There is some decent racing today, and much of it is my sort of stuff – I’ve spent some time looking through it all. I’m a creature of habit and I have a structure to my analysis. I like to go through the card twice – once the night before (to get the juices flowing) and in more detail at around …
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 …