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I read another of Richard Fahey's Sporting Life pieces from two weeks ago which mentioned that Rainbow Nebula was due to run on Ayr Gold Cup day, and then checked for the reason on the BHA website. It wasn't the ground, it was an abscess on a self-certificate.

" I was encouraged by the run at Carlisle a month ago as he'd been off the track for a period of time. So it would have done him a bit of good I'd have thought. I think he'll run well for Eireann, although typically for this season our chances haven't been helped by stall one. But there's...

He's already provisionally booked for Richard Fahey's Rainbow Nebula in Friday's 2:20 at Ascot.

An Elastic Ten to Follow for the 2025/2026 NH Season. I did most of the work for this in August and I've used the word " Elastic " as it has stretched beyond ten horses. The easier way to do it would be to pick Inothewayurthinkin, The New Lion, and maybe Marine Nationale, and then complete the...

I wasn't looking for it particularly, but the 2025 Point-to-Point annual report is viewable at pointtopoint.co.uk/news_articles Figures for 2025 show that the average number of runners per race in points was 5.59 compared to 8.28 in NH races. The decline in horses taking part is much more...

A woman is asleep on the tube when the train stops abruptly. She is started from her sleep and pitches across the carriage. In order to steady herself she falls into a man's lap and grabs the first thing to hand. Looking extremely embarrassed and worried that she might have missed her stop she...

Alleluia won the Doncaster Cup in 2001 for Sir Mark Prescott and went off 7/2f in the Cesarewitch ( off 93 which I assume includes a 7 pound penalty for two wins after the weights were published ). She didn't win that race, and Sir Mark has never trained the winner of it. I looked up the result...

There's a winning Irish Pointer running this evening off 86 in a ten-runner Class 5 Handicap hurdle following three runs at ever greater SPs in maiden hurdles over two miles. The race she won in Ireland was a mares' maiden in April at Castletown-Geoghegan ( probably not strong form ), and...

This horse has finally been given a handicap mark ( hri-ras.ie/full-flat-ratings ), and it is 103. If it is true that his connections appealed against been offered a rating of 104 the Irish Flat handicapper hasn't changed his mind by much. And they could have run him in the Cesarewitch off 104...

Kingman's progeny slightly favour quicker ground according to the table found under drawbias.com/sirestats.html which I found by searching under Kingman ground preference for offspring.

He picked up a 4 pound penalty for the Cesarewitch by winning today, but, on my reckoning, that only promotes him three places from 62nd to 59th in the list of weights. The Cesarewitch Trial three weeks ahead of the main race offers good prize money and there are usually only around ten or...

Before going pointing Crookbarrow was trained by Cynthia Woods quite close to where I live. Her training base is roughly halfway between Crowborough and Wadhurst in East Sussex. Her form figures in the Racing Post for the last five seasons are two wins from 132 runners with a further nine horses...

There's this in today's Irish Sun online. " Interestingly, respected journalist Dave Yates said on the [ Nick Luck ] podcast that a mark of 104 had been ' offered ' to A Dream To Share. " No wonder they have appealed. The use of the word " respected " is also intriguing. That seems rather...

What will Ethical Diamond's next race be? He's not in the Irish St Leger and WM ruled out the Melbourne Cup because he thought the horse wouldn't pass the Australian veterinary checks ( screw in a leg ? ). He didn't think next year's Ascot Gold Cup would suit as Ethical Diamond was too...

Ian Williams was asked about the chances of his three Ebor runners during Thursday's Racing League coverage. He was a bit concerned about Oneforthegutter ( 3rd last year and in form this season ) and Real Dream being drawn wide, but he did admit that Enemy had shown " an inkling of ability at...

This is not one of my favourite songs, but it may be the only one to mention the Lanark Silver Bell (6:35 race at Hamilton today ).

Silent Film - 8:15 Newcastle, Thursday, 1 mile ( Racing League ). 28/1. Worth doing with Lir Speciale (12/1) just for the sake of it.

Pocklington is entered for the valuable six furlong sprint handicap, the 4:10 at York, on Saturday. He's one of the few Geoff Oldroyd horses not to have won recently.

Hannah McMahon's recent record doesn't suggest that her first winner is imminent. Well done for picking Harel Du Marais to win the slalom race at Market Rasen. It's too early for me to resume my interest in Jump racing , but Mark Howard's One Jump Ahead should be available by the end of September.

I think he was entered - but can't prove it - for the valuable Connacht Hotel (QR) Handicap on the Monday of the Galway Festival, but wasn't declared to run. He was subsequently a non-runner in a non-handicap later in the week. It could be that the Irish handicapper is refusing to give the...