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In the current UK Flat Jockeys’ Championship—a title race whose controversial criteria runs from 2000 Guineas weekend to Champions Day in October—Cieren Fallon sits prominently in second place. With 24 winners, he stalks leader Oisin Murphy by just two. While a realistic title challenge might depend on the leader enduring an extended spell on the…

Opportunity + 8 Now 100 Realign + 6 Now 98 Albaydaa + 2 Now 86 Another Abbot +5 Now 87 Princling + 4 Now 91 (finished 4th) !!! Masked Warrior + 8 now 89 The handicapper continues to rate the yards horses based on the trainer not solely the performances. Princling up 4lbs for finishing…

I think it is fair to say that the rain gods have for some reason taken a dislike with the Somerville Lodge team. I cannot recall, in recent years, a week leading up to race meetings where key runners require a weather forecast to be as predicted and for it to be accurate. I remember…

Two maidens for Somerville Lodge on Monday when King of Earth attempts to break his maiden tag in the 8.00 at Wolverhampton. Things have not exactly gone to plan in his career so far for the half brother to the Queen Elizabeth Stakes Group 1 winner King Of Change. He was runner-up on his first start…

The final week of May marked the commencement of Period 3, delivering a highly encouraging start to this pivotal phase of the flat season. With 3 winners from 6 Bets. As a reminder, Period 2 concluded over the Irish Guineas weekend. Period 3 now extends through to the conclusion of the Newmarket July Festival and York’s…

An excellent week for Somerville Lodge in the lead up to the big June Festivals ended in great style at Carlisle. Two winners from our 3 bets and place money returned on the other. Opportunity will head to Royal Ascot for the Duke of Edinburgh and Realign the Wokingham if the ground is not fast.…

The blanket approach of last Saturday—where 14 were declared at the overnight stage but only 6 eventually went to post—is replaced by a highly targeted squad this weekend. William Haggas saddles just five runners, but each possesses a live chance of success. Frankly, it will be a disappointment if the yard doesn’t walk away with…

This must go down as the poorest set of Friday afternoon cards in my memory. I know the abandonment of Haydock ‘left a hole’ in the book but there are 13 Class 6 races. The attempt to put on a card of ‘higher grade’ racing at Wolverhampton in the evening always seemed bizarre and hasn’t…

The Somerville Lodge record at Sandown Park during our ‘Period 3’ with 3yo’s in handicaps at the Esher track over the last 5 seasons, makes for impressive reading. In races over a mile from 4 runners 2 have won and 1 was 2nd. In general with 3yo’s over all distances across the same period the…

As we reach Day 3 of the 12 day transition period between the Curragh Guineas festival and the start of the Epsom Derby meeting betting opportunities continue to be sporadic. Another day another win for Somerville Lodge on Tuesday Hoseki took advantage of a reluctant Cape Fear at Redcar to win at 11/8. Also another…