Author: Russ

Firstly a quick review of the Haggas runners on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They ran pretty much to plan aside from Magic Box who was disappointing and it looks like the form of her Yarmouth debut race is very poor. The horse we backed More Thunder Won and we avoided some very well backed short…

I have watched the 2000 Guineas several times and the 2,000 Guineas Gosden curse was certainly in full force. I doubt there has ever been a 2000 Guineas ran slower than the first 4F yesterday and with the disadvantage of being drawn stands side on drying ground combined to deny Gosden his first success in…

The first bet of the month on Fifty Nifty was a complete failure. Well fancied to confirm form with Miss Information over course and distance on ground more suitable the 4yo had no chance after racing fully out of control for the first 2 Lengths. After which he was given an easy time and was…

Whatever happens on Saturday – Sunday is the time to take a deep breath and prepare for the big Meetings upcoming at Chester, Ascot and York as the Newmarket Guineas meeting closes out. The 1000 Guineas is a potential straight shoot out between Desert Flower and Lake Victoria but not since 2016 has the favourite…

Archivist Non Runner 550 D Non Runner Believeitanducan 3.20 G Non Runner Unequal Love 1.10 N supported 10/11 – 4/5 places More Thunder 1.45 N Strong in market 4/1 into 7/2 -11/4 in places Magic Box 1.35 T Strong in market 6/4 still available into 6/5 in places Field of Gold 3.35 Steady 15/8 (…

The benefits of good ground and the warm weather have provided us with a high level of consistent form unusual for the early parts of the campaign. Certain yards have followed usual patterns with their horses slow to come to hand, irrespective of the weather. Ralph Beckett and Ed Bethell would be the best examples…

Andrew Baldings record at Goodwood in 3yo handicaps in May and June over the last 2 seasons reads: 17 runners 6 winners 6 runners up 1 3rd place with 4 unplaced horses sent off at 25/1 14/1 17/2 8/1 This suggests that he is sending potentially well handicapped largely unexposed horses to the track that…

Lets start with the Haggas 3yo’s running for the first time this season: Pearla 1.10 Newmarket Pergola 6.13 Newcastle Both will be better for race and will only win if it is a weak contest or they are exceptional horses but that will only be known after the race. Haggas sends the 3yo National Park…

With the bookmakers being apologetic about the Punchestown festival results my long term view that it is meeting to avoid has been ratified. There are 5 flat meetings to start the month that is crucial for the flat season as not only do we have the classics but also the run up to Royal Ascot.…

Although nobody has been able to give me an explanation why – horses that have won on the polytrack at Kempton oddly always seem to run well at Ascot. So much so that i rarely look outside of runners with winning Kempton AW form when assessing handicaps at the course that are grade 3 or…