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Taunton's first juvenile hurdle of the season will be in its fourth year tomorrow and overall, it is not an especially strong event. Nevertheless, in last year's contest, the first, second and fourth went to the Fred Winter (the fourth finished second while the front two pulled up) and the third...

Good Ball 29/12/2020 2m½f Introductory Hurdle Good Ball bg Paul Nicholls f1-0-0 (-) j1-0-1 (-) 120 Doctor Dino (Barathea){6-e}(0.68) 2/1 Great Pretender 1st Prix Achille-Foild (Listed), Auteuil 2004 https://www.equidia.fr/chevaux/good-ball Tomorrow's introductory hurdle at Newbury was only...

Sprinter Sacre made his chasing debut at Doncaster on the 9th of December 2011, and the previous race was the first Filles' Juvenile Hurdle to be held north of Fakenham. That contest, won by Dubawi Dancer, amounted to little form wise. Moved to the 29th of December, it has been much the same...

There is a fillies' juvenile at Doncaster on Friday so that will be sorted before the reviews of today's races (which I am quite looking forward to doing). In the meantime, the following completes the Boxing Day action. Preview review Sometimes in life, a 100/1 Kyllachy filly, representing a...

Almost, but not quite, in for the morning... the preview for yesterday's race at Leopardstown. Preview review The strong prospect finished first and his chances were a standalone ahead of the next four amongst whom were unexposed types with credible profiles. The newcomers were afforded plenty...

Fully appreciated. If it properly gets into the ground then that won't do Charlie Bassett, Dark Voyager or Flying Scotsman any favours and don't think Loved Out will appreciate it either. Ilmig and French Aseel should definitely welcome the rain. Famous last words and all that... Not positive...

This is a busy week coming up so no idea when the reviews for today's races will be done. Hopefully, the sooner the better, but they will have to wait for the time being. I have previewed tomorrow's contests at Leopardstown and Kempton (which to be honest, looks better than the possible Grade...

Tomorrow's maiden at Limerick was switched to its Boxing Day slot in 2016 and while it competes with a similar contest held at Leopardstown, it has an above average record. Band Of Outlaws broke his duck in this race ahead of winning the Fred Winter and Dogora landed the 2012 renewal before...

Knew I'd forget this... Triumph Hurdle Zanahiyr 4/1 Ha d'Or 33/1 Busselton 40/1 Saint Sam 40/1 Autumn Evening 50/1 Druid's Altar 100/1 Fred Winter Autumn Evening 14/1 Saint Sam 16/1

Merry Boxing Day Eve to one and all. The preview for the big one at Leopardstown has taken priority and will be posted now. I will try to do something for the umpteen runner maiden at Limerick although it might end up being slightly thinner. Tomorrow's Grade Two at Leopardstown is one with a...

FAIRYHOUSE 12th December Preview review There was no written preview for this day's races as such, rather it was a dump of information with the prospects lists drawn from a daft o'clock glare at same. Consequently, no justifications were recorded. Save for the early faller, the front six filled...

There was a delay to the whole catching up with the reviews thing as my precarious situation saw the caravan becoming unavailable and necessitated a temporary move to Newcastle where a friend has a few weeks remaining on a tenancy for an empty flat. This is actually quite fortuitous as while I...

Once upon a time, Newbury hosted two juvenile hurdles in November. This was reduced to the one at the Hennessy meeting and since 2016, juveniles' first sight of the Berkshire venue occur in tomorrow's corresponding contest. Of all the racecourses which do not host a graded contest in the sphere...

Catterick's second juvenile hurdle takes place tomorrow and it offers an opportunity to qualify for the £35,000 final at Musselburgh in March. Tomorrow's contest has been held each year since 2014 but while it is slightly better than the average race at the North Yorkshire venue, its standard is...

Just to clarify, I am not a tipster so there are no bets. There are never any bets. Only prospects lists... Triumph odds Monmiral 25/1 Adagio 40/1 Son Of Red 40/1 Elham Valley 50/1 Ilmig 50/1 Charlie Bassett 50/1 Historic Heart 66/1 Glorious Zoff 66/1 Fred Winter odds Adagio 14/1 Elham Valley...

I'm sure there are one or two lurking around amongst the chaos... I'm planning on getting the prospects lists out either before I go to sleep or before the first race at least...

If essay previews are not really your thing and you would prefer walls of data then you are in for a treat. Conversely, if you find masses of data to be cold and tedious then I have some unfortunate news. Personal circumstances, essentially homelessness in conjunction with ADD*, have played...

The offending incident is in a video at the bottom of this link;- http://judicialpanel.britishhorseracing.com/results/result/?id=2068 It was immature behaviour but it certainly wasn't malicious and had no consequences whatsoever on the result of the race. Especially as the ungainly style was...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/nov/27/talking-horses-jockey-gets-eight-week-ban-over-absurd-world-trip-ride So it turns out that the offending incident happened after the last where the jockey began to ride awkwardly after apparently hearing gurgling noises. Even if there is...

I just watched a video of the race and after a slow jump at three out, the mare was getting ridden harder than any of her nearby rivals and never stood a chance of finishing within a distance of the winner. Even with her position at the time, there was still a minute of the race left to be ran...