Category Archives: Latest Results

Castle Gandolfo has been very consistent in his hurdles races and after three places deserves to win one. This looks an excellent opportunity.

Sulochana has her issues and while she won well at Salisbury last time, I'm not sure if she's in the same physical condition after it. If she were a Group horse I expect we would be having more of an investigation, but she's what she is and hopefully will turn up in the same form…

Urban Artist has plenty of soft ground form on her record but I hope this won't be like Goodwood yesterday where Stay Well got stuck in the mud. She will need to be at her best on this return in what looks a very strong Group 3 for mares. A place would be great.

Ultimate Fame is a Fame And Glory half-sister to our Ultimate Getaway. Hopefully the ground will not have deteriorated too much by the time of her race at the end of the evening.

We have to treat Spanish Kiss with kid gloves a bit and this will be his first run on turf. The Lope De Vega's usually handle slow ground and I think he should too. He's in with a shout and an each-way chance in a wide-open handicap.

To say East Asia surprised me by the manner of his win at Newbury is an understatement. It certainly impressed the handicapper and he goes up 12lb from tomorrow. With a 5lb penalty for last week he's 7lb well in theoretically and we have to be hopeful he can follow up, as long as the…

To say East Asia surprised me by the manner of his win at Newbury is an understatement. It certainly impressed the handicapper and he goes up 12lb from tomorrow. With a 5lb penalty for last week he's 7lb well in theoretically and we have to be hopeful he can follow up, as long as the…

High Noon has come down in the handicap and I thought he had a strong each-way chance at what looks a nice price. His owner lives near Market Rasen, hence the regular appearances around there and while he has yet to win on the course, I think today could be the day.

Who's The Guv'Nor put in a much-improved showing last time at Carlisle when he was second at 100-1, albeit some way behind an impressive winner. He has come on in the interim and I'm hopeful he will prove it was no fluke.

Design Icon has taken time to get his act together but has improved for every run and for the experiece. We have applied a tongue-tie and with that to help he has place chances

I wouldn't necessarily have nominated Brighton for Ravens Ark but he was perhaps surprisingly dropped 3lb for an okay first run that gets him into this 0-70. Charlie Bennett rode him yesterday and said he's fine so let's hope he's right. Good chance on last year's form.

To be blunt about it Holme Abbey is an average horse in a very average race, so it's probably now or never for him. He still had a chance last time here when unseating four from home. We'll see tonight whether he would have won or not!

I wouldn't necessarily have nominated Brighton for Ravens Ark but he was perhaps surprisingly dropped 3lb for an okay first run that gets him into this 0-70. Charlie Bennett rode him yesterday and said he's fine so let's hope he's right. Good chance on last year's form.

The Macon Lugnatic ran a much better race at Worcester when a respectable third the other day. Hopefully he can build on that and go close but he's only a couple pounds lower than a horse chasing a four-timer so it won't be easy.

Typical Man ran well enough at Beverley on his first run back. This is pretty competitive but if you take the favourite out he should be there or thereabouts.

Every drop of rain that falls on Thirsk will improve Frankelio's chance just as it will lessen confidence in Irv. He won first time last year on good ground at Pontefract when Graham Lee said afterwards: "We got away with it!" He's been working nicely and back on that mark he has to be a…

Lordsbridge Boy was caught on the line at Salisbury on stable debut and I think he's come on a bit from that. He'll need to have done so as he's up 3lb. Our very inexperienced apprentice claims 10lb in this hands and heels race and basically needs to point him in the right direction and…

Surrey Gold ran very well on his comeback after almost five months off at Lingfield and runs from the same mark today. He should have every chance with the run behind him.

East Asia has been placed in more than half his 14 runs in the UAE and was sent to me by his owner. He's not done anything sensational on the gallops since he arrived and this will be a marker as to where he is in relation to his handicap rating. I think he'll be…

Northern Bound is in great order but too much rain will not help us at all. I'll be looking at the ground to see if we can run him.