Archive for March 2015

We’re not exactly being spoilt with tomorrow’s action. But the weekend falls into that gap between the two seasonal showpiece meetings at Cheltenham and Aintree and we’ve got to accept that the top horses, those we want to see at their best at those two meetings, can’t be on the circuit every week. But it…

I’m not one for backing favourites and short-prices, so the Grade races have been plenty tough to watch this week. And the handicaps are notoriously difficult at the best of times. Day 1 and Day 2 didn’t pan out. But betting the way we do, a single winner can make a big difference to the…

The first half of Festival week hasn’t been kind to us. Some bad luck, a dollop of winning favourites and some disappointing performances to help twist the knife. There hasn’t been much to shout about. But there’s still plenty to play for with two days to go and some big races to shoot at. Not…

Day 1. The Mullins horses did what their prices said they would do and everything else was playing catch up. They took 3 out of the first 4 races and Annie Powers fall (thankfully she is OK) couldn’t stop the band wagon with Glens Melody stepping up and winning the mares hurdle to make it…

Welcome to the 2015 Cheltenham Festival. We’ve got bets to strike in 5 of the opening day’s races and with a fair wind and some under-performing jollies we can get the week off to a great start…. Please note going forward each days selections will be available online no later than between 8am and 9am…