Hag Tag – Diary of a Season


40 years experience put into a daily diary of the 2025 flat season updated before racing.

  • This is our first weekly review of 2025, focusing on the runners for the week ahead from the Haggas yard and review of the previous weeks recommended bets. Firstly, during the first quarter of the year, we tend to err…

  • Art Market 2pt win 4.35 Southwell Another year of following and backing horses from the yard that i consider the most reliable and predictable in Racing. Although they had an unraced 3yo Seconds Count make an eyecatching debut finishing 2nd…

  • Rebecca Curtis knows exactly what it takes to taste success at the Cheltenham Festival, with a near 10% strike rate from 57 runners. Significantly, she has achieved two wins from the only two horses (Teaforthree and At Fishers Cross) sent off as…

  • 2pt win Kado de Joie, 3.15 Wincanton2pt win Oh My Johnny, 3.35 Sandown Recommend backing both horses when BOG (Best Odds Guaranteed) is available on Saturday morning. The two selections for Saturday are both owned by very successful syndicates, which…

  • The Cheltenham Festival is not only one of the great sporting occasions that this country has to offer, but it also presents an unprecedented, once-a-year opportunity for knowledgeable punters to almost guarantee profits. The fact that William Hill offers Non-Runner…

  • Happy New Year and I am confident we can kick off 2025 with a winning start. The Henry Daly yard that could not be in better form sends the rapidly improving 5yo Strackan to contest the 3m class 2 Handicap…

  • Sometimes bets take time and in depth analysis to reach a conclusion, occasionally they jump off the page and demand to be backed . Despereaux in Taunton 2.52 is one such case. The 5yo has looked a different class of…

  • We have had another remarkable season following the yard based on our eyes and the logistics utilised by the stable when placing their horses. The Somerville Lodge team still rate as the most predictable in UK racing and significantly without…

  • The Christmas racing has delivered in a big way for Nicky Henderson and all National Hunt racing enthusiasts, with the performances of Constitution Hill and Sir Gino. However, it has been meagre pickings for the likes of Mullins, Nicholls, Venetia,…

  • Following our 2 winners from 3 on Boxing Day and a 23.3pt profit which ensures another profit making month I believe there is just one outstanding bet on another great day of racing. With the continuance of conditions that favour…

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