British racing will seek to make better use of the GoingStick. Plus, Nick Williams is the man to follow at Kempton on FridayI’m a fan of the GoingStick and perhaps you are too, since any technology that gives an objective insight into the state of the going must be of interest to any punter. Well, there may be developments afoot because I can exclusively reveal that racing’s powerful are going to make a study of The Stick to see if they can do a bit better for punters and indeed trainers who want to know what the ground is like. Continue reading...
Racing at Sedgefield goes ahead and Ask Paddy is strongly fancied to follow up his success of just three days agoThe news has just come through from Sedgefield that racing goes ahead there today after five inspections, which might be some sort of record. The process of confirming that the track is fit to race has lasted longer than last night’s Superbowl, albeit with marginally less drama. Continue reading...
Nicky Henderson’s principal jockey has been out since breaking his arm in November but returns to action todayIt’s not every Lambourn-based jockey who would fancy schlepping up to Catterick for a single ride, a journey that requires you to spend at least eight hours in the car there and back. So it’s interesting to see that that is Nico De Boinville’s comeback plan, two and a half months after he broke his right arm in a fall from Le Reve at Cheltenham. Related: Racing tips and news: Vics Canvas out to strike for veterans in Grand National Continue reading...
Ypsilanti walked through a fence at Doncaster last week. Maybe we’ll take Early Retirement insteadHow stiff should our steeplechase fences be? It was a question that came up again last Friday, when Ypsilanti barely lifted a leg at Doncaster’s final fence but stayed upright and didn’t even lose much momentum. Related: Racing tips and news: Yanworth ruled out of Champion Hurdle trial Continue reading...
Expedite (3.10) makes most appeal in the day’s most attractive betting heat at LeicesterLady Buttons, the favourite, is an absentee from what is, from a punter’s perspective, probably the most interesting race of the day at Leicester, but it is even more competitive as a result, with Allee Bleue now heading the market at 5-1 and all but two of the 12 remaining runners priced at 16-1 or less.There are all sorts of possibilities to consider, but Expedite (3.10) makes most appeal at his current price of 15-2. Ben Pauling’s runner returns to hurdles after two disappointing runs over fences, most recently when he was brought down at the sixth in a race at Wincanton on Boxing Day that was...