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Last year's winner, Dream Composer, is too big at around 20/1 to ignore, and the same can be said for Tees Spirit ( the 2022 winner ). Existent is on a losing run of 40 and is too consistent for his own good. He's now six pounds higher than when finishing second to Spartan Arrow over course and...

Pocklington - rated 96 - is another Geoff Oldroyd horse in the same ownership. His last run was over five and a half furlongs at the Ebor meeting when finishing 10th of 22 ( 25/1) when the first five all raced on the far side of the track. I've been keeping an eye out for him ever since and at...

David Walsh or Walshe?

Flat: nothing of note apart from Silver Patriarch in his box at Arundel. Jumps: Barnbrook Again winning at the April meeting at Cheltenham in 1990 a month after winning the Champion Chase. Bradbury Star finishing second at 50/1 in a Kempton novice hurdle when trained by WT Kemp, and Panto...

Wordsworth - 3rd in the 2021 Irish Derby for Aidan O'Brien, and with a Flat rating as high as 111 - was eventually moved on to David Pipe, and has a hurdles mark of 120, but has been off the track since finishing down the field in the 2023 Cesarewitch. Reach For The Moon - winner of the 2021...

Keith Knight is the author of the horseracingmatters blog. It's not a name I've heard before, but I clicked randomly on one of his older blog entries - the one for 26/12/2021 - and he was discussing Desert Orchid's first King George VI Chase win in 1986 and mentioned that he was at the course...

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Heads Hands and Feet - Tryin' To Put Me On ( 1972 )

1. Almudena - (rated 79) - 655/44431123- 4yo filly - Study Of Man x Albamara ( Galileo ) Sir Mark Prescott - Miss Kirsten Rausing Entered for the 2:40 two mile handicap at Goodwood on May 23rd as is the stable's Trooper Bisdee. Accruing prize money in small instalments may not be the main...

Perhaps they are already thinking of the Ascot Stakes Handicap ( 0 -100 ) over two and a half miles next month? He's currently rated 92 and would probably have to go up a few pounds to be guaranteed a run in the Copper Horse Handicap which Belloccio won for Willie Mullins last year.

Saturday - Haydock Park 1:35 - Swinton Handicap Hurdle ( 17 runners, £45,000+ first prize ) Going, good ( 7.4 ) Tapley - Suzy Smith ( 14/1) - 2nd in this race last year when ridden by Elizabeth Gale (7). Sean Bowen has been booked to ride in this race. 6th at Aintree on penultimate run in the...

2:10 100% RacingTV Profits Back To Racing Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle (Class 5) (4yo+ 0-95) Winner £3,301 10 runners 2m125y Good RTV race conditions £6,250 guaranteed For 4yo+ Rated 0-95 Weights highest weight 11st 12lb Weight raised 7 Minimum weights: 10-5; 4-y-o...

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Here are three in a similar vein. I first heard the Bach piece on Radio 3's Late Junction over twenty years ago. The Icelandic conductor scores maximum points for enthusiasm.

Moving to a new stable after the retirement of Sir Michael Stoute wasn't a disadvantage for either More Thunder or Fox Legacy. Aerion Power ( 18/1) runs for Hamad Al Jehani in the 3:55 race at Goodwood this afternoon. He's a seven-year-old bought by Wathnan Racing who is invariably slowly...

The Wind in the Willows - Moments Spent ( 1968 ) - featuring Deborah Harry

It's good to see that one of the races at this evening's meeting has been named in memory of Jonathan Neesom. He was invariably meticulous in his preparation for appearances on Racing TV's jumps fixtures. His comment that certain horses might improve for the application of cash is one I remember...

Thursday, 3:05 Punchestown - Gabriel's Getaway ( 11/1) - 2 mile handicap chase with 23 runners. First run for over a year at Doncaster on 1st March (16/1) when beaten around 10l and 5th of 6th finishers in a race won by his illustrious stablemate Brookie ( runs in the G1 novice chase later on...

Wasn't Thanksforthehelp one of the favourites for the Pertemps Hurdle Final in 2023? I feel you need a large slice of luck backing one of JP's horses in a race where he has another four running for him. In For The Night is another of them and is trained by Des McDonogh, best known for...

I can remember Selhurstparkflyer winning either the Wokingham and/or the Stewards' Cup in the mid 90s. Probably trained by Jack Berry ( or it could have been Reg Akehurst ) , and I think its colours were red and blue. I've been to four Palace games starting with the one at the Goldstone Ground...