Alan assesses his Flat team for when racing does resume
April 4 For those of you who do not subscribe to the Members section on Racing Post’s Online service, Alan, under his Weekender banner, gave us an insight earlier in the week to his [...]
We’ll Meet Again, Don’t Know Where, Don’t Know When!
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 [...]
Worrying times for everyone with the Coronavirus taking its toll
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 [...]
Drop back in trip should suit Good Man Pat at Kempton on Saturday
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 [...]
Friday the 13th just might be our lucky day – don’t rule it out
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 [...]
The more the ground dries up the better the chance of Deyrann de Carjac on Thursday
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 [...]
Sceau Royal faces stiff task in the Champion Chase
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 [...]
Edwardstone could be the surprise-packet in Supreme
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 [...]
Valdez tries to go one better than last year in the Greatwood
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 [...]
‘Choc’ Thornton has that Cheltenham dream again
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 [...]
