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The markets have gone much in the way we anticipated, although a couple of added factors must be considered now race day has arrived. Firstly the Tepeta surface at Newcastle is riding very slow, and the results yesterday were very one sided in favour of the bookmakers. The shortest priced winner was 7/2. The other…

The markets have gone much in the way we anticipated, although a couple of added factors must be considered now Race day has arrived. Firstly the Tepeta surface at Newcastle is riding very slow, and the results yesterday were very one sided in favour of the bookmakers. The shortest priced winner was 7/2. The other…

Aside from our bet on Eternal Force on Thursday there are several other likely Somerville Lodge winners however the racing has cut up very badly due to the weather and there is nothing else of interest from betting purposes until Saturday. On Wednesday Albaydaa was an awful price and then gave herself a mountain to…

The stats for Somerville Lodge at the Newcastle Northumberland Plate meeting provide highly creditable reasons for following the Haggas runners entered across the 3 day fixture. As with most of the big meetings, 2026 sees an increased interest by Haggas in the big prizes, whilst retaining a focus on previously tried and tested pathways to…

We correctly assessed the limited prospects of Creative Queen at Newbury on Tuesday when she was put in as 5/2 market leader. The dramatic drift out to 11/2 on the off was more reflective of her chances but she never looked likely to win. I think connections will be grateful that she has a win…

The Newbury card on Tuesday appears to be going ahead despite the hot weather warning and provides William Haggas followers with an opportunity to back a well bred expensive Wathnan purchase in a Class 5 handicap off a mark of just 75. The bookies are on red alert not just because of the weather. Creative…

Royal Ascot 2026. The build-up to the meeting generated a greater sense of anticipation than usual. Bookmakers applied the ‘Haggas tax’ early, while Racing Post Pricewise tipster Tom Segal advised punters behind the paywall to snap up the 66/1 on offer for William Haggas to finish the week as top trainer. However, both history and the master…

Had you offered William Haggas at the start of the day Almeraq as the winner of the Group 1 Jubilee Stakes at 28/1 would be his only success from 13 runners he would have snapped your hand off even though the 4yo was the least expected and biggest price of all 13. That’s not to…

The Haggas horses continued to run to peak form on Friday. Division ran a great race finishing 3rd in the Commonwealth Cup, thankfully with a view to Saturday, partially dispelling the high draw bias. His habit of being slowly away is costing him a big prize but as always – in ‘William we trust’ and…

Thursday was a very good day with our only bet Earth Shot landing the Ribblesdale and our suspicion that Morshdi had gone backwards was unfortunately for connections correct. Hopefully some of you followed the tip I passed on for Moonfall in the Britannia in the morning update on Thursday, his young Australian jockey Zac Lloyd…