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I will be interested to see how last years Silver Cup winner Alfa Kellenic runs. It won the race off a mark of 88 from an opening mark of 70. It then ran in a listed race at Newmarket with Ryan Moore in the saddle on very soft ground even though it's trainer at the time Craig Lidster insisted...

Interesting to see that although there are 201 entries Karl Burke has only entered three. However the three Lethal Levi Silkie Wilkie and Korker finished first second and third last year!!!!!

Good luck with your bets Ian - I think I will just take a watching brief on the race but I would expect Scandinavia to win. I cannot believe that it is 31 years ago that I managed to take 50/1 about Moonax to win the race who won at 40/1 but was actually 66/1 on the day. Do you think we will...

I know the BHA sometimes feels like it has a puppet in charge but f%*& me we now have one 'Lord Charles' Allen.

Interesting that Billy Loughnane is jocked up on both Great Chieftain and Supido that he has ridden previously but not on Oliver Show for George Boughey.

Always worth noting when Brodie Hampson rides one for her husband Archie Watson.

I wonder if Billy Loughnane will be given the opportunity to put his Lincoln ride behind him on Oliver Show!!!

Well done - be selective and know when to stop!!!

I find the mute button to be invaluable when watching the racing on ITV/ATR. They also seem to see 'tipping tom' as the new messiah but he is no better than the other losers on mainstream TV when it comes to picking winners. I cannot understand how some punters follow racing tipsters - take a...

Good shout Ian

I see Oisin Murphy has now won on six of his last eight rides and has some fancied mounts to come today. Might do a Frankie!!!!

Unlucky Ian - the b'stard Murphy picks himself up from the floor in the last race at Ascot yesterday and promptly rides the first two winners today!!!

A good friend of mine years ago Brian Goodwill became a judge there (he was later to become a judge at Cartmel). He said that when he sat in on a stewards meeting it was like an episode from Dad's Army!!!!

I was a member at Haydock for a couple of years many years ago. I remember one year the overnight going was classed as good but they had obviously overwatered the course as they had to abandon the card after two races as it was unraceable. The magic number being two races as they did not need to...

Glorious sunshine here in the industrial wastelands of the frozen north. No rain forecast - it will be like a road come Saturday afternoon!!!!

Be interesting to see how the course rides today. Nineteen races to be run on the ground before the Sprint Cup takes place so it could churn up a bit. However Friday/Saturday forecast shows no rain.

I live 23 miles from Haydock and the rain showers we had yesterday were of biblical proportions. I put up James's Delight yesterday as I recall Clive Cox stating it would be a much better horse on an easier surface just after it had won on debut. It beat Beauvatier (shorter in the market) on the...

It's throwing it down in Lancashire so I would be interested in James's Delight if he takes his chance.

Looks like Delacroix is getting ready for Christophe Soumillon.

Well done Ian - I didn't back Journalism as 11/10 is too short for me to play. One thing I have noticed is that when the American jockeys ride their mounts cold and it doesn't pay off their stock answer after is 'it didn’t give me the same feel' Bollocks it's just a good job there not riding for...