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The start of the year judged by the bare results and low strike rate suggests all is not going to plan at Somerville Lodge. The topsy turvy performance levels continued over the weekend. There were three very encouraging runs from…

Followers will know the key word at Somerville Lodge is patience – with horses in training at the yard given ample time to fulfill potential. The year on year success we achieve following the master trainer is based on folllowing…

One of the big advantages of micro following one big yard is the knowledge we have gained to spot big market moves that simply make no sense, given the information available before the race. One obvious example was Scoville at…

When William Haggas declares a horse to contest a Musselburgh handicap its never just there for the run and whatever way you look at the stats in handicaps with horses sent off 1,2,3 in the market his strike rate at…

With good ground forecast and the Turf season creeping into top gear, whilst most eyes will be on Aintree there are likely to be some quality 3yo’s on show at Yarmouth this Saturday. William Haggas tends to save his most…

The return of Scoville in the Class 3 Conditions Stakes 4.25 at Thirsk this Friday provides the newly gelded four-year-old with an opportunity to get a career back on track. It is a career that once looked destined for Group 1 status, following a…

The 3 runners sent out from Somerville Lodge on Bank Holiday Monday typified why we will not advise bets on William Haggas Novices and Maidens this season. The first two at Kempton were ‘apparently’ supported into favoritism, only to run…

Somerville Lodge runs three fancied in the markets on Bank Holiday Monday. All 3 will feature near the front of the betting. My expectation is that all will run well and there is every chance that 1 or more will…

The next few days will be relatively quiet as the focus shifts toward the Craven and Greenham meetings in 12 days’ time. There are no declared runners for this Saturday or Sunday. Throughout April, our attention will center on the…

Somerville Lodge sends one runner to post on Thursday – Palace Artois contests the 6 runner 1m fillies maiden the 5.10 at Southwell. Although well beaten on both starts she did run with promise last time, in what looked a…