Posts By: Simon Double

  • TERMERAIRE HAS FIGHTING CHANCE TO FOLLOW UP

    FIGHTING TEMERAIRE has a good chance of making it back-to-back wins when lining up for the 11-runner 7f handicap due off at 8.55pm at Newmarket this evening. He won due to a great ride from Martin Dwyer nearly four weeks ago at Lingfield and despite going up 9lbs in the weights, he’s fancied to follow… Read more »

  • FANCY FLYER LACKS FORM BUT BACKED!

    FANCY FLYER, has little form in the book but has shown some ability, has slipped down the handicap a few pounds and has been supported for the last race at Epsom tonight. The 3yo son of Archipenko is one of 11 runners in the 0-65 7f handicap, due off at 8.45pm.  He’s running off a mark of… Read more »

  • YIMOU INTERESTING ON FAST GROUND

    YIMOU, the very well bred son of Kodiac is one of eight runners today in the lucky last (8.50pm) at Newbury, a 6f handicap and it will be interesting to see how he fares on fast ground for the first time. Only lightly raced, he has shown ability but the handicapper has been slow to… Read more »

  • CLASSIC CHARM MAKES DEBUT FOR SOLARIO RACING

    CLASSIC CHARM makes her debut for Solario Racing (Tring) at Kempton tonight in the 5.45 and she is expected to run well. The 4yo daughter of Rip Van Winkle won last time out at Nottingham in the soft but she has form on the all-weather at Chelmsford and should cope with Kempton.  She is nicely… Read more »

  • CLASSIC STAR BACKED AT SANDOWN

    CLASSIC STAR has been well supported into 3/1 favourite for the 4.35 at Sandown, a mile handicap. The son of Sea The Moon is lightly raced, the 3yo only having seen the racecourse on three occasions.  He ran well at Leicester last time out when fourth on soft going over 7f.  He has scope for improvement and with Sophie… Read more »

  • FAST GROUND A QUANDARY FOR BADENSCOTH

    BADENSCOTH, the most progressive horse in the yard this season, with four wins out of his last five, needs to cope with fast ground at Sandown today (4pm) if he’s to make it five out of six. The going was soft when he won over course and distance (1m2f) last time out and today the… Read more »

  • IN FORM TANGRAMM A BIG DRIFTER

    TANGRAMM, a winner last time out and a 50/1 second the time before, is drifting like the proverbial barge in the 5pm at Newmarket, a 10 furlong handicap. The drying ground could be a contributory factor to his weakness in the market but this is only his fifth race on grass and he is extremely… Read more »

  • SPRING BOUNCES BACK AT 25/1!

    SPRING ROMANCE, bounced right back to form yesterday at Nottingham with a battling 25/1 success by a neck, although he had to survive a lengthy Stewards Enquiry. Solario Racing’s flagship bearer last year with four wins from seven races, ran well on his reappearance at Lingfield when fourth before disappointing in two subsequent runs at Chelmsford and… Read more »

  • DANCINGINTHEWOODS HAS FORM TO GO CLOSE AT DONNY

    DANCINGINTHEWOODS, owned by Solario Racing (Ashridge) has the form in the book to run a big race at Doncaster this afternoon in a 7f novice, due off at 3.20pm. The third and sixth horses in the Newmarket novice he won, have won since while Pinatubo who won the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom, in which “Woody”… Read more »

  • GOOD TO SOFT GROUND AN UNKNOWN FOR ROMANCE

    SPRING ROMANCE  has his first run in eight weeks when one of 12 runners in the 2.35 at Nottingham, a 0-80 handicap for 3yos and upwards and the ground conditions he faces today, Good to Soft, are an unknown quantity. The horse has taken time to come to himself after a disappointing run at Salisbury… Read more »