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I have a scientific background but same questions as you have are going round my head.

Thursday Ripon 2.15 There was very little market support for the early morning favourite, Highland Premiere, as he drifted from 5/2 to an SP of 9/2. What support there was, was for Mytilda who had the benefit of a previous, rather moderate, run at Newcastle. It looked as if favourite backers...

Wednesday April 14th. Newmarket 1.15 On first viewing this race looked a bit of a mess but closer inspection suggests the winner may be useful. Desert Dreamer, a rare first-time 2-y-o winner for Stuart Williams, is by Oasis Dream out of a Montjeu mare, she missed the break slightly and raced...

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Bit late this morning but here's my thoughts: Newmarket Tuesday !.35 The race went to Forca Brasil, the first winner for FSS Cotai Glory and a professional and comfortable victory it was. I had mentioned this one in my preview of the Brocklesby, from which he was withdrawn on the vets advice...

Not feeling great today, so just a brief look at the 2-y-o scene. With SPs of 28/1 and 150/1 I think it’s safe to say yesterday’s winners were rather difficult to find. Windsor 1.40 Arboy Will(Ardad) the complete outsider just about made all seeing off challengers as they arrived. Mike...

Ahhh! Riches today with two 2-y-o races, both look very difficult. Windsor 1.40 No previous form for any of these. Koda Legend (10/1) looks to me to the most interesting from the breeding point of view, by Kodiac and the first foal of an unraced Royal Applause mare. First season sires are well...

But the "knees-ups" cary on because of habit. I realise racing has to try and sell itself to "outsiders" but I have never been attracted to the hype. BBC with David Coleman wearing a trilby he never donned on any other day of the year with their drawn out build-up sadly, for them, interrupted by...

Saturday Dundalk 1.10 Cadamosto actually ran on this occasion and despite opposition in the market(7/4 jf.) ran out a comfortable winner. A nice debut for this No Nay Never colt, smartly away and always prominent he found an extra yard of pace over a furlong out and cleared away from his market...

Friday Leicester 1.00 Crypto Quest wouldn’t enter the stalls, down to seven runners and two places, who’d be a bookmaker? Muskateer One started well this time and showed speed to dispute the lead with the eventual second until disappointingly weakening two out and finished last. The winner...

After two blank days 2-y-o racing resumes at Leicester 1.00. The bare eight runners at the moment but it looks quite tricky. Only one of the runners has racecourse experience, Muskateer One (her dam thought good enough to run in the 2007 1,000 Guineas finishing 9th. of 21) didn’t have the...

Well yesterday’s event at Bath did turn out to be rather exciting. Blue Collar Lad, a son of FSS Ardad and his first winner, took the race. Racing just behind the pace got the better of Wonderful World and then just held off the late challenge of Muskateer Three. As the second and third had the...

Yesterday Kempton 1.45. With Mythical Star a non-runner there were just six runners for this. Sean Woods, whose General Panic won at Southwell on Sunday, has taken over the trainer-flavour-of-the-month role resulting in his runner here, Meng Tian, being sent off the 6/4 favourite. The money...

Yesterday Southwell 1.36 The two that dominated the betting were a trifle disappointing. The favourite Robbie Roger, a Galileo colt making his debut wasn’t a complete flop, showed speed to race prominently but was left behind in the last furlong and finished third beaten approx. three lengths...

I was at Alan King's at that time and there was a story going round that Warren Marston wound Dickie up by smooching with Zara and Johnson wasn't amused. I think it ended, but I may be wrong, that Dickie was the one dumped out of the car. Wazzer was a wind-up merchant for sure.

Yesterday. Musselburgh 1.20 Doubts about The Gatekeeper’s speed were without foundation. Smartly away, always disputing lead and pulling away from his rivals inside the final furlong. Atomic Storm did OK on debut. Cork 3.10 Previous race experience told with It’ll Do My Day, benefiting from his...

Yesterday’s Newcastle race proved disappointing for market followers with the first and second favourites filling the last two places. Neither Cashew nor Dark Terms showed a great deal to be honest. The winner Anadora, a second 2-y-o winner of the season for Havana Gold, and the second, Alaskan...

Newcastle 1.40 First season sires represented by Liv Lucky (Profitable) and Pink Storm (Aclaim), I can't find anything inspirational on the dam side of this pair. With two Kodiacs and a Dark Angel involved it doesn't look like an easy puzzle to solve. The George Boughey-trained Cashew (Bated...

As someone used to say "come racing". I realise this isn't an option for all, I'm no longer able to do it. I remember we ended up at Swindon dogs on a Saturday afternoon (we were on our way to Ascot but we had a message that Ascot was off) and there were precisely two bookmakers operating, and...

Profitable had his first winner with Thunder Love a comfortable winner of the 4.05 at Kempton yesterday. The Cotai Glory filly Hollow Steel made a satisfactory debut to finish fifth and looks capable of doing better.