DC’s Best Each Way Bet: Sunday 22 September
It’s an each-way single bet for Sunday’s racing 5.00 Hamilton: Kaizer Only an ordinary level of form on the level in five starts to date, recording an official rating in the mid 50’s ,...
David O’Meara’s yard a good starting point
A favourite race of mine is the Ayr Gold Cup at 3.50 and it would be great to find the winner! David O’Meara’s yard is a good starting point and the one I like...
Curragh erupts for Pinatubo
Not many flat horses get a standing ovation as they hit the furlong pole in a race. Mind you not many two year olds do what Pinatubo did last week in the National Stakes....
Gambling Commission issues another warning to bookmakers
Another week, another shot across the bows of bookmakers from the Gambling Commission. This time it was triggered by Betway who have been offering a free £5 bet if customers posted a review on...
The Secret Racegoer finds everything pretty much champion in Ireland
There was a lot resting on the second day of Irish Champion’s Weekend for the Curragh. They’d had a bad press after the Irish Derby, not unreasonably so, given long queues at inadequate numbers...
Lifting the lid on unscrupuluous bloodstock practices
There has been disquiet for some time surrounding certain practices in the buying and selling of bloodstock. It is something with which the BHA has become concerned as, whilst it does not have the...
Bookmakers failing to act to the highest standard
Fancy a bet on Dakota Gold to win the Ayr Gold Cup? You can if you like. He won the Listed 6f Garrowby Stakes at York, his fourth victory on the spin, quite pleasingly....
Swede little mystery
They say many a true word is spoken in jest, and my last words on the Atalanta Stakes came back to haunt me. Lavender’s Blue won the race and I cannot now get an...
GAA final replay not so champion for racing
There’s nothing the Gaelic Athletic Association likes better than a drawn All-Ireland Final. It means a replay, and another 82,000 returning to Dublin’s Croke Park stumping up more money on admission, programmes and refreshments....
The Secret Racegoer is a little underwhelmed by the National Racing Centre – but lunch was good
The Secret Racegoer so much wanted to enjoy a visit to Palace House, the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art, just off Newmarket Hight Street. Indeed, there was much to enjoy, but...
Ascot could lose over a third of its TV audience if it shuns ITV
Ascot could lose over a third of its TV audience if it shuns free-to-view TV according to a Racing Hub poll on Twitter. The track faces a deadline from ITV on whether or not...