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It’s always important to have a successful York Ebor meeting as it signals the end of the summer festivals and there follows a quiet period as the season transitions into the major Autumn meetings. This year with the continued dry weather i expect the next 10-14 days to be especially quiet certainly until the expected…

Its really job done at York after our only bet on the card Thursday Bullet Point advised at 3/1 followed up the best bet on Wednesday Santorini Star 5/1 – 10/3. Its also nice that we got the other runners right that failed to trouble the judge. We have three bets for York on Friday…

The Haggas 3yo Klassleader has been on my radar since a very eyecatching debut in the Sandown maiden won by the Roger Charlton trained Wave Rider, who was backed overnight from 5/1 into around 9/4. However, he drifted close to the off in the light of heavy support for his stablemate the Juddmonte owned colt…

5 Somerville Lodge runners go to post on Wednesday – kicking off in the 2.05 at Carlisle with Gwen John in the 2.05 who should ensure the stable have at least one winner on the day. She will be odds on, so no bet, but had she been available at 6/4 or bigger i would…

We have already covered the 4.10 and 16.45 but this fantastic meeting kicks off with a sprint handicap at 13.50 the Group 3 Acomb stakes for 2yo’s at 2.25, the Group 2 Great Voltigeur at 3.00 and then the Group 1 Juddmonte International at 3.35pm The opener at 1.50 is tricky and there looks nothing…

York on Day 1 proved typically thought provoking with later developers generally getting the better of those with strong form in the first half of the season. We predicted the poor performance of Lambourn, where Arabian Force put himself in the picture for the St Leger , our Ante Post bet on Scandinavia at 5/1…

In August Somerville Lodge has ran seven 2yo’s. Three have been on debut and have got beat, the other four had race course experience and all 4 won. Berlinetta heads to post at Chepstow on Tuesday afternoon in the maiden fillies stakes at 5.30. She drops back in trip having ran well in her two…

Although my initial impression was that the yard will do well to land more than one prize over the 4 days , now that the declarations are out there seems to be a more positive view about the York Ebor festival. Day 1 starts with the attempt of Arabian Force on the Group 2 Great…

The win of More Thunder at 6/4 advised at 5/1 and 10/3 as our bet of the season was very pleasing and sets us up for the rest of the season. With all the attention on York for the big Wednesday races, Sunday and Monday will be quiet. There are just a couple of runners…

There is a real sense coming from the Somerville Lodge soundings that the yard will be more than happy to return from the Ebor meeting with one winner and from the entries it is easy to concur with that view. Yes, there might be one that comes out of nowhere and wins at a big…