18 December 2005 Brough Scott on why a bright, young, sensible girl can herald a refreshing wind of change in the weighing rooms Hayley Turner… Read More »TURNER TURNING HEADS

11 December 2005 The Robin Cook Memorial Gold Cup is won by 16-1 shot Sir OJ after drama at the third-last fence Robin Cook was… Read More »CARBERRY CONJURES UP LATE FLOURISH ON IRISH OUTSIDER

4 December 2005 If courage has been hailed as “grace under pressure,” class is showing speed in the mud. That is what Kauto Star pulled… Read More »CONDITIONS FAIL TO SPOIL KAUTO’S STARRING ROLE

27 November 2005 Three Saturdays, three stars: Our Vic at Cheltenham, Kingscliff at Haydock and now Trabolgan with a top-weight triumph in the Hennessy Cognac… Read More »TRABOLGAN MAKES LIGHT OF WEIGHTY PROBLEM

20 November 2005 Don’t ever say they only follow ball games in Lancashire. Ten miles from where Wigan were putting Arsenal to the test in… Read More »KINGSCLIFF STAKES HIS CLAIM FOR CROWN

13 November 2005 Martin Pipe is a thief. For years he has openly and unashamedly stolen other people’s ideas and branded them into the genius… Read More »PIPE’S RIVALS ONCE AGAIN LEFT POWERLESS

6 November 2005 It was the morning after. At Tom Taaffe’s stables over in Ireland, there was a sad shake of the head about Best… Read More »TAAFFE BACKS KING TO KICK BACK ON GREATNESS

30 October 2005 The British raider’s attempt to notch back-to-back Breeders’ Cup victories is thwarted on a day when Shirocco flies the flag for Europe… Read More »NO MAGIC ENDING FOR THE GAME OUIJA BOARD

23 October 2005 Each October we try the same trick. We peer into the Doncaster gloom and try to believe that one of the two-year-olds… Read More »A THRILLING EPISODE FOR RYAN