Posts By: Simon Double

  • BLAZE OF HEARTS CHANCE IN TIGHT HANDICAP

    BLAZE OF HEARTS is one of two stable runners today, both at Windsor and with first-time cheek-pieces applied, he may resume winning ways in the 1m2f handicap at 5.40pm. He ran well at the track a week ago and off the same mark can go close in a tricky seven-runner affair win which they go… Read more »

  • VENA D’AMORE TAKES CHANCE IN SUPER SPRINT

    VENA D’AMORE takes her chance in today’s Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury today (3.35pm). The valuable sales race, worth a total of £250,000 has prize money down to 10th place, so despite being 100/1 the lightly-raced Vena D’Amore will go to post despite the ground being probably firmer than ideal. The 2yo bay filly owned… Read more »

  • DON’T LOOK DOWN PLEASES ON DEBUT

    DON’T LOOK DOWN, owned by the Solario Racing (Tring) syndicate ran a race full of promise on his debut last night when fourth at Wolverhampton. One of 13 runners in a novice median auction for three and four-year-olds, the grey went into the race with a few things not in his favour, notably trip, course and draw. A… Read more »

  • SPRING ROMANCE HAS ANOTHER ZEBEDEE TO FEAR!

    SPRING ROMANCE, winner of four of his six starts this year and up 30lbs in the handicap, runs at Wolverhampton tomorrow in a five-runner six furlong handicap and he could have his work cut to beat another Zebedee progeny, the market leader, Super Florence. The Iain Jardine-trained filly thrashed her rivals by seven lengths at… Read more »

  • LOTHARIO STAYING AT A MILE

      LOTHARIO and WOTADOLL are the two stable runners today at Chelmsford (2.50pm) and bath (3.10pm) and the former, who has shown ability at two Windsor runs over 1m2f and a mile, is again over a mile today in a novice event at the Essex track. He has bags of speed and may prove better… Read more »

  • DON’T LOOK DOWN MAKES DEBUT AT WOLVES

    DON’T LOOK DOWN makes his debut today for Solario Racing (Tring) in the lucky last at Wolverhampton, a 13-runner 1m 1 1/2furlong novice median auction stakes. He has been working nicely at home and is starting off in a rather moderate race.  However, he is drawn wide in 11, is taking runners, most of whom have… Read more »

  • ALL-WEATHER KEEPING SHOW ON THE ROAD

    THE current heatwave shows no signs of abating meaning there is still Good To Firm and Firm ground throughout the country.  Dean is reluctant to run many on such fast going so thank goodness for all-weather racing and today, he sends four to Kempton. Nezar starts the Harper Lodge Farm ball rolling in the 5.20, an… Read more »

  • VARSOVIAN ON HAT-TRICK TRAIL

    VARSOVIAN, winner of his last two, goes in search of the hat-trick today at Wolverhampton in the 6f claimer, due off at 1.45pm. A nine-times winner on the all-weather, he broke his duck in emphatic fashion at Windsor last week and today seeks a first win at Dunstall Park. He is well in at the weights with… Read more »

  • VARSOVIAN WINS ON RONNIE SCOTT’S WINDSOR NIGHT

    SOLARIO RACING hosted an evening at Windsor races last night on the course’s annual Ronnie Scott’s evening and 50 guests had a fabulous evening, capped by many back Dean Ivory’s Varsovian, easy winner of the six furlong seller. An executive coach left Berkhamsted at 3.30 for Windsor on another scorching afternoon and there was a… Read more »

  • WOTADOLL HAS ODDS ON FAVOURITE TO BEAT

    WOTADOLL is one of just four runner in the 5pm at Brighton today, a 5 1/2f handicap and it looks as thought the stable runner has the odds-on favourite, Jack Taylor to beat. The 4yo daughter of Harbour Watch is a course and distance winner but she does have to cope with an absence of… Read more »