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25 October 2026
On reading this you may already be aware of the fate of today's racing. As I write, I do not. Given all four meetings in Britain and Ireland are subject to inspections, and with Storm Beolo unlikely to go away, it is possible that I.T.V. will be face...
24 October 2026
As much as I admire Aidan O'Brien, and not by how much I get annoyed by the lack of substance that falls from his mouth when interviewed, I have my fingers crossed that Andrew Balding pulls it out of the fire and manages to win the trainers title rac...
23 October 2026
With Newbury today called-off due to waterlogging and with tomorrow's meeting likely to go the same way, Nicky Henderson has made the right decision to take Constitution Hill to Italy rather than staying local and running in the St. Simon Stakes. For...
22 October 2026
The first past the post in the novice handicap hurdle at Fontwell yesterday was disqualified due to an objection from the clerk of the scales in that the jockey, Freddie Mitchell, weighed-in 5Ibs light. In the stewards' enquiry the fault was placed o...
21 October 2026
I do not have a biography of Fred Archer in my small racing library. It is an omission I shall have to put right. Anyway, returning to the pony steeplechase I mentioned a few days ago. Fred Archer's first winner was in a pony steeplechase at Bangor. ...
20 October 2026
The Racing Post have finally acknowledged Wayne Lordan's six-timer at Leopardstown on Saturday. And it seems I was right when I suggested it was an achievement worth heralding as Lordan is the first jockey, flat or jumping, in the history of British ...