Author: Russ

We got the market right with the 4/1 on Morshdi who faces a stiff task taking on the odds on Ballydoyle raider Constitution River in the Dee Stakes on Thursday – however the Irish raider, although impressive as a 2yo, did pull very hard through his races. There is more than a chink of hope…

Over the next two weeks all eyes will be focused on the trials for the Epsom classic’s and it is normally a period of time when Ballydoyle sharpens up its act in the UK with the horses from the yard farming a majority of the major trial events. True Love’s victory in the 1000 Guineas…

After the thrill of the Guineas festival weekend there is a nice interlude before Chester kicks off on Wednesday. The Guineas weekend ended with Dramatic Star becoming very worked up in the parade ring, drifting from 9/2 to 9/1 and we were beaten before the start of the race . He has ran out of…

A frustrating day on Saturday when the first two fillies we backed simply couldn’t handle the fast ground and then, there was no doubt, that given any luck in running Sea Force would have landed the Thirsk Hunt Cup instead of finishing third without having come off the bridle. Needle Match from stall 1 went…

The season kick starts into action this weekend and whilst we advisably kept our powder relatively dry in March and April we still secured a nice profit and we are playing with the bookmakers money as the season gets into full swing. We didn’t back a couple of really good winners on Friday with Santorini…

With the winning bandwagon now firmly on the road, Somerville Lodge has numerous entries across most of the meetings during the 3 day Guineas festival. The Yarmouth team on Thursday all ran well Venetian Sky, Adamlyi (heavily gambled) Venetian Lion and Golden Horse. We avoided bets on the two well backed horses the predicted lack…

It was great to see Infraad justify stable confidence on Wednesday – the yards only runner of the day – won in the style of a useful staying 3yo- by over 6L at 4/5 on – having been briefly on offer at a huge price of 2/1 on Tuesday evening. He was ridden without restraint,…

The win of Madrisa at Lingfield on debut this afternoon at 10/1 proved beyond doubt that all is now back in full swing at Somerville Lodge and with confirmation that Needle Match will contest Saturdays 2000 Guineas we can look forward in great anticipation to the rest of the season. Three runners head to post…

When Winter Flower on Saturday became the 2nd consecutive runner from Somerville Lodge to be totally unsuited by newly tried front running tactics on fast ground, the Haggas doom mongers were in full flow. As predicted though the weekend saw the corner turned with the forecast 3 winners on the scoreboard. The wins of the…

No real significant upscale in runners for Somerville Lodge on Saturday with 3 maidens and a single handicapper going to post. Two of the three maidens head for the 2.00 at Haydock. The unraced well named Palace Pier filly Brighton Beach and Chimes of Thunder has her first start for the yard having ran once…