Poker Tourney

This year Betfair became the official sponsors of the WSOPE – the World Series of Poker Europe.  The world series of Poker is the biggest and best known tournament in the world, and this is their first foray into Europe – we are privileged to have been chosen as sponsors and we’ll put in the maximum effort to ensure it is …

Back to the daily grind

The summer holidays wind to a close and I’m back at my desk for a while now, which feels pretty good. Lord Peter Flint made his debut last Friday and he ran well, finishing fifth of 13 in what may have been a decent maiden.  He’s sure to improve for the run and he looks like a fine prospect. The …

York Day 3

It’s another excellent day’s racing at York today. The sales race at 1:35 is always an interesting heat.  Brian (Meehan) has won this race in three of the last four years – he’s had a total of seven runners in the last two years – but he has no runners today.  The favourite has won in three of the last …

York Day 2

Authorized did fantastically and I’m thrilled for Pete.  I backed him but I was a bit cowardly and I should have had more on.  It was nearly a very good day as Oasis Wind came close – the unlucky horse in that race was Hitchens, who ran behind Effingham and backs up that form.  Day 2 of York brings the …

Entries

I have a few interesting entries this week. Baldovina is declared in a maiden hurdle for David Pipe on Wednesday night.  There’s a chance she’ll turn her form around, but I think it’s unlikely. Lord Peter Flint may finally make his debut on Friday.  At this stage I don’t know if he’ll stand his ground – we like the horse …

The Ebor meeting

I’m off to Malta tomorrow on Betfair business and I’ll miss most of the Ebor meeting.  I’ve pored through the card tomorrow looking for value, but I can’t find anything at big odds that interests me – there are of course some serious races being run. The Juddmonte comes top of the list, and Pete was extremely positive over the …

Men with cats

Ultimately a disappointing week horse wise, but a good break with the family. We took the quick ferry over to France on the Monday – around 3 hours from Portsmouth to Cherbourg and a 2 hour drive the other end.  It was fairly uneventful – my one observation was that although I wasn’t driving that fast in France I wasn’t …

Vive La France

I’m off to Deauville with the family this morning – we’ve decided to make a week of it ending with Winker running in the Morny on Sunday.  As I’ve said he’s in great form and I think he’ll win easily – the danger looks to be MyBoyCharlie who has been impressive in winning, albeit on heavy ground.  Racing looks pretty grim …

Hard times

A poor run yet again from Captain Hurricane, finishing mid division.  Pete showed yet again what a master he is with 2yos. The ground this week has been very hard, and a lot of horses have struggled with it.  I think that when it is as firm as this it becomes a bit specialist and there can be value siding …

The moment of truth

Captain Hurricane is napped by Tony Lewis in the 3.45 at Haydock today.  He is also the spotlight selection, and Emily Weber describes it as “the moment of truth” after a long haul.  It may be a fair description – if he can’t show up well today then it may be that he never will. I’ll be backing Strategic Mount …