Flying Fifth Hurdle: your guide to the runners
Your guide to Newcastle’s Grade 1 Flying Fifth Hurdle with runner profiles, Paddy Power prices and The Racing Hub Verdct Nicky Henderson has trained the last four winners of the Flying Fifth, as well...
Author: Mike Deasy
Another unpleasant raceday experience
Mike Deasy on Arc moving the furniture around, another unpleasant raceday experience, a less than satisfactory weekend’s racing at Cheltenham, the Post’s awards domination and more News that the All-weather Championship Day at Lingfield...
Racing deserved better than this sloppy journalism
Mike Deasy on sloppy journalism at The Guardian, Chelmsford one stop away from being a proper racecourse, good reasons for trainers to reject prizemoney offer, and more “Cheltenham’s Covid controversy rears its head again...
Not even a mastermind could help the Secret Racegoer
The Secret Racegoer enters deepest Devon to experience the delights of Exeter racecourse, but the day posed a number of questions It was the Secret Racegoer’s first trip to Exeter racecourse, situated just under...
Your guide to the 2021-22 Jumps annuals
Your guide to the 2021-22 Jumps annuals They’re back – the jumps annuals for the new National Hunt season, and we look at what they have to offer. As well as the four established...
Racing is for everyone
Mike Deasy on the promotion of racing, where it leaves a lot to be desired and how it can be done better Racing is promoted by a number of bodies and commercial organisations....
Promoting racing: just get on with it
Mike Deasy on the promotion of racing, when is a banned substance not a banned substance, National Racehorse Week a hit, more fixtures mean more problems, and more There’s been some discussion recently on...
Another black mark for Ascot
Mike Deasy on another black mark for Ascot, the sport’s a winner in Sussex, missing a chance to sell tickets, jump jockeys silks poster is a winner, a final thoughts on the Racing League:...
The whip – so many questions, so few answers
Mike Deasy tries to answer the myriad questions raised by the BHA’s public consultation on the whip in racing, and has one or two suggestions The BHA’s public consultation on the use of the...
Racing should embrace the music
Mike Deasy on embracing racing’s music nights, mixed fortunes for racing’s summer initiatives, it’s not all glossy for the sport’s magazines, Fitzdare’s St Leger gaff, and more Because Goodwood and York recently played out...