The Sun betting on new racing venture
These scribblings noted recently that The Sun has been active in the past few weeks in race sponsorship under the handle of Sun Racing, and it continues to be the case that barely a...
Author: Mike Deasy
The racing week in review
WINNERS ENCLOSURE What’s been good in racing… Brian Hughes notching up his 1,000th winner when he rode My Old Gold to victory at Wetherby – eight currently active jockeys have passed the 1000 mark...
Times not changing for the better
How ironic that The Times should devote close to a half a page in its news pages to report that its racing editor, Rob Wright, was the country’s leading tipster, just as reports were...
The week’s racing round-up
WINNERS ENCLOSURE What’s been good in racing… Altior obliging for odds-on backers who had taken something of a hammering over the holidays with a 19-lengths victory in the Unibet Desert Orchid Stakes at Kempton,...
It shouldn’t be difficult to watch away racing
It’s still a cause of annoyance how difficult it can be to watch away meetings at a racecourse. Newbury’s Challow Hurdle fixture is a case in point, with the Berkshire track’s racecard carrying the...
BHA fluffs its lines in whip debtate
These scribblings have already commented on the call by The Times sports writer Matthew Syed for racing to ban the whip. They can be encapsulated as sensationalist and ill-informed. Sadly, the BHA’s reaction was...
Whipping up a storm in racing
I don’t like being angered by someone who opposes the use of the whip in racing. It’s an emotive issue and a dislike of its use is a perfectly reasonable view to hold. Albeit...
It’s good news for Sandown, but is it good news for Kempton?
The plans announced last week for a major development at Sandown Park, first reported on The Racing Hub, are good news for the Esher track. But those who have suggested that it may also...
Nothing can dampen the Tingle feeling
WINNERS ENCLOSURE What’s been good in racing in the past week… The Tingle Creek Chase giving us yet another Saturday spectacle of hgh-class jumping Altior turning on the style to make it fifteen wins...
TV advertising: bookmakers see the writing on the wall
The agreement by bookmakers to introduce a voluntary “whistle-to-whistle” ban on television advertising during live sports events, with the exception of racing, is both welcome and beneficial to the betting industry. Bookmakers have seen...
