Posts By: Simon Double

  • CHARMING KID SHOULD GO CLOSE AT CHELMSFORD

    CHARMING KID has been well supported at Chelmsford this evening in the 5f handicap due off at 5pm and the forecast favourite has a good chance of backing up his last time out win. Adam Kirby is again in the saddle and the 9/4 shot which is drawn two, shouldn’t be far away. Dean has two… Read more »

  • WELL HANDICAPPED SPEAR CONTINUES TO FRUSTRATE

    THAT FLAMING SPEAR is well handicapped is not open to doubt but he continues to frustrate with some lack-lustre performances and one wonders whether it will be any different tonight at Kempton in the 7.30, a 0-80 7f handicap. He doesn’t look in love with the game and although running off a mark of 76… Read more »

  • SHARP DISTINCTION DEBUTS WITH THE BIG BOYS!

    SHARP DISTINCTION, the Solario Racing 2yo by Tamayuz, who cost 22,000 guineas as a yearling,makes his debut today at Kempton in a 7f maiden and he’s really pitched in against the big battalions! Nine of the 14 have run before including Godolphin’s Night Of Luxury who was second on his debut and the Gosdens’ Blueberry… Read more »

  • ROBERT WINSTON IS BACK AND RIDES SHARP DISTINCTION

    ROBERT WINSTON, who retired from race riding just over two years ago, has returned to the saddle, having been granted his jockey’s licence last week by the BHA and has been booked to ride Sharp Distinction for Solario Racing this coming Tuesday at Kempton Park. Out of the game since September 2019, Robert, 41, felt he had… Read more »

  • NEZAR THE PICK OF STABLE TRIO

    DEAN sends out three runners today, Stake Acclaim at Nottingham (4.30pm) and both Badenscoth and Nezar at Kempton (6.30pm and 8pm respectively) and the last of the trio could be the pick. He is one of 14 runners in a 7f handicap and although he has never won at Kempton, he has been second on… Read more »

  • THOMAS EQUINAS GUARANTEED PRIZE MONEY!

    THOMAS EQUINAS makes his racecourse debut today at Newmarket in a 7f maiden (1.15pm) and as there are only four runners, he is guaranteed to be in the money! This Mayson half-brother to stablemates, Fighting Temeraire and Hot Chesnut, was bred by Michael Yarrow and is jointly owned by him and his wife. He has… Read more »

  • STABLE OPEN DAY A RESOUNDING SUCCESS!

    DEAN IVORY and Solario Racing joined forces to co-host an Open Day yesterday as part of National Racehorse Week and it was a big hit with those who attended. A dry and warm morning greeted guests who turned up from 9.30am onwards, so the good weather allowed us to go ahead with a packed programme of events as… Read more »

  • WOODY AND YIMOU RENEW RIVALRY

    DANCINGINTHEWOODS and Yimou lock horns again today at Yarmouth in a tight 0-95 handicap over 6f. The Solario Racing runner is 3lbs better off for a nose defeat when the son of Kodiac pipped him on the line for second place two runs ago at Newmarket. Today, again there should not be much between them… Read more »

  • MOONLIT CLOUD DROPS IN TRIP FOR HANDICAP DEBUT

    MOONLIT CLOUD makes her handicap debut today at Chelmsford (3.20pm) and drops back to 7f. The 3yo daughter of Sea The Moon is having her fifth run, has dropped four pounds since her last outing and is well drawn, one of nine. She is weak in the market out to 20/1 but the Joey Haynes’ ridden… Read more »

  • DEAN IVORY OPEN DAY FOR NATIONAL RACEHORSE WEEK

    THE first ever National Racehorse Week takes place from Sunday 12th – Sunday 19th September when stables up and down the country are opening their doors to the general public to champion the racehorse and Dean Ivory’s Harper Lodge Farm is hosting a fabulous open morning on Saturday 18th September. The concept of National Racehorse Week was initially the brainchild of… Read more »