28 December 2008 The first joker came from France, was the biggest horse anyone had ever seen and, at 66-1, was just the sort of… Read More »ORIGINAL IS A FESTIVE NOVELTY AT 66-1

21 December 2008 There is no better moment in sport when young talent breaks through and claims glory as its own. At Ascot, Binocular and… Read More »SKELTON FINDS HIS NICHE IN JUMPING GAME

7 December 2008 Tony McCoy has broken all the records in the game, but his eyes as well as that gaunt white face, still bear… Read More »HUNGRY AS EVER, MCCOY GIVES A MASTER CLASS

30 November 2008 For horse as well as for man, the big days are the character test. In the Hennessy Gold Cup, Madison Du Berlais… Read More »SCUDAMORE AND PIPE DO IT AGAIN

23 November 2008 For  Sam Thomas, last year’s Kauto Star dream became this November’s nightmare. At the final fence in last November’s Betfair Chase at… Read More »STAR BROUGHT DOWN TO EARTH

16 November 2008 Full fitness with a big chaser first time out is a special trick. No one does it better than Nigel Twiston-Davies. No… Read More »COMMANDER TURNS ON POWER TO LIGHT UP TWISTON-DAVIES DAY

9 November 2008 There’s never any time like the first time. Considering that 19-year-old Sam Allwood is already 6ft 2in he is unlikely to remain… Read More »ALLWOOD WALKS TALL AFTER FIRST TASTE

2 November 2008 Delight was a horse with a new white noseband springheeling it round the green fields of Co Down. Kauto Star was quite… Read More »KAUTO IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER

26 October 2008 It was a look to light up the season. Jamie Spencer looked back at super-impressive Racing Post Trophy winner Crowded House in… Read More »CROWDED HOUSE

19 October 2008  Lawrence Dallaglio sympathises with the horses. It’s not that he thinks his fellow Anglo-Italian, Frankie Dettori, cruel, but he appreciates the workload… Read More »DETTORI PREPARES FOR TOUCHDOWN