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Attention is drawn to the field for 3:15 at Teeside, on this day in 1974. Horse second bottom of the weights.

As some of you will know, I have a theory that you back the jockey, not the horse, in an amateur jockeys’ race. The more experienced the jockey, the greater their edge over competing rivals. And I don’t think this is always priced in with the bookies. You won’t come across an amateur jockey...

Was he a great jockey, or did he just strike lucky with Henry Cecil and Frankel? Should he still be bumping up the arses of Class 6 horses at Lingfield, for the Moores, “struggling to get out of a pocket?” Frankel seems a very long time ago.

From our esteemed moderator, Mister B. This is said by someone who himself has served a few days’ ban, for getting carried away with the use of some ripe language.

Spurred on by Granger’s dislike and dismissal of My Way De Solzen, are there any other horses we didn’t actually like? Nags that we just couldn’t get on the right side of? Horses that scuppered our chances of pulling off a mini-coup? For me, it’s Honeysuckle. I never forgave her for barging...

Hi guys - anyone have any experience of this? I’ve done some research, and I’m looking at paying around £500 to get a book published and marketed. Publication will be mainly through the online route, with a small paperback print run. I also have some of my own contacts, who will market the...

A Plus Tard on heavy ground? Has to be taken on with BDM at 5/1?

For the last two years, I’ve had a bit more money to throw at my selections. Obviously lockdown and wfh has enabled me to build up the staking pot; but I have also forsaken the £3 ew acca as the short-cut to riches, preferring now to deal in singles and Trixies/Yankees. The latter two are far...

The one we can never forget - a beautifully-written piece. Paul Carberry was right all along. Wasn’t he? Paul Carberry: 'I still believe I gave Harchibald the best chance of winning'...

How do you guys play this? I think my habits as a punter have adapted since I started betting online. I wouldn’t have had any option to cash out previously, once I’d written out my betting slip and returned home to watch the racing on tv. But it’s different now, of course, and here’s what...

Since opening an online account for the first time, I’ve inevitably been drawn in to take full advantage of some of their features. I like the “without the favourite” markets, but I’m particularly enticed by the “place only” feature, particularly as a tool in putting together some daily accas...

Here he is, rubbishing the idea of undefeated champions and the too great a focus on Cheltenham. I like this guy! https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.racingpost.com/news/if-shishkin-turns-up-well-have-that-fight-there-and-then-no-problem/467162/amp

It's our Christmas! We have the time of our lives, surely? Some Cheltenhams are more memorable than others, some are more profitable - but will we honestly say that it was great fun win, lose or draw? For me, it is a fantastic betting opportunity, where I save up money to have a massive splurge...

Strange one tonight, watching the 9.00 at Chelmsford. Mercury backed into 5-1, from 8-1, on course, but the exchanges fluctuated between 18 and 11, totally ignoring the on course gamble. I don’t follow the exchanges but do others know why that may have occurred? Btw, no after-timing, but I had...

I'm in a pub with a loud and mouthy Aussie telling me that Winx is the greatest horse of all time. I have pointed out that a rating of 130 doesn't back this up, and that she'd be beaten by Frankel by 18 lengths. I need some back up here, please. Why is she only rated 130, when she has beaten...

Altior looks banker material - but not for me at 2/7. Who do we think can run into the minor places? Is the Irish form better than the UK form? Do we look at what de Bromhead is sending over? For me, I'm siding with a Ordinary World, whose best form is good/good-soft ground. At 40/1, I'm...

Didn't someone post up quite a damning stat against the great jockey recently? Something like his combined last fence falls over the past x years is greater than the combined last fence falls of all other jockeys in racing. Stuff like this is always useful ammo for Cheltenham, where the likes of...

Great little discussion on ATR, with Chapman bashing Phil Smith for not awarding the National a Grade 1 status, citing the fact that if the handicapper wants to attract the very best staying chasers (by compressing the weights), the status of the race should be similarly categorised as the Gold...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33239531 Although I did note that someone said that Derby winners from the 70s went on to run in the [Ascot] Gold Cup over 2.5 miles. Really? That sounds like and is balls, so how much more of the article is balls?

Utter ******* of a race to call, but it is the traditional get out of jail stakes - and I might need the winner, come 5.15 tomorrow. Is this going to be an "After you, Claude" exercise, do you think, with the other jocks allowing AP a free passage to get a winner on his last Festival ride? Or...