February 29 Judged on his record so far, Grandeur d’Ame can cope with testing ground, so underfoot conditions at Newbury on Saturday may not prevent him from being a major player in the [...]
February 29 We woke up to plenty of rain on Newbury racecourse, and more is forecast both this morning and tomorrow, so stamina will be at a premium for the horses at our two-day meeting this [...]
February 21 Like most of us, Alan is becoming repeatedly frustrated by the seemingly never ending spell of “welly weather”, which has meant soft ground – s0metimes even heavy [...]
February 20 We are promised plenty of rain for the second half of this week, but Alan hopes not until after Wednesday as he is looking to have several solid chances tomorrow, particularly with [...]
February 16 Alan was justifiably still up in the clouds last Sunday morning, having enjoyed one of his best day’s racing for several years at Newbury 24 hours earlier. However, this [...]
Alan had only one complaint about his successful three-horse raid at Newbury on Saturday – he could not celebrate two winners and an excellent third in his customary fashion when he got [...]
February 9 So torrential has the rain been this week – I look out of my bedroom window at the four-furlong pole on Newbury racecourse and they have soaked up more than 42mm of the wet [...]
February 7 Few tracks will have the word ‘good’ in their official going description this week-end, such is the frightening forecast of a deluge of rain all over the country, but [...]
February 5 Alan, like myself, is ploughing through a dry February – we are talking alcohol here, rather than a lack of winners – and I can never understand why so many people prefer [...]
February 4 Inevitably, we all get emotional about the mares which pass through our hands, knowing that many will be booked for an all-too-brief stay at Barbury, where their racecourse action can [...]