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It was great to see Infraad justify stable confidence on Wednesday – the yards only runner of the day – won in the style of a useful staying 3yo- by over 6L at 4/5 on – having been briefly on offer at a huge price of 2/1 on Tuesday evening. He was ridden without restraint,…

The win of Madrisa at Lingfield on debut this afternoon at 10/1 proved beyond doubt that all is now back in full swing at Somerville Lodge and with confirmation that Needle Match will contest Saturdays 2000 Guineas we can look forward in great anticipation to the rest of the season. Three runners head to post…

When Winter Flower on Saturday became the 2nd consecutive runner from Somerville Lodge to be totally unsuited by newly tried front running tactics on fast ground, the Haggas doom mongers were in full flow. As predicted though the weekend saw the corner turned with the forecast 3 winners on the scoreboard. The wins of the…

No real significant upscale in runners for Somerville Lodge on Saturday with 3 maidens and a single handicapper going to post. Two of the three maidens head for the 2.00 at Haydock. The unraced well named Palace Pier filly Brighton Beach and Chimes of Thunder has her first start for the yard having ran once…

Somerville Lodge, as we predicted last weekend has had very little activity on the track this week and from an initial entry of four, just a single runner heads to post on Friday. Bintsaleh, having her third start is the mount of Tom Marquand in the 10f Novice Stakes the 4.10 at Sandown. She ran…

Whilst they is a natural desire to see Somerville Lodge start to hit its usual win to runner ratio’s, although there are plenty of entries across Thursday and Sunday this week, history and statistics suggest we may have to wait a little longer. There are 23 horses entered and of those 17 are maidens. Lets…

Needle Match may not even line up for the 2000 Guineas in just under two weeks, especially if the ground remains on the fast side of Good. However, as a son of Night Of Thunder out of an American Pharoah mare currently available at 100/1 after his eye-catching debut run in the Greenham, it won’t cost much to take a chance. The…

The various interviews with William Haggas in the last 14 days has relayed a combination of high expectation and frustration in equal measures. The results on the course have mirrored his comments with many of the horses running with great promise but equally very few entering the winners enclosure. Every one connected with the yard…

The drift on King of Earth out to 7/2 was too big to ignore – 1pt Bet win recommended. 3.45 Newbury.