Author: Russ

One of the most important lessons I have learned over 50 years of punting is that good fortune does not sleep well with bad mistakes. That has certainly been the case in the early days of May. Buoyed by the Somerville Lodge treble on the opening day of the Craven meeting, I took the chance…

With good ground confirmed for Haydock the chance to back a genuine Somerville Lodge Group 1 horse in a listed race, cannot be missed. The yard thinks Lake Forest will be even better after the gelding operation in the winter. 2pt win Lake Forest 3.40 Haydock

It’s great that several of the leading horses housed at Somerville Lodge are in action on Saturday on what’s look likely to be a big day for followers of the yard. The best horse in action is the Group 1 winner Lake Forest who has amassed over 3.5 million in prize money despite not winning…

Fillies take centre stage on Friday. The 7f handicap that opens the Ascot card on the 2 day May Ascot meeting on Friday is a handicap that is regularly targeted by Somerville Lodge. The full details of the yards record in the race speaks volumes for the chances of Albaydaa on Friday. Haggas has sent…

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…