William Haggas trained a career best 176 domestic winners during 2026 and, having visited Somerville Lodge on Wednesday afternoon, hopes are high for another big campaign in 2026. Remarkably, Al Aasy, Dubai Honour and Hamish won multiple Pattern races between them last year and remain in training at the ages of nine, eight and ten respectively. Their success is testament to William's team who have...
I am currently away interviewing for the new edition of Ahead On The Flat. On Monday afternoon, I had enjoyable trip to Hampshire visiting Ralph Beckett. Based near Andover in a beautiful part of the whole, the Classic winning handler enjoyed another terrific campaign last year with Qirat providing the highlight when defying odds of 150/1 in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. Kimpton Downs Stables is ...
Newbury's card on Saturday was run on bottomless ground with Tutti Quanti producing a tremendous weight carrying performance to blitz the field in the William Hill Hurdle. Racing off a mark of 138, eight pounds higher than when winning the Gerry Feilden Hurdle over C&D in late November, the ex-French gelding became the first winner to shoulder twelve stone. Making all the running, Paul Nicholl...
Following a near seven weeks absence, Top 40 entry Big Ticket recorded his first win under Rules when staying on stoutly to land the two miles three maiden hurdle at Lingfield on Thursday. Found to have suffered an over reach when pulling up at Ascot in December, the former pointer jumped well and responded generously when tackled at the second last. A six and a half lengths winner, the Soldier of...
There is still time to order a copy of the February Update, which was published on Monday. The 23 page Update includes ante-post selections for:
The Grand National at Aintree (11th April)
Grand National Trial at Haydock (14th February)
Ladbrokes Trophy Handicap Chase at Kempton (21st February)
Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster (28th March)
There is also a detailed look at some of the handica...
The 23 page February Update, which includes a full index of over 80 horses, was emailed to clients on Monday evening (6.21pm). If anyone hasn't received it, please let me know as soon as possible.
There is still plenty of time to order the Update, which includes analysis of the Top 40 and other featured horses in the various sections of One Jump Ahead. There is an interview with Warren Grea...
Following the abandonment of day one of the Dublin Racing Festival, the action got underway twenty hours later than planned at Leopardstown on Sunday. Despite the fact Final Demand and Lossiemouth fluffed their lines in the Grade 1 Ladbrokes Novice Chase and Irish Champion Hurdle respectively, Kaid D'Authie and Majborough ensured Willie Mullins returned to Closutton with two more wins at the highe...
The cancellation of the first day of the Dublin Racing Festival on Saturday has thrown things into confusion as far as the February Update is concerned. The plan was to email it to customers on Monday and that is still the intention. Saturday's card has been transferred to Monday but much depends now on whether Sunday's action gets the go ahead - there is an inspection at 8.00am. I will therefore ...
I am currently working on the February Update, which will be emailed to clients next Monday (2nd February). Unfortunately, the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown this weekend has fallen over the crossover from January to February. I therefore want to wait until the meeting is over before sending the Update out. Plus, on Monday, the six day entries for the William Hill Hurdle at Newbury (7th Fe...
I am delighted to announce that the February Update will include an interview with Warren Greatrex. The Cheltenham Festival winning handler, who operates from the famous Rhonehurst Stables in Upper Lambourn, has enjoyed an excellent season with 33 winners from 137 runners (24%) - his best campaign since 2018/19. The stable's inmates including progressive two mile chaser Mighty Bandit, Cheltenham w...
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