Stat of the Day: 11th February 2012 We had to settle for an 11/2 runner-up yesterday as Cairanne found just one too good for her for the third successive race! She ran on as always, but it’s more then likely she’ll win over a longer trip, I’ll keep my eye out for her. The extra […]
Musselburgh comes to the rescue for NH fans this Saturday and we’ve got all the key trends, betting & stats for EVERY race at the Scottish track. Musselburgh (C4 and RUK) 1.30 – John Smith´s Novices´ Hurdle (CLASS 4) (5yo+) RUK Good To Soft 2m4f No previous runnings Lucy Normile is only 1 […]
Stat of the Day: 10th February 2012 Our winning run came to an end yesterday as Trip Switch finished 8th of 11 runners. He was well backed into 2/1 favourite, but never got into the race at all and looked almost disinterested. In the absence of any jumps meetings in the very near future, it […]
We’ll never see a Mongolian horse racing over here in Britain. At a height that rarely exceeds 14 hands they are too stocky and short. But when they run at Mongolia’s major cultural festival – the Naadam – they make quite an amazing spectacle. The first thing that strikes you is the jockeys, aged anywhere […]
Racing is mourning the loss of Grand National winning trainer Josh Gifford, aged 70. He died yesterday at his home in Sussex after suffering a heart attack. Gifford spent his whole life in racing, having his first ride at the age of 12 at Newmarket in 1953, and riding his first winner three years later […]
Philip Hobbs has become so concerned about the poor jumping of his stable stars Captain Chris and Menorah that he has enrolled them in school with Swedish ace Yogi Breisner before they head to Cheltenham. Breisner is no stranger to straightening out wayward jump horses, and back in 1995 trainer Kim Bailey credited him with […]