The Herring Queen Final being a novices handicap for mares, the weight allocated to all runners will be key to their chances – we can’t wait to see if there are any jokers in the pack when entries are published on 1st April…
One of the greatest strengths of horseracing in Britain is the diversity of the racecourses. There are left-handed ones and right-handed ones, flat ones and hilly ones; they can be urban or countryfied, grand, scruffy, modern, ancient, huge, small, spacious, fun, intimate, awe inspiring or combinations of all the above…
Several young racegoers left the races today with a great collection of autographs. It’s not the first time that I’ve been asked to sign a racecard – but it is the first time that I’ve actually signed my own name…
To paraphrase Benjamin Disraeli, there are lies, damn lies, and horseracing statistics. That’s what makes the sport so much fun to debate in pubs, betting shops, and the back of the bus on the way back from Leopardstown.
Guess, for example, which trainer saddled the most losers over the course of the two-day Dublin Racing Festival…
Lossiemouth put up a sterling performance to win the Unibet Hurdle at Cheltenham last weekend. In fact, to be precise, it was a 71,187 Pounds Sterling performance – or a 83,289 Euro performance, depending on which side of the Irish sea you’re standing…
There is a saying in racing that “weight stops trains”, which probably used to be the case – although recent experience suggests that nowadays the cause is more likely to be industrial action or high winds…