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After nearly 60 years in the game (I learned to read by reading the racing pages in the Daily Express) the fact that you learn from nearly every race you invest in, is one of many great aspects of the sport. This month has been a test of patience with two losing runs of six…

Its been a year when many of the Haggas 3yo’s have been slower than normal to come to hand but that won’t bother the master of Somerville Lodge for whom patience is his biggest virtue. One such 3yo is the filly Pergola who failed to flourish and went into her first handicap off a mark…

A month like no other continued with our only bet of the day getting touched off when looking certain to win at 9/2. We crack on!! Before Sky Majesty won the Group 3 Firth of Clyde at Ayr last season connections were concerned that the quick ground would be against her. She just managed to…

No Haggas runners Tuesday but this will be a very heavy betting week that got off to a great start on Monday. The Michael Dods team missed the opportunity to give their rapidly improving 3yo Novamay a quick fire sprint hat trick of wins when they entered her in a race at Nottingham on Friday…

A very busy week starts with 4 betting opportunities including 2 x 3pt Bets. I fully expect Almaraq to win the Ayr Gold Cup trial at 3.30 and put himself in pole position to win the Gold Cup proper back here in September. The 3yo has got the plum draw in stall 1 and with…

Heavy rain this morning in Newmarket has confirmed 2 betting opportunities. In the 4.55 the ease in the going makes Chorus an each way steal at around 11/2. Recommended Bet 1pt ew Chorus 4.55 Newmarket In the 7.05 the rain won’t impact the chances of Another Abbot but the drift to 11/4 makes appeal and…

This season just keeps on providing us with results that are extremely hard to take. The Glasgow Stakes was only a tight finish because yet another poor ride resulted in Arabian Force not being able to accelerate and win his race until too late. He was beaten a nose when he should have won 2L…

After a day whe we got 7/4 about a 4/7 on chance that ran 20lb below her best and then followed it with our only other bet planting herself in the stalls losing 20L and still finishing second, in the words of Rick Astley ‘ Things can only get better’. The Haggas team has a…

The Haggas yard have not really got going at the highest level this season with Al Aasy’s win at Sandown the only Group race success in UK and Ireland. This time last year they had already sent out 4 group winners and ended up with 11 in total. In 2023 it was 12.In 2022 it…

Its been to great to have the time to assess and reflect on the racing over the last few weeks. We are just down on the month however a look at the outcomes builds rather than diminishes confidence. In a vast majority of the wagers which have not returned as predicted have been beaten by…