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And won the Coventry first time out.

After joining the Andrew Balding jockey academy 3 years ago Harry Davies goes back to Newmarket to (it seems) be part of the Godolphin set-up.

The Gosdens seem to be using Kieran Shoemark a lot these days. Is he going to be retained next year or just an associated jockey? Shoemark seemed to have a good future ahead of him in 2017/8 when he...

I think Walwyn had a bad period, like Cecil, but unlike Cecil never recovered. If one looked at the lay of the land in 1976/7 he probably had the best Cliveden horses, had Wildenstein sending his...

Ah so that's why.

He was Champion Trainer in '74 (Polygamy) and '75 (Grundy). He was also the leading UK trainer in '77, but you are quite correct he did very little after '78. In '78 he had two big hits: the first...

Pia was the '67 Oaks winner, which Hide rode for Elsey. You may mean Elsey's Leger winner Peleid (whom he didn't ride), but Hide did ride Julio Mariner a few years later. Of course he did ride...

He did, in fact gave her a headline.
Expects her to take in Listed race next but plan is that she'll be in training as a 4yo. The yearling is a filly by Masar. He may get her too I suppose.

So how does Vandeek rate now after the Morny? On a literal reading of form must be 3-4lb superior to Ramatuelle and 6-7lb superior to River Tiber. With the latter you don't know how to gauge the...

Will be interested to see if Walker says anything about his Salisbury winner, Dreamrocker, in this week's Weekender. Wasn't much of a race but the 3yo filly, on her 2nd start, showed a lot of...

Now we won't.

Was the €30,000 entry for the French race a loss leader?

If he was outpaced, surely by definition other horses were going faster than him at that stage of the race, which to me looked a pretty crucial part of the race. The usual remedy for that is to put...

yes
it's damage limitation

Well he's had 3 winners from 18 runners in July. Was the hiatus to do with him becoming a Royal trainer?: has two of the King's 2yos.

Had 11 winners in June, I think.

Isn't that the same thing?

Surprised to see AOB state that Moore was about to launch Little Big Bear when he was the meat in a sandwich. Little Big Bear was going backwards and Moore started pushing hard and the gap, he was...

Should have added that he's a half-brother to Perfect Power, so that was why he went for that price.

Thought Golden Mind was a colt to follow after his run in the Chesham. Looks as if he'll be a 7f/miler. By Galileo Gold out of a Frozen Power mare so hardly bred in the purple.

Newbury Spring Cup

First year I bought it I paid the full list price of 7/6.

Wrong week to post this but a few changes for the Royal racehorses. Ralph Beckett, who has trained for Charles when PoW, becomes a trainer for the monarch with 4 two-year-olds sent to him. In...

Well it did change, and the BHA have dispensed with the recent yearling entry stage and Derby entries will now be made early in year of the race.

The first Derby entry stage is now late November/December time when horses are still yearlings. Think the Guineas entries are about February of the 3yo season.

It's a long way away from the...

Because it was a true pace and truly run?

What was there not to like about Sandrine's Falmouth run? Especially when you're considering her over 7f.