I am a racing fan for over a decade and never had an actual whip in my hands! Time for a little self-experiment. I hit myself with the modern ProCush whip to find out how it feels.

A few thoughts on the future of racing. Possible reasons for the decline and overly negative narrative surrounding the sport + a few ideas how to halt the downward trajectory.

Winter is coming. With that in mind I’m starting a new list of All-Weather eyecatchers for this new winter season. All-Weather Eyecatchers is a fortnightly updated list of horses that caught …

Flat Horses To Follow 2023: 3-year-old Handicappers – this is the first part of a series that tries to pick out intriguing horses to follow for the new 2023 flat season. The main focus is on …

Flat Horses To Follow 2023: Group Horses – Third and final part of a series that tries to pick out intriguing horses to follow for the new flat season. Main focus for this final piece is on p…

Flat Eyecatchers is a list of horses that caught my eye during the recent weeks of racing on the turf and sand.

A list of horses that caught my eye during the recent weeks of racing on the All-Weather and turf.

The flat is back and quickly kicks into gear. As is customary tradition for this time of the year: here’s a selection of horses to follow throughout the 2024 flat season. My main focus is onc…

14 losers on the bounce. Then came Soul Sister. She romped home in the Musidora on Wednesday and made a mockery of the 21/1 odds on offer. A winner I needed to get back into green for May, which lo…

“Mr Professor off 92 could be dangerous. He’ll love this ground and the likely fast pace. He’s one of the bigger prices that Intrigues me.” It’s what I wrote in my Lincoln pr…

Hello world, I’m back. I needed a little break: after many months of diving into racing all-out day after day through the winter, spring and the first summer months, some rest was much needed…

2.00 Lingfield: Class 5 Handicap, 7f Trappy contest given the unexposed form of half the field. I do like the exposed form of The Toff, though. He caught the eye the last time, and to a lesser degr…

Big Bard produced a great finish to run out an easy win by about 4 lengths today. The 5th winner in April. He simply was so well handicapped with the 7lb claim of excellent Alec Voikhansky in the s…

All-Weather Eyecatchers #9 – 17 new horses have caught my eye during the recent two weeks of racing on the All-Weather.

3.35 York: Group 3 Musidora Stakes, 1m 2½f A competitive renewal of the Musirora Stakes. Gather Ye Rosebuds looks potentially smart having run to a serious speed rating on her debut about three wee…

2022 Betting Review: 376.30 points profit, 35 winners and 19% ROI. An eventful year, with plenty of lessons learned. Here’s a look back as I share my 3 key lessons and favourite moments of 20…

3.30 Champion Hurdle, 2m½f The race hasn’t been blown wide open with the absence of Constitution Hill. Instead State Man has simply replaced the champion as the new red hot favourite. State M…

Good start to June: Flying Secret got there just in time as he caught he long-time leader. It was a confident, patient ride by Charlie Bishop, who didn’t panic when the leader established a h…

Flat Horses To Follow 2023: older Handicappers – this is the second part of a series that tries pick out intriguing horses to follow for the new flat season. Main focus is on handicappers tha…

Waipiro delivered the goods. He won with so much in hand – I was hopeful he’d be too good for this field with a clear run, but this performance was a surprise, especially given the way …

A list of horses that caught my eye during the recent weeks of racing on the All-Weather. Find all previous lists here. Naughty Ted22/01/23 – 12.45 Newcastle: Swerved violently left out of th…

7.30 Chelmsford: Class 6 Handicap, 7f Love Destination and Global Tycoon are two intriguing eyecatchers here. Previously flagged Tomas Equinas is also in the race and remains of interest back in ha…

A list of horses that caught my eye during the recent weeks of racing.

4.40 Newmarket: Group 1, 2000 Guineas, 1m If you’re prepared to oppose 6/4 favourite (at the time of writing) Auguste Rodin then the first Classic of the 2023 flat season appears to be a wide…

Gutsy Eponina at Nottingham. She made all and kept going and going to win well (5/1 SP). After drawing a blank on Saturday this was needed. Unfortunately there was no additional winner to be added …

Huge run by Inquisitively to finish a gallant 3rd in the Windsor Castle today. Another big price hitting the post but the ball didn’t get over the line, sadly. Bay Bridge didn’t get the…

Flat Eyecatchers is a list of horses that caught my eye during the recent weeks of racing on turf and sand. Find all previous eyecatchers always here. Porfin19/03/24 – 7.30 Wolverhampton…

The flat is back! This is the first edition of 2023 Flat Eyecatchers – a list of horses that caught my eye during the recent weeks of racing.

A list of horses that caught my eye during the recent weeks of racing on the All-Weather with 38 new entries in this edition #3.

Grim stuff today. I was quietly confident to back a winner, maybe even somewhat hopeful of landing the double, as I thought both Muy Muy Guapo and Revoquable were seriously well-handicapped in thei…