Wincanton 3.10 Handicap Chase - Class 5 - 3 miles 2 and 1/2 furlongs - 13 run Good to Soft > Soft No Going concerns here it will be Good to Soft to Soft, some drizzly rain possible. THis is a turning right handed track and with 20 plus obstacles to jump I really would never want to take too short a price. At the top end of the mar...

Lingfield 2.55 - Handicap - Class 6 - 1 mile 4 furlongs - 12 run - Standard Frankly it's hard to dismiss any of these out of hand so I look for value and signs of a decent run off a competitive mark and some proven Course and Distance form here in the winter is always an advantage. It's 5/1 the field and the likes of Fravanco, Upepo (mark...

TRACKERS Southwell 1.15 Clearisthewater (Trainer / Jockey combo)Clonmel 12.35 Brogue Man RiverClonmel 2.05 Deuce BigalowSouthwell 2.45 Craven BayNewcastle 6.00 Eligible

Clonmel 2.35 - Handicap Hurdle - 2 miles 3 and 1/2 furlongs - 16 run - Yielding At the top of the market the favourite is Duffy's Hodey, a runner up on seasonal debut and clearly one with a good chance but this is a step up in trip and i think that the better value at the top end of the market may be ARDFERT MARY, also a runner up last time of...

Fairyhouse 1.05 Porterstown Handicap Chase - 3 miles 5 and 1/2 furlongs - 18 run - Yielding (dry day) Klark Kent heads the market for Mullins who is clearly not risking his string on unseasonably good ground, I suspect this one may need the run and even with a run the messages so far are a bit mixed. Outside The Door is a clear danger but the ...

It's a bit of a shock to realise that 3 weeks today the Christmas Festivities will morph into Boxing Day and the start of what is traditionally a great week of Horse Racing. Lets just hope that between now and then we get some decent rainfall to deliver perfect Jumping ground and stay free of frost, ice and snow, at least in the crucial final ...

A disappointing result for us at Clonmel but a smidgen of shrapnel each way returned on the widely available 5th place with Parish Star coming home 5th of the 16 runners at an SP of 25/1. There are few punting options in the generally small fields over the jumps at Haydock on heavy ground and Ludlow on soft ground. The Maiden Hurdle ...

It was no surprise that Ffos Llas was called off yesterday and having looked at the results in the other 2 Meetings, I don't think we missed out on anything by abstaining. We have looked at the 2 AW Fixtures at Lingfield and Newcastle today but they look pretty competitive at the top end of the markets and nothing for a speculative punt really...

Another good winner for sEan in Ireland yesterday when History of Fashion who backed up an excellent run in the same race last year by going one better this time at an SP of 10/1, was advised at 14/1 with the price drop mainly due to a number of non runners. Our Northern Expert had concluded that Gipsy Lee Rose would improve markedly for a rec...

We have to start with a hats off to The Greatest Trainer Paul Nicholls, a stupendous Training performance with Kandoo Kid, upped in trip on seasonal debut to win the Coral Gold Cup at Newbury yesterday. The "Sir Alex Ferguson" of Horse Racing has re-invented his String to win Trainers Titles before, more than once, indeed several times, and certain...