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Review of the flat 2009 – Part 1

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

  Just as Charles Dickens used to serialize his novels I am going to offer you my review of the flat in bite sized chunks. I have chosen 75 horses that for one reason or another caught my attention last season and they will appear on this small but ...

Horses to follow – jumps season 2009/10

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Here is the main list of horses I will be following over the 200p/10 jumps season. As usual the list is large as I feel it helps to have a ‘core’ of horses to keep an eye on. I will be monitoring the fortunes of ...

Review of the jumps season 2008/2009

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

  I have made a change to the normal format this year. I have selected 50 horses that for one reason or another impressed me during the season and added comments on a few more that didn’t quite make the initial list. As usual the list is very much ...

Two year olds to follow – 2009

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

  I was pleased with the performance of last year’s selections. Of those that have run, over 50% have won at least once either as juveniles or in the early part of their 3 year old campaign. Notable successes have been Green Agenda with ...

Horses to follow 2009 flat season

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

  Here is the list of horses I will be following over the 2009 flat season. As usual the list is large as I feel it helps to have a ‘core’ of horses to keep an eye on. I will be monitoring the fortunes of this ...

2008 2 year old review

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

This is not a record of the top so many juveniles of 2008 but a look back at the 2 year olds that featured on my web site during the season. For no particularly good reason I am going to start with a William Jarvis 2 year ...

Horses to follow – 2008/9 jumps season

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Here is the main list of horses I will be following over the 2008/9 jumps season. As usual the list is large as I feel it helps to have a ‘core’ of horses to keep an eye on. I will be monitoring the fortunes of this “stable” over ...

Review of the flat season 2008

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Review of the flat season 2008 { All illustrations are by kind permission of the artist Karen Davies} By way of a change this time around I decided to set out my review in an A to Z format. So here goes! A is ...

Horses to follow – 2008/9 jumps season

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

  Here is the main list of horses I will be following over the 2008/9 jumps season. As usual the list is large as I feel it helps to have a ‘core’ of horses to keep an eye on. I will be monitoring the fortunes of ...

Horses to follow – 2008/9 jumps season

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

  Here is the main list of horses I will be following over the 2008/9 jumps season. As usual the list is large as I feel it helps to have a ‘core’ of horses to keep an eye on. I will be monitoring the fortunes of ...