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Musselburgh 2/8/24 - Carnival of Sorts
A quick turnaround for us as on our way to Hamilton shortly so it really is a rapid trot through the card today. Purists only. I'm...
This Is How It Feels To Be (An) Owner - Tony Harding Guest Blog
National Hunt racing is dying on its RRRRs….. I've been a racehorse owner for 25 years and, with the national hunt season just round the...
Newcastle Ladies Day - 27/7/24 - Silver Lining
5:45am alarm call with the prospect of being home somewhere around 10pm. Unavoidable delays on the track meant that was nearer 11pm as it...
Musselburgh 23/7/24 - Shiny Happy People
Bit of a bonus (or curse) blog here as we did not expect to be working at this meeting. In fact the last blog still reports our next...
Hamilton 19/7/24 - Begin The Begin
Steve unavailable for this one so Bryson stepped into the breach to help us out. It meant I made one of my rare outings doing the book....
Hamilton 13/7/24 - Bath Time
It's really hard to generate crowds. It's nearly as hard to keep them. It's very easy to lose them and, if you do, it's even harder to...
Newcastle Plate Day 29/6/24 - Deja Vu All Over Again
Yes, I know I've used this headline before but it summed up day 2 and who doesn't love a reprise of the quote from the footy player who...
Newcastle 28/6/24 - I Think We're Alone Now
Late finish Friday and early start Saturday can only equal short blog so we'll have a quick skip through the hopscotch of the books....
Hexham - 23 June 2024 - Feeling Gravity's Pull
Hexham, as you will know by now, is on the way to everywhere and, indeed, from everywhere. This time it's on the way from Ascot to the...
Royal Ascot 22/6/24 - The Sun Always Shines On TV
A few musings on the week before we hit the main betting bit; Crowds were up at Ascot overall but down fairly significantly on The...
Royal Ascot 21/6/24 - Come on Pilgrim
We're packing up tonight for the long trip north after racing tomorrow so this is going to be short and sweet. Though, clearly, not as...
Royal Ascot 20/6/24 - Wave of Mutilation
Again- this won't be a long one as we're doing 12 hour days all told and the longer the week goes on the more tired we get. My extremely...
Royal Ascot 19/6/24 - Sale of the Century
A rather splendid curry at the Gurkha Chef means I've got about 10 minutes to write this before I crash. Brevity is good for the soul...
Royal Ascot 18/6/24 - Chaos Theory
I'm writing this preamble on Monday night so I have no idea how we've done but I do know what's happened on the trip down. We dropped off...
Hexham 15/6/24 - Meat is (Comedy) Murder
Firstly I'm not a vegetarian or vegan. So why the odd title? Well, firstly, it's a cracking album and if you're tempted to tell me The...
Perth 9/6/24 - Don't Go Back To Perth(ville)
Another blog, another mangled 1980s REM album track. Gold Cup Day which has always been a strong betting meeting. The predicted crowd was...
Hamilton 2/6/24 - Finest Workhorse
This was the final of our triple header of early season Hamilton jaunts which were all something of a reconnaissance mission. First two...
Musselburgh 1/6/24 - Dunno
Quick turnaround from Musselburgh today to Hamilton tomorrow so it'll be a quick trot through the betting action before I,...
Kelso 26/5/24 - CTRL, ALT, DEL and start again...
So the short lived Sunday evening experiment has been shelved. Interestingly because of a lack of increase in betting turnover-...