After a couple of weeks off, I’m back for the final preview of this flat season. The results of the tips I’ve highlighted in this column have been pretty poor this season and very different to last year where it seemed we had a 6/1+ winner every few weeks. I...

No preview last week. The service did pretty well at Doncaster but it was mostly very small bets at big prices and I didn’t fancy anything strongly enough to warrant a detailed preview. The last column focused on a race at Ascot and for the first time in almost two...

There was no preview last week as the racing was very poor so the last horse we backed in this column was Derry Lad at York. He’s very much an all or nothing horse and this time around it was very much a ‘nothing’ effort with no obvious excuses. He...

Another profitable preview last week with Garden Oasis finishing 2nd and I think we were very unlucky not to get the win. I thought he should have been around a 3/1 shot for the race so I was gobsmacked when 13/2 was available early and I ended up going in...

A profitable preview last week with the recommended each way selection, Equiano Springs, filling the frame. He never looked like winning having been outpaced at the half way point but it was a real front runners’ race with the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th all up there early on. The...

A lot of work went into getting the Golden Mile at Goodwood completely wrong last week! Both the draw and pace bias went out of the window with the two highest draws finishing 1st and 2nd from off the pace. I gave little to no chance to the winner, and...

No column last week but in the previous article I’d mentioned that we were overdue a winner and thankfully Dreamrocker provided that with a relatively comfortable success at Ascot. She still looks fairly handicapped after a 4lb rise for that success and should be considered again next time if the...

It was softer than expected last week at Sandown and I’m not entirely sure if it was that or early keenness that cost Classic, most likely the latter. He remains well handicapped and I think he can win on good or good to soft ground in the very near future....

There was no preview last week as I didn’t really fancy anything on either Friday or Saturday so the last write up covered the Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes at Royal Ascot, which seems a long time ago now! I fancied the favourite in that race but I thought he was...

I think we were on the best horse last week but very possibly the worst jockey. Outgun broke well and was just about in the perfect position as they came to the first furlong pole, but he was then allowed to drop back with no effort made to hold his...

Last week’s preview proved fruitful, with Bolster winning pretty well at 5/1. Statistically, it’s not that easy to make all over 10f at Epsom but he controlled the tempo and kicked clear whilst there were multiple hard luck stories in behind. Perhaps the biggest hard luck story was Derry Lad,...

Ey Up It’s Jazz was the selection in last week’s column but I was expecting 4/1+ on the horse so I was rather dismayed when most bookies priced him up at 2/1 (one went a more realistic, standout 7/2). Given 7/2 was only available in one place, I’d only have...

Saturday Freebie: Leicester Runner Can Win Second Time Out Yet Again———————————————————– Mixed feelings towards last week’s race. The main selection was Bernardo O’Reilly and whilst he ran pretty well, and slightly outran his odds, he ended up finishing 6th which was one place outside the money and he had no...