Racing Heroes: the Aga Khan
In our Racing Heroes series, Gary Sears puts forward His Highness the Aga Khan There is one thing that, for me, made racing on the flat a delight to study in my early years...
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Dix to follow in French racing
Gary Sears picks 10 horses to follow in French racing I’ve been through the notebook from last season of horses trained in France who could be worth watching for. Due to volume of racing,...
Gary Sears’ 10 Top Flat Racehorses
Gary Sears pick his 10 Top Flat Racehorses Following on from Gary McKenzie’a Top Ten Flat Racehorses compilation, I’ve drawn up my own list and, like Gary McKenzie, have probably let heart rule head...
Gary Sears’ bakers dozen for the 2020 Flat
Gary Sears with a baker’s dozen to follow for the 2020 Flat season AL QAQAA – 3yo Trainer William Haggas Two promising runs as a juvenile and likely to improve a lot over...
The fishy tale of the first Cheltenham Preview of 2021
Gary Sears, with the help of his brother Ian, on the fishy tale of the first preview night for the Cheltenham Festival 2021 The problems started after we left Cheltenham Racecourse on Gold Cup...
TV racing: new names, same old annoyances
We have seen name changes to the specialist channels covering racing, but the same old bugbears continue to annoy. Various presenters on the racing channels should stop believing that they are God’s gift to...
Luca Cumani – a career to be properly chronicled
Not really one for having heroes in life and indeed until early last week giving the matter cursory thoughts only threw up two names. One of them, Ian Carnaby still writes once a month...