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We now know that 12 go to post for the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday and knowing what lines up now I thought I’d take another look at Yanworth. Is he a play, or a lay? The plain fact is, I’m seeing more negatives than positives. Firstly, the only jockey to …

The first race on the second day and it looks the best of the novice races to me. The one thing you will take away from this is the name of a horse to work with next season….you’ll not get rich off the back of it but it will be …

One of the many things I love about this sport is the never ending merry-go-round of stories that tickle my fancy and sit there almost crying out for me to at least make some kind of comment to my loyal readers, wherever they are. This week I feel the need …

When Ron and I recorded the Podcast this afternoon (Friday), I did promise a passing mention for the Cheltenham Festival Bumper and having seen the nonsense on the Racing Post website I simply cannot resist. Now I do decry my journalistic colleagues, and I am as aware as anyone that …

This week we have seen some interesting events in the World of racing, with trainers top of the list for me personally, and all sorts of goings on behind the scenes. On the negative side, what is going on inside Irish racing if someone of the calibre of Charlie Swan …

Much as I love this sport and appreciate fully how lucky I am to do this for a living, I am also a journalist and feel duty bound to say a word for my French colleagues at Charlie Hebdo who were more talented and funnier than I could ever dream …

First things first and for those who have yet to listen to the Podcast may I wish you all a very Happy New Year. Ron clearly agrees with the saying that the devil makes work for idle hands (or something like that) and has plenty of exciting plans for 2015 …

UK 2-0 Hong Kong as far as last week’s bets were concerned with two out of two winners at Cheltenham and naught out of two winners in Hong Kong but I’ll settle for that even if the winners were so well backed the prices ended up on the silly side. …

I’ve been of a mind for a while now that I was the only one (besides Paul Bittar, who has now done a runner), actually bothered about field sizes but no, it seems the Fakenham chief executive has expressed his concerns too. It’s bad for punters because the form book …

Apologies for my later than normal musings this week but I am down with the old “man flu”, and am hoping that a day wrapped up has got the little grey cells working again at last. Lots to mention this week starting with Cigar who Ron and I talked about …