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With numerous runners today I omitted to mention Frances Ethel is running at Longchamp in the 14f Listed contest at 15.50. Two minutes before the well regarded brother in Binhareer – Sharaad debuts at Haydock. This is a big day for the ex South African mare for whom the addition of Black Type will be…

The first week of September is traditionally one of the busiest periods for the yard. In 2025, there were 34 runners. From eight runners in Class 2 and Class 3 handicaps at Ascot, Haydock and York across the Saturday and Sunday cards, there were six winners — happy days! Given what has happened so far in…

No runners on Tuesday and no bets on Wednesday – Hardys Hero in the 20.00 at Kempton and Pierian 17.02 Bath both took big backward steps on their last outings and it is a guesswork to know if they will bounce back. The disappointing performance of Divine Knight on Monday—who was backed as though defeat were out…

Haggas followers on Sunday experienced a dramatic raceday. Firstly Masked Warrior who was supported on the off from 15/2 into 5/1 got upset in the stall and was withdrawn. Then the 2yo Extragalactic who was strong in the market at 7/2 on his debut must have touched 1.01 in running but was collared on the…

The tenacity of Tenabilty rescued the day on Saturday after a below par performance from Bulletsnap another extremely well fancied 2yo after Pure Majesty and Lady Rosalind to go backwards from a promising previous outing. I cannot recall this happening more than once previously, of course plenty get beat but not with performances so far below their previous run.…

The forecast rain has arrived and with 10mm plus expected in the London area the going at Windsor and Sandown will surely ride Soft. This is excellent news for the Somerville Lodge runners. n the August stakes Tenability has been backed from 4/1 – 7/2 a price which held up because of the ‘gamble’ on…

Plus 20/1 Ante Post Recommendation. The uncertainty over the amount of rainfall expected over the next 72 hours makes betting over the Bank Holiday weekend precarious. On Saturday possibly due to less than the anticipated rain in the South, William Haggas has only declared 7 from the 19 entries. My initial thoughts on Monday was…

Thursday – Desert Treasure ran much better but lack of AW experience proved her undoing and she narrowly failed to get back into the winners enclosure. Our decision not to bet this week has paid off and with the expectation of 5 or 6 bets over the bank holiday – Friday is another day when…

As predicted the early part of the week has not produced any winners for Somerville Lodge. It was baffling why Perfect Strike was heavily backed to be the market leader in the 2yo Novice at Newbury. He ran as expected showing more than on debut and also that the best would not be seen of…

I get the sense that the runners this week prior to the rain and better ground are being turned out because they need a race rather than placed with winning opportunities. That was certainly the case on Monday and the 3 on Wednesday ( 2 at Newbury) and 1 at Kempton also fit this criteria.…