Outside of racing there’s only one sport I consider myself capable of commenting on, and that’s tennis.  I grew up in Wimbledon and I used to be pretty obsessed with the tennis when it came around – I’d get my programme early and fill in all the matches as the tournament went on.  There was a time when I thought Wimbledon …

All quiet on the western front at the moment so time to run through a few of my early Cheltenham fancies. David Pipe will go into Cheltenham with a lot of ammunition, and for now I’m looking at three of his. Buena Vista runs in the Arkle, and although he only just held on last time he is progressive and …

More disappointment on Saturday. Prince Ary went off 6-4 favourite but was comfortably beaten by Pouvoir. Berkhamsted finished down the field. I think the Prince Ary run was there or thereabouts par. I was surprised he went off favourite – Pouvoir had some hype about him and looked a natural favourite to me given that he was receiving 6lb. The …