Better ground will suit Dingo Dollar at Doncaster
Jan 24 Doncaster has taken quite a drenching this winter but this week’s improved weather has dried up the ground appreciably, so, hopefully, underfoot conditions will suit Dingo Dollar, [...]
Better ground increases Midnights’ Gift’s chances of a Family Fortunes celebration at Donny
Jan 23 Let us hope we are celebrating a game of Family Fortunes at Doncaster on Friday, when Midnights’ Gift attempts to emulate her half-sister Giving Glances by winning the Listed Sky Bet [...]
Edwardstone ready for Cheltenham dress-rehearsal at Haydock
January 16 Like most other trainers, Alan could have done without another bout of heavy rain that accompanied Storm Brendan this past week, but sometimes you have to roll the dice and hope for [...]
We look to Alsa Mix to bounce back at Wetherby
January 10 Saturday is unusually quiet for us this week, but Alan is expecting better from Alsa Mix at Wetherby than the performance the mare showed him at Warwick last time. Explaining his [...]
We are back at Huntingdon for another crack at the Chatteris Fen Juvenile Hurdle
January 9 Huntingdon has been a happy hunting ground for Alan, who hopes he might get lucky again when he takes two there on Friday. The Chatteris Fen Juvenile Hurdle has proved a lucky race for [...]
Here’s hoping Wincanton dries out for Valdez
January 3 They have been talking soft ground all week at Wincanton, but there is a better forecast over the next 24 hours which has encouraged Alan to give Valdez the green light to run in the [...]
Fingers crossed for a flying start to 2020
December 31 We are about to bid farewell to a year in which rain has caused havoc with trainers’ plans, but, hopefully, we can kick-start 2020 as we left 2019 (Blacko at Taunton) by [...]
On To Victory will be sharper when he returns at Newbury
December 27 The final Saturday of what has been a memorable year for Barbury, and we look to have four solid chances at our local Newbury course with On To Victory and Coeur de Lion. Alan [...]
Boxing Day rain not a help for Sceau Royal
December 24 Racehorses are like strawberries – they spoil easily – and, while Alan agrees with the general consensus of opinion that it was the testing ground which caused Sceau Royal [...]
Three for Kempton on Boxing Day
December 23 All winter rain has been a pain for Alan, who freely admits that he has precious few soft ground horses this season, so he is hoping the ground will improve for Kempton’s [...]
