With eight exciting races to look forward to on Saturday, 28 February, including an ultra-competitive field for Scotland’s most valuable hurdle race, Kelso’s bet365 Best-Dressed Dog Day promises to be paw-some…
Continue readingLosing the Plot
As Kelso’s most valuable raceday approaches, we gain our first glimpse of entries for the 2026 bet365 Morebattle Hurdle. And this year the list of potential runners contains more plots than a John le Carré compendium…
Continue reading →First Loser
I believe that if a professional sportsman is willing to go to the lengths of injecting acid into their nether regions before jumping off an icy cliff, then we should simply declare them the victor right now…
Continue reading →Love on the Street
Having nailed the meaning of life, God, love, politics, the Universe and everything, it’s time to get to the point of this blog…
Continue reading →Dear Tipster
We all make mistakes. The response to last week’s error in the blog reminded me of the days when I occasionally recorded messages for a premium rate tipping line in the mid-1990s. “Dear Tipster,” the more courteous letters would start, “You couldn’t tip tea from a teapot…”
Continue reading →Reasons to be Cheerful
We’re just over two weeks into 2026 and so far I’ve become a little bit older, a little bit fatter and a little bit less physically fit…
Continue reading →Walk like a Penguin
I’d prefer to take dry January with a little less ice please…
Continue reading →Blown Away
While the horse’s name suggests an event that occurs twice every year, Equinoctial held a record that stood for 35 years and 27 days until Thursday this week.
Trained by Norman Miller and ridden by Andrew Heywood, the five-year-old bay gelding broke his duck in The Grants Whisky Novices Handicap Hurdle at Kelso Racecourse on 21 November, 1990, becoming the longest priced winner of a race in British history.
Continue reading →Rockin’ Around the Border Post
Like Shaky, there are times when I wish every day was Christmas: Room is swaying, records playing, all the old songs we love to hear…
Continue reading →Come Racing
Kelso on Sunday: Rug yourself up in a decent waterproof coat, grab a hot port from the Chicken Hutch Bar, and enjoy…
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