Doug Campbell’s Tuesday Best Bet
Doug Campbell’s Tuesday Best Bet 3.00 Brighton Due A Rum 1 point each-way @22/1 generally available Has dropped nine pounds to a mark of 56 for three runs in handicap company, following three unsuccessful...
Vadeni to adds French fizz to the Eclipse
Mike Deasy looks at the 11 runners still in the Coral-Eclipse with Sandown’s Group 1 contest boosted by the late addition of French Derby winner Vadeni – prices from Paddy Power French Derby winner...
How bad does it have to get?
Mike Deasy on the inadequacies of racing’s leadership and direction, sponsor worries for the Derby, The Sunday Times hits the depths with Michael Owen piece, and more Well, that didn’t last long. Just days...
Royal Ascot 2022 in pictures with words from the Secret Racegoer
In what was a sun-drenched Royal Ascot, we capture the scenes around the racecourse with the Secret Racegoer providing the commentary And so it begins, from the tranquillity of the Owners and Trainers lounge...
Desert Crown makes it six of the best
Gary McKenzie salutes Sir Michael Stoute and laments on what might have been in the Derby Sir Michael Stoute has been one of the most successful trainers of the last forty years but...
Royal Ascot: when things had to be done differently
With Royal Ascot 2022 the first to play out to capacity crowds after the event was staged behind closed doors in 2020 and limited crowds last year, we look back at when other Royal...
Royal Ascot – race conditions, histories, daily programme and TV schedule
In olden times (pre-2020), 30 races were run over the five days of Royal Ascot, from 5f to 2m6f, spearheaded by eight Group 1s – for Royal Ascot 2022, The Racing Hub looks at...
Some good ideas for racing, and some not so good
Mike Deasy on a racing strategy that could be doomed from the start, why fireworks are not a good idea at the races, getting grumpy at the races and more With not a hint...
Lester Piggott 1935-2022: Fact File
Lester Kieth Piggott: a first winner aged 12, a record nine Derby winners and an unnparalleled haul of international big race winners – here’s our Fact File on a stupendous career Born Wantage...
Lester Piggott 1935-2022: a racing hero
In May 2020, The Racing Hub ran a Racing Heroes series, Mike Deasy chose Lester Piggott Mike Deasy adds Lester Piggott to the line-up in our Racing Heroes series Is it incongruous to have...
Will racing go back behind closed-doors?
Mike Deasy on low crowd numbers and what racecourses might do, culling the race programme, retraining racehorses, Windsor’s u-turn, and more It shouldn’t come as too much a surprise that racecourse attendances are in...