Fourth time lucky for Top Tug?
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 [...]
We have two shots at the Britannia board on Thursday
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 [...]
Beringer chases Royal Hunt Cup glory
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 [...]
Coeur de Lion is up for a second crack at Ascot Stakes on Tuesday
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 [...]
Hummdinger should relish the stamina test at Sandown
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 [...]
We are at all four Flat meetings on Thursday
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 [...]
Small but select team over the next 48 hours
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 [...]
What better way to kick-start June
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 [...]
