There’s always a danger when compiling just one list in going for the obvious - even if you win the thing you could end up sharing the prize with half the country. For that reason, one or two dark ...

One look at the betting tells you this season's Unibet Tolworth Novices' Hurdle is more open than usual. The race has traditionally thrown up a clear short-priced favourite – a couple of 4-9 shots ...

La Voix Magique clearly appreciated conditions that had turned desperate when winning at Haydock 11 days ago. Although she may lack the potential of a few of her rivals - and has a wide draw to ...

Are you with or against Santini in the Cotswold? Pietro Innocenzi, tipster Against, given the poor recent record of favourites in the race and the fact he was also all out to get the better of a ...

It is a big 35 minutes for Harry Fry, who saddles If The Cap Fits in the Cleeve Hurdle and King Roland here. We wish him well, but it's hard to justify why King Roland is so short in the betting.

With Paisley Park and If The Cap Fits, first and second in the betting for the Stayers’ Hurdle in March, lining up this is very much a trial to be reckoned with. The first thing to say is, if you ...

Allux Boy could be interesting on only his third start for Nigel Tinkler. A three-time course-and-distance winner, the latest by six lengths in July, he didn't have much room in the straight on his ...

I think it was broadcasting legend Richard Pitman in his days as a presenter on BBC racing who occasionally used the phrase "makes a nice shape over a fence" when describing a horse who jumped with ...

A scopey eight-year-old who is in his element when switched off in rear before being produced with a late run, he won his first three starts in 2019, all under Rex Dingle, without really knowing he’d ...