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It is ironic that after paying heavily to give Eternal Force and Saber Strike chances to confirm their status as two of my top 10 horses to follow out of Somerville Lodge this season, a third High Degree turns up at Musselburgh on Tuesday in a Class 3 9f handicap at 3.00pm . The question…

When you pay 425,000 gns for a Sea The Stars colt related to numerous winners on the dam side—and name him ‘Golden Horse’—expectations are clearly sky-high. However, I suspect the anticipation didn’t last very long; he was gelded before making his debut as a 3yo in July 2025. He has been kept in training as…

Saturday turned out to be a day for the bookmakers which had been predictable. The defeat of easy Epsom Oaks winner Thundering On at the Curragh placing a big question mark over the quality of the staying fillies from this year’s classic generation. The Haggas team will be very hopeful that Earth Shot has a…

The markets have gone much in the way we anticipated, although a couple of added factors must be considered now race day has arrived. Firstly the Tepeta surface at Newcastle is riding very slow, and the results yesterday were very one sided in favour of the bookmakers. The shortest priced winner was 7/2. The other…

The markets have gone much in the way we anticipated, although a couple of added factors must be considered now Race day has arrived. Firstly the Tepeta surface at Newcastle is riding very slow, and the results yesterday were very one sided in favour of the bookmakers. The shortest priced winner was 7/2. The other…

Aside from our bet on Eternal Force on Thursday there are several other likely Somerville Lodge winners however the racing has cut up very badly due to the weather and there is nothing else of interest from betting purposes until Saturday. On Wednesday Albaydaa was an awful price and then gave herself a mountain to…

The stats for Somerville Lodge at the Newcastle Northumberland Plate meeting provide highly creditable reasons for following the Haggas runners entered across the 3 day fixture. As with most of the big meetings, 2026 sees an increased interest by Haggas in the big prizes, whilst retaining a focus on previously tried and tested pathways to…

We correctly assessed the limited prospects of Creative Queen at Newbury on Tuesday when she was put in as 5/2 market leader. The dramatic drift out to 11/2 on the off was more reflective of her chances but she never looked likely to win. I think connections will be grateful that she has a win…

The Newbury card on Tuesday appears to be going ahead despite the hot weather warning and provides William Haggas followers with an opportunity to back a well bred expensive Wathnan purchase in a Class 5 handicap off a mark of just 75. The bookies are on red alert not just because of the weather. Creative…

Royal Ascot 2026. The build-up to the meeting generated a greater sense of anticipation than usual. Bookmakers applied the ‘Haggas tax’ early, while Racing Post Pricewise tipster Tom Segal advised punters behind the paywall to snap up the 66/1 on offer for William Haggas to finish the week as top trainer. However, both history and the master…