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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…

The Haggas team send three to post on Tuesday Tom Marquand rides a couple at Lingfield and Cieren Fallon goes to Redcar. This follows a Bank Holiday which went pretty much to the script we wrote – the gamble on Divine Knight never looking likely to be landed and the overnight move for First Principle…

The true joy of racing lies in the journey—following the volatile highs and lows of horses, trainers, and jockeys across every tier of the sport. Whether your allegiance lies with Ballydoyle, Clarehaven, Moulton Paddocks, Spigot Lodge, or, in my case, William Haggas’s Somerville Lodge, May has once again delivered a veritable rollercoaster ride. Many punters…

Somerville Lodge have 6 runners on Monday, although Ceiren Fallon takes a day off. It follows a complete mess of a day on Saturday with 8 of the intended 14 runners not going to post. The weekend was frustrating for the yard – it began with Santorini Star Thursday evening who was pipped in the…

Even one of the most successful gamblers in the world can hit a spell of bad luck and the critical defeats of Brighton and Hearts on the football pitch has been followed by misfortune on the racecourse by the Horses in the part ownership of Tony Bloom . After the narrow defeat of Santorini Star…