Author: Paul Davidson

Ronald Harris sprung with a 33/1 winner in Just Glamorous to claim this 12 months ago, and he runs two horses with Under The Covers arguably the more interesting of his pair. She warranted strong consideration at odds of 16/1 having put in two back-to-back career bests and may be…

The bet365 Cambridgeshire is a difficult puzzle to solve with 35 runners lining-up. There aren’t a huge amount of significant trends in this race, but it’s generally advantageous to have a horse that stays a 1m 2f and with no obvious draw bias on the straight track, it seems wise…

The Ayr Gold Cup has only seen two favourites win since the 80’s and you have to think Fozzy Stack’s raider Son Of Rest can go close because he is now officially 10lbs well-in for his second place finish in a Group 1 at the Curragh last weekend. He has…

The precursor to the Irish Champion Stakes is the Group 2 Clipper Logistics Boomerang Stakes and it looks pretty competitive with Dermot Weld’s Making Light the current 3/1 favourite. She put in a career best performance to take a Listed race on her previous outing at Cork and has scope for improvement.…

There are several promising looking three-year-old fillies in the 15:20 at Ascot, and plenty of support for Sheikha Reika at the top of the market. The Roger Varian filly has certainly got some ability having finished in the first two on all five of her starts being turned over at odds-on on…

The jolly is Team Decision and he is on a four-timer here having been raised another 6lbs for his latest victory. He hasn’t necessarily looked like he has had bundles in-hand on official ratings, on either of his last two starts, and a wide-draw seals his fate as a horse to take on…

Stratum has been punted off the boards for the Ebor Handicap ever since he hosed up in the JLT Cup at Newbury last month. He looks like the type that could go in again off just an 8lbs higher mark, but there is no juice left in his price at…

There is a slight sense of deja vu in this year’s Stewards’ Cup with the same connections as 2016 winner Dancing Star entering the progressive filly, Foxtrot Lady. She has a very similar profile to her half-sister, albeit has arguably achieved more at the same stage of her career. Her credentials are…

There is plenty of hype surrounding Roger Varian’s new German recruit in Narella. She did look hugely impressive when winning a Group 3 in Baden-Baden last season before bombing out in the Prix Marcel Boussac when last seen. Narella could be much better than this level, but has a few…

The Wokingham is possibly my favourite race of the season and this year the market looks slightly peculiar with the heavily-fancied Dreamfield as short as 11/4 in certain places. He may well be group-level, but the Wokingham requires some luck as well as ability to win it and with 28…