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Somerville Lodge targets just three races on Saturday at Doncaster the final flat fixture on the Turf in 2026. He has no entries at Southwell and that’s it until at least the 16th November when the AW winter season gets into full swing. My eyes will be firmly focused on the entries for the Fleur…

Venetian Lion more than justified our faith in him on Wednesday, landing a classic William Haggas touch from 10/3 into 5/4. He won easily and will get a 7-8 lb rise in the weights – he will still be rated less than 90 and will have a great chance of landing a big handicap prize…

One runner Tuesday 3 on Wednesday for Somerville Lodge The one horse I want to back more than other from Somerville Lodge for the remainder of this year goes to post on Wednesday at Nottingham. Venetian Lion is extremely well handicapped from an unchanged mark of 81 and although he has won 3 races this…

A busy week ended on a relative high with the good performance of the well backed Lake Forest who finished 3rd in the Breeders Cup Turf landing some nice place returns on the 20/1 Ante Post investment and another 180,000 dollars to take his total prize money to over $6million. We suggested that the 16…

By the time Lake Forest runs in the Breeders Cup Turf Mile on Saturday evening Somerville Lodge would have sent out over 40 runners in 7 days. In the corresponding week in 2025 the total was 12. This reflects the impact of the prolonged fast ground throughout the summer and the delay it caused in…

At Bath on Thursday The Can Can Man ran on well through beaten horses to finish a never nearer 5th and Divine Rhythm like many horses on the day failed to handle the track conditions which the jockey’s described as ‘extremely holding’. As we pointed out on Wednesday when a Haggas 2yo runs well in…

It was great to be on a typical Haggas 3yo handicap gamble landed on Wednesday by Gaspacho. The filly opened at 11/2 was cut to 7/2 and the market support continued right up to the off winning at 5/2. As we have advised on many occasions unlike previous years the strike rate in 2026 in…

After a break on Tuesday Somerville Lodge is busy again on Wednesday with five runners at Nottingham and one at Kempton. Mondays runners ran very much as expected. Our only bet Yimmna ran a great race beaten by a horse that showed improvement, the pair finishing well clear of the rest. I would expect Yimmna…

The heavy ground and wet weather will ensure the mud is flying at Redcar, Leicester and Chantilly tomorrow and with 5 on the AW surfaces at Kempton and Southwell there will be an unprecedented total of 12 runners for Somerville Lodge on a Monday across five meetings. I will deal with all 12 based on…

Reported Heavy ground looks exaggerated. Dry 48 hours in Milan and times yesterday suggest going will be Good to Soft on Sunday. Price update I was able to cash out without penalty the 2/1 with Bet 365 and Sky Bet and took 3/1 W Hill EW 4 places.