One of the big questions that has arisen since the pandemic is: Where did all the workers go?
Having taken a few days off this week, I’m happy to report that I’ve found them…
Continue readingOne of the big questions that has arisen since the pandemic is: Where did all the workers go?
Having taken a few days off this week, I’m happy to report that I’ve found them…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →bet365 Morebattle Hurdle Day: a gleaming elixir of undiluted horseracing tonic for the soul.
Continue reading →I gave my friend an elephant for her room. She said thanks, but I said, “Don’t mention it.”
I keep reading that prize money is the most important thing, and that there isn’t enough of it, but that’s not the whole story…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →Finally, this week, the answer to a question that I’m sure has been on your mind for ages: why is that there aren’t any famous Bulgarian jockeys?
Continue reading →While last week’s blog, about a potential new Starbucks in Kelso, hit the mark with some readers, perhaps it’s not surprising that others were less impressed. Among them was Jan Scott who left a message to huff, “What a load of rubbish! Nothing about racing at Kelso.”
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