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The month of April starts with the traditional Flat Season curtain raiser at Doncaster with the Lincoln Handicap and also features no less than three Grand Nationals with the Irish at Fairyhouse, the Randox Health at Aintree and later in the month the Scottish equivalent from Ayr. In this bumper edition of Big Race Trends…
The 2023 Cheltenham Festival gets underway on Tuesday March 14th and over the four days of pulsating action there are no less than fourteen Grade One races as the best horses, trainers and jockeys go head to head. It is a Festival that dreams are made of, and back in the day yours truly made…
The following article is based on trainer performance in 2022 to date of writing 13th December 2022. Each trainer must have had at least 25 runners throughout the year and a Win Strike Rate of at least 25% through the year. The results cover both racing in the UK and Ireland. The year 2022 to…
Most race goers will know the name John Francome either from his racing days or from his time as a racing journalist and presenter of Channel 4 Racing. Born in 1952, Francome’s early days around horses started with a round on the milk cart and having left school with few qualifications to show for his…
Hi All For those of us of a certain age who were involved in punting on the horses’ way back in the day (circa 40 years ago) the Flying Dutchman or Van Der Wheil will bring back many memories, some positive and plenty of frustration! Like many of us buying printed matter was the norm…