June 26 Aweedram, withdrawn before the start of the Britannia Handicap at Royal Ascot last week, tries for what would be small compensation when he shoulders topweight in the mile handicap at [...]
June 24 This could be a profitable week for owner Henry Ponsonby, whose successful syndicate have a big shout with Who Dares Wins in Saturday’s Northumberland Plate. Ponsonby is also [...]
June 20 Top Tug runs in his fourth Duke of Edinburgh Handicap at Royal Ascot tomorrow, having finished fourth, fifth and seventh in the last three runnings. He will start at big odds but surely [...]
June 18 We are doubly-represented in Thursday’s Britannia Handicap at Royal Ascot, with Dunkerron and Aweedram. Alan said:”Dunkerron is trying a mile for the first time and he looks [...]
June 18 Punters look for outsiders in the Royal Hunt Cup – no favourite has won for 10 years – and there will be plenty worse 20-1 chances at Ascot this week than our own Beringer in [...]
June 16 It was encouraging to see Fidux, a useful hurdler, win first time over fences at Hexham on Saturday, but we turn our focus back to the Flat boys tomorrow, with Kozier, who was nailed in [...]
June 14 Only a week until Midsummer’s Day, but you wouldn’t believe it. Ask the lads at Barbury who yesterday experienced the coldest June day since the 1800’s – and it [...]
June 11 Hardly surprising after Monday’s monsoons, but the going has changed dramatically for all four of the Flat meetings on Thursday – we have a runner at all of them, so [...]
June 7 A relatively quiet week in prospect, but, hopefully, Smith’s Bay, who will start odds-on at Market Rasen today, will follow up his recent Warwick victory, and he looked in top order as he [...]
June is one of Alan’s favourite months – holiday break in Greece plus his annual trip to Royal Ascot – and the month could hardly have started in better fashion. Reflecting on [...]