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March 27 The battle against the dreaded Coronavirus has been compared to World War 2, though on this occasion every single country in the world has united in the quest to conquer this invisible [...]

March 20 As Alan said in his column in the Racing Post Weekender this week, “the Coronavirus has cast a sombre shadow over everything in racing at present”, but he was quick to stress [...]

March 13 We are only a week away from the first day of spring, yet Alan is still haunted by what has been the wettest winter on record, so he was hugely encouraged by the improvement in the [...]

March 12 Alan has made no secret of the fact that he thinks Lisp is his best chance of a winner at this year’s Cheltenham Festival, so maybe Friday the 13th will prove the lucky day for [...]

March 11 It was all change at the last minute for Deyrann de Carjac, who was pulled out of Tuesday’s novice chase to wait for the Brown Advisory and Merriebelle Stable Plate at Cheltenham [...]

March 10 Before leaving for day one of the 2020 Cheltenham Festival, I caught up with Alan to get his thoughts on our day two runners, of which there are four, Sceau Royal in the Queen Mother [...]

Julius Caesar always reminded us to “beware the ides of March”, and those words have always haunted me when I put on my betting boots every year at the Cheltenham Festival. It helps [...]

February 21 Nothing beats a big Saturday winner to lift the yard, and Who Dares Wins erased the winter gloom when landing the Grade 2 Pendil Novices’ Chase at Kempton last week-end, and the [...]

February 20 It was great to see ‘Choc’ Thornton back on the Barbury gallops this week, not on horseback but now in his role as racing manager to Paul Dunkley, the pair having hopes of [...]

February 23 Alan opted out of going “dry” during February this year, and maybe that was just as well as he has had plenty to celebrate this month, Who Dares Wins giving him another [...]