but that pales into insignifi...

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...

With Christmas arrangements suddenly subjected to substantial revision, I haven't spent as much time as I'd like on tomorrow's T...

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...

A couple of weeks ago I walked into the Warwick branch of W. H. Smith and bumped into David Watts and Johnny Winall promoting their book ...

Sturgeon's gone - and now Scudamore as well. Whatever next? Fifteen have been declared for tomorrow's Grand National Trial (2.40 Ha...

Earlier today the going at Haydock was described as soft on the chase course; soft, good to soft in places on the hurdles course, with furth...

A short post this evening - apparently Easter holiday obligations have to take priority. I still can't quite put my finger on the precis...

Tomorrow's card at Haydock is subject to an early morning inspection with the going currently described as heavy; rain is forecast. Foll...

During the week concern was expressed that the 'Lingfield Million' initiative might have an adverse effect on the number of runners ...

From the business section of my paper today: PG Tips sold for 4.5 billion euros. Funny that, no one has been in touch - and Christmas is jus...

I just don't quite know what it is but those post-Cheltenham pre-Aintree fixtures always give me with the heebie-jeebies...  Earlier tod...