Author: Russ

The Haggas team found a perfect opportunity for Mamma Maria to break her maiden tag in what was a poor 0-70 handicap against some largely out of form rivals. We landed a nice touch from 3/1 into 11/8. However everything that could go wrong did go wrong and she scrapped home by a neck. Drawn…

The Haggas yard put out a strong team on Saturday. With Marquand on the five runners at Sandown, Fallon off to Chester for 3 rides , Callum Rodriguez is on the best chance of all in the opener at Beverley, Joanna Mason gets the ride on First Instinct in the Bullet and Ryan Moore rides…

Thursday thankfully features the final week of the Racing League an event that regularly provides bookmakers with a profit boost and pays for their Christmas expenses! Much more interesting fare in Wales where a 5,000 Novice Stakes at Ffos Las at the end of August is hardly the place you would expect to find Group…

Muhaajim goes to post in the 7.37 at Kempton where he has been put in the betting as the 5/2 market leader. On the book he has little chance of beating Advancing who beat him by over 4l despite having his first run since March on their running behind Dangerman and on a line through…

Although we gave a few points back on the 3 small bets the fact that the yard had just two winners at 4/5 and 1/14 odds on from fifteen runners on Friday and Saturday confirms the decision to go easy was a good one. Caviar Heights just couldn’t go fast enough on the ground and…

As September approaches there are a host of betting opportunities on horses in the yard that are rapidly improving and likely to harvest big prizes in the Autumn in the UK and overseas. Here are five: Due to the need for some cut Klassleader is still a maiden having only ran twice in maidens where…

It’s always important to have a successful York Ebor meeting as it signals the end of the summer festivals and there follows a quiet period as the season transitions into the major Autumn meetings. This year with the continued dry weather i expect the next 10-14 days to be especially quiet certainly until the expected…

Its really job done at York after our only bet on the card Thursday Bullet Point advised at 3/1 followed up the best bet on Wednesday Santorini Star 5/1 – 10/3. Its also nice that we got the other runners right that failed to trouble the judge. We have three bets for York on Friday…

The Haggas 3yo Klassleader has been on my radar since a very eyecatching debut in the Sandown maiden won by the Roger Charlton trained Wave Rider, who was backed overnight from 5/1 into around 9/4. However, he drifted close to the off in the light of heavy support for his stablemate the Juddmonte owned colt…

5 Somerville Lodge runners go to post on Wednesday – kicking off in the 2.05 at Carlisle with Gwen John in the 2.05 who should ensure the stable have at least one winner on the day. She will be odds on, so no bet, but had she been available at 6/4 or bigger i would…