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Valiancy  There are a few candidates housed in Somerville Lodge that could contest the 14f Copper Horse Handicap at Royal Ascot – it is a race annually targeted by Wathnan Racing .  Last season the Gosden’s delivered the goods for Wathnan with French Master and this year William Haggas has a couple of darts to…

From a betting point of view I think the card at Newbury is very difficult to assess.  Many horses from the top yards are running partially in preparation for Royal Ascot.  The Haggas team have runners in most of the races and all should be closely watched with half an eye on next month. Several…

On Wednesday all the winners were race fit apart from Klassleader and significantly the two narrowly defeated runners Kinswoman and Binhareer were making their seasonal debuts  The predicted ‘Good’ ground expected at all of the fixtures – now looks less likely with torrential rain at York and in the Berkshire area on Thursday. Both Divine Knight at York and Indhaar at…

It is rare in Racing to be offered a chance to back a 10/1 Ante-Post chance in a big race 12 weeks before the race , pretty much knowing if the horse is fit and at his best it will go off 3/1 favourite. This is the quote by William Haggas this afternoon after Klassleader…

The decision to withdraw Morshdi from the Dee Stakes at Chester due to false patches of ground was painful with the 4/1 Ante-Post bets written into the loss column in the P/L. However treating ‘ triumph and disaster’ with the same level of respect is key to punting . Just 7 days later the 3yo…

On Wednesday all the winners were race fit apart from Klassleader and significantly the two narrowly defeated runners Kinswoman and Binhareer were making their seasonal debuts  The predicted ‘Good’ ground expected at all of the fixtures – now looks less likely with torrential rain at York and in the Berkshire area on Thursday. Both Divine Knight at York and Indhaar at…

There are big risks in backing horses that are going dependent Ante-Post but this morning following his impressive win last Saturday Lake Forest was given an official rating of 119. He is currently quoted at 20/1 by several firms for the Day 1 Royal Ascot feature. There are 6 horses priced lower than the newly…

Following horses labelled ‘ unlucky in running’ can be precarious but such was the extent of the misfortune that befell Sea Force in the Thirsk Hunt Cup that he is without doubt a winner without a penalty in Thursdays 1m Hambleton Heritage handicap at York on Thursday.  There is a chance that this race, his…

A good start to the week – following our Monday report some of you may well have secured some place money from Desert Cop 3rd at 22/1 ( he went odds on in running !!) The only Somerville Lodge runner on Tuesday is York Tower in the Lingfield maiden at 5.50. He is a good…

A superb week of racing with nearly 50 Somerville Lodge horses entered begins with just a sole entry at Windsor when Carbine Harvester attempts to get his show back on the road in the 6.17 at Windsor the Fitzdares Sprint Handicap qualifier over 6f Owned by a group of financial journalists, based in the City…