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Silver Lake’s effortless victory at Doncaster marked her fourth consecutive triumph, securing yet another winning major festival for our selections. The momentum is firmly with us as we turn to Saturday’s action, where a 3pt play on More Thunder holds every chance of adding another major winner to the ledger. Saturday’s Standouts: At the top end of…

Frustratingly on Thursday unless you had a SkyBet account Gods Given Talent just missed out on the places in the big sales race finishing 5th. King of Earth as predicted again lacked focus on racing and finished well beaten after drifting from 4/1 -11/1. Quite Cheeky 7/1 won on debut at Epsom under tender handling…

On Wednesday Fast Performer completely lost the plot at Carlisle and he faces the unkindest cut of all very shortly. It was confirmed that already suffering this fete was Saber Strike who following the gelding operation has been transferred to George Scott and will have a winter campaign in the Middle East. Fast Performer was…

As I suggested in the Tuesday evening blog the 5 Somerville Lodge runners on Wednesday have all been cut and are now drifting, a pattern that is likely to continue back and forth until the off time of the various races. My only definite bet Fast Performer in the Carlisle nursery at 2.42 is fluctuating…

Somerville Lodge sends out 5 runners on Wednesday, 3 at Kempton and a couple at Carlisle. All 5 have clear chances to maintain or improve the current strike rate in September. in the first 7 days there were 27 runners producing 9 winners and another 6 placed 2nd or 3rd. Focusing on the first three…

The Haggas 260/1 – 100% treble on Sunday, of course generates a feeling of what if and thoughts of ‘should I have taken greater risks’ and maybe backed more than just the 2yo winner. On reflection though taking a balanced view from the evidence across just 24 previous did Extremely Zain have a better chance…

The weather next week looks relatively dry and a good ground 4 day St Leger meeting at Doncaster looks a safe assumption. The horses are running better than at anytime this season with another three winners at York on Sunday. Even with this excellent form in mind one horse stands out for the week ahead.…

The summer of inconsistency seemed determined to get the last dregs out of August with the performance of Divine Knight on Monday 31st. The change of month and move to the Autumn campaign has seen a completely different complexion on the Somerville Lodge runners. From what seemed an eternity of not really knowing apart from…

The first weekend in September featuring meetings at Haydock, Ascot and York has a big circle ringed around the Calendar in Somerville Lodge. Since 2021 over this weekend there have been 29 Class 1,2 and 3 races contested by William Haggas trained horses -they have plundered over 50% – 15 winners and a level stakes…

Thursday’s 10 runners ran with great credit and provided more than enough evidence to suggest that Saturday and Sunday can be very successful. The Haydock runners all handled the conditions really well although if the forecast is correct they will be a lot softer on Friday and Saturday. Tom Marquand was great on Hozeki and…