I have continued to work on the new edition of Ahead On The Flat, which is due to be published next month. Just to keep clients informed, the plan is to take the book to the printers early week and, once it has been set out and page numbers added etc, they will get on with printing it. Once I have a definite publishing date, I will let everyone know on here. Once again, many thanks to those subscr...
I was working at Carlisle on Sunday and it was day three of the Go North series and Sandy Thomson capped a good weekend with two more winners at the Cumbrian track. Jamie Snowden trained his 77th winner of a personal best season with Red Acres Max proving too strong in the concluding bumper. It was good to see Nico De Boinville and, while he only had one ride, he was busy signing autographs. I man...
Thank you very much to those clients who have pre ordered Ahead on The Flat and the Updates during the last 48 hours - the response has been tremendous and is very much appreciated. As discussed, AOTF is due to be published during the second week of April - please head to the Publications section of the site to order, if you haven't already done so.
Le Frimeur (2/1), who is featured in Declan Phe...
As discussed, I am currently working on the new edition of Ahead On The Flat. The plan is to take the book to the printers later this month with a view to it being published during the second week in April in time for the Craven meeting at Newmarket and Newbury's two day fixture later the same week. Once I have a definite publishing date, I will state it on here.
It is now possible to pre order A...
I am delighted to announce that the 2026 edition of Ahead on The Flat will once again include Bromley's Best Buys. Leading Bloodstock agent Anthony Bromley has penned his very popular article which included an array of exciting juveniles in 2025. They included Group 1 winner Zavateri who won four times at 11/2, 18/1, 8/1 and 15/2. In addition, first time out winners Pathein (28/1) and Stimulative ...
Middleham based Karl Burke enjoyed a personal best campaign in 2025 with 134 domestic winners and total prize-money in the UK reaching £3,740,821. The Spigot Lodge operation were responsible for 39 Pattern races successes last year, including four at the highest level. I interviewed Karl on Monday afternoon and he is understandably excited about the season ahead. There are nine stable interv...
Now the dust has settled after the Cheltenham Festival, it is time to press on with Ahead On The Flat. I am hoping to update the Publications section later this week with full details so clients are able to order the book and Updates. At the time of writing, I have interviewed Andrew Balding, Ralph Beckett, Ed Bethell, George Boughey, Owen Burrows, William Haggas, Roger Varian and Ed Walker. I wil...
Rich and Susannah Ricci became the first owners to win the Champion Hurdle and Cheltenham Gold Cup during the same week at the Festival. Seventy two hours after Lossiemouth routed the opposition in hurdling's blue riband, stablemate Gaelic Warrior produced a brilliant display in the Gold Cup on Friday under a superb ride by Paul Townend. The eight year old won the Arkle Trophy a couple of years ag...
Meetmebythesea (advised antepost @ 12/1 in the February Update) ensured that a well executed plan came to fruition in the Jack Richards Novices' Handicap Chase on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival on Thursday. As discussed in the November Update, the six year old has been aimed at the two and a half miles event all season. Twice a winner over two miles at Wetherby and Ayr earlier in the cam...
Willie Mullins dominated day two of the Cheltenham Festival with three Grade 1 winners, including Il Etait Temps (5/2) in the Queen Mother Champion Chase. Tipped by Declan Phelan in the OJA Festival Update, the eight year old had underperformed in three previous visits to Cheltenham but he gained his seventh Grade 1 victory with a runaway success under Paul Townend. Stablemate and short price favo...
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