The Good, Bad and Ugly
Mike Deasy on the ugly side of bookmaking, and where the racing media fears to tread If the column you write is called The Good, Bad & Ugly, as Matt Chapman does for Sun...
Author: Mike Deasy
What next for Derby winner Serpentine?
Take nothing away from Serpentine and Emmet McNamara’s Derby victory says Mike Deasy, but the jury is out on its significance So, what to make of the Derby 2020? It’s one or those races...
Leicester lockdown and Newbury “lock in”
Mike Deasy asks if the Leicester lockdown should have resulted in the cancellation of racing Leicester is a racecourse which in normal times holds about 30 fixtures a year for mostly moderate horses and...
Has racing come to terms with ITV?
Mike Deasy asks if ITV and racing have agreed a new contract or if it’s another false dawn We’ve been here before. A story in Monday’s Daily Mail reported that an agreement between racing...
ITV Racing got the Royal Ascot balance right
Mike Deasy enjoys a marathon stint in front the of the box for five days of Royal Ascot Well, that was different. Or, to be more accurate, the same but different. The same insomuch...
Tote’s rule change out of place
The Tote’s rule change leaves a lot to be desired The Tote has been pushing its Superpools at Ascot, as it comingles bets with international pool operators during the Royal meeting. What has not...
Job cuts hit Racing Post
Mike Deasy on Racing Post cost-cutting, wise words from Lydia Hislop and problems with a Mirror image Last month these scribblings predicted the Racing Post’s senior management would be faced with a bit of...
Best to be in possession of the facts
Mike Deasy suggests why it’s best to be in possession of the facts before making accusations Carole Cadwalladr is an award-winning journalist who gained praise for exposing the Facebook/Cambridge Analytics data breach in 2018....
We’re back on course
Mike Deasy on the wait that’s finally over – we’re back on course Ten races on the all-weather at Newcastle. That would once have been greeted by “there’s too much racing”. Now, 12 runners...
Racing Heroes: Arkle
In our Racing Heroes series, Mike Deasy looks back the star of the sixties, Arkle 31 May 1970, 50 years do the day, Arkle died aged 13. Since 1964 he’d become one of the...