Daily Stable Comments, Gallop reports and first-hand Information. Horses in training. Newmarket Based.
TRICKY TEL (4/1) bolts up at Chester for the Hugo Palmer yard....all roads lead to Royal Ascot next week for him now!
BOSH...we are flying!
WOW....Group horse in a handicap and not an exaggeration!
EXTREMELY ZAIN (2/1) bolts up on his handicap debut and looks set to go on to much bigger and better things!
Impressive!
13/06/2026
Big spend. Small returns?
Amo Racing have certainly not been shy in the sales ring.
Poker is the obvious example. Bought for 4.3 million guineas and billed as the most expensive yearling c**t ever sold at public auction in Europe, he has so far looked a long way from justifying that sort of price tag on the track.
Then there is Partying, the 4.4 million guineas Frankel filly, plus her full-brother who was snapped up for another 3.6 million guineas. Add in the wider spending, the Freemason Lodge move, the big ambitions and the purple silks everywhere, and expectations were always going to be sky high.
But that is the problem. When you spend like a superpower, the results have to follow.
There is still time for some of these expensive purchases to come good, and racing can make fools of everyone very quickly. But at the moment, the gap between the money spent and the results delivered is hard to ignore.
Big reputation. Big outlay. Big questions.
12/06/2026
ANTIPODES (4/1) brings us up to 2/3 on the day...just a neck away from the full-house!
No better time than now to get involved if you're yet to do so. Royal Ascot here we come!
Here's what members were told:
"Antipodes looks a progressive type who can take another step forward following his winning reappearence at Windsor. Roger Varian’s lightly raced gelding made an excellent impression on handicap debut there, travelling like a well-treated horse and showing a good attitude when it mattered. The handicapper has put him up 6lbs for that success, but there is every chance that still underestimates him. His form going back to last season has continued to work out well, and the Windsor performance suggested he has strengthened up and improved over the winter. The step up in trip looks another positive and York’s long home straight should give him plenty of time to get rolling through the gears. He looks capable of defying the rise in the weights and winning again".
MORBEH (3/1) is well backed and gets our Friday off to a flying start!
Here's what members were told:
"Morbeh looks a progressive three-year-old with plenty still in his favour despite a 6lb rise. He won cosily at Windsor last time, travelling strongly from mid-to-rear and sweeping past his rivals with real authority, and the form has worked out well since. The runner-up and 3rd have both won subsequently, with the 3rd now rated 6lbs higher, while the fifth also went close at Lingfield next time. That makes the rise look fair, and although he is up in grade, he gives the impression there's more to come. He is beautifully bred too, being by Dubawi out of the Sea The Stars mare Raabihah, and although the drop back slightly in trip may not be ideal, he has a decent draw in stall 4 at Chester and I suspect we'll see a positive ride from Cieren Fallon. Soft ground would be a concern given his previous effort on it, but good to soft, which was the going report as of this morning, should be fine given he ran well under similar conditions at Doncaster on his seasonal return. With Roger Varian’s yard in good form and Morbeh arriving on the back of a win that looks better with hindsight, he should take plenty of stopping if handling conditions".
No guess-ups here. Proper, well researched analysis combined with first-hand information!
One rule for one… but not for another?
The starting stalls controversy has taken another twist.
After Benvenuto Cellini was declared a non-runner in the Derby, despite completing the race, the BHA said he had been denied a fair start because his hind leg was caught on the stall shelf when the gates opened.
But then came Wrist Art at Yarmouth on Thursday.
He reared in the stalls before the gates opened, unseated Christian Howarth, got a leg caught over the side of the stalls and took no part in the race.
Yet Wrist Art WAS declared a runner. That is where the frustration comes in.
If Benvenuto Cellini was denied a fair start, how was Wrist Art not?
James Owen called the decision “totally unfair” and questioned the consistency of the rule. It is hard to argue with that.
This is not just about one horse, one race or one set of bets. It is about punters knowing where they stand.
Because right now, the line between runner and non-runner looks anything but clear.
STORM POINT (4/1) bolts up for members at Newbury as expected.
Building the pot up nicely for Royal Ascot next week!
Here's what members were told:
"Storm Point looks well worth another chance having got no luck at Lingfield last time. He was sent off joint-favourite, but the track never really looked ideal, and he was denied a clear passage at a crucial stage before finishing with running left. It is a run that can be safely ignored, and he would surely would have been 2nd at worst. His previous success at Kempton is also now looking like strong form. Returning from a 114-day break and having been gelded, he improved to get off the mark in good style that day, and that form has already been boosted by the 2nd and 3rd, Lion Of Mali and Pints In Peace. A 4lb rise for that looked fair, and the fact he remains on the same mark after Lingfield gives him a strong chance to prove himself better than a rating of 73, particularly considering the winner of that contest has gone very close since whilst the 2nd and 7th have also come out and won. This will be just his sixth career start, so he remains unexposed, and the switch to turf could well bring about further improvement. Today's setup looks much more suitable than Lingfield - a more galloping track should play to his strengths, the step up in trip is a positive, and the slower ground shouldn't be an issue for this son of Blue Point".
11/06/2026
Royal Ascot's just around the corner and I have the banker of the entire meeting running on Tuesday.
There's no better time than now to get involved.
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10/06/2026
Condotti — 12/1 each-way 3rd. Our only tip on the day.
A perfect example of why big-priced runners do not always need to win to make the advice pay.
At 12/1, hitting the frame each-way can return the same sort of profit as a much shorter-priced winner, which is exactly why value matters.
Too many punters are obsessed with finding short-priced favourites. But the real edge often comes from identifying horses at bigger prices who have a genuine chance of running into the places (and of course winning)
Not every good selection has to win. Sometimes the value is in getting the right horse, at the right price, to hit the frame.
10/06/2026
One of the biggest traps in racing is following a horse off a cliff.
Everyone has done it at some point.
You back one because it looks well handicapped. It runs well enough to keep you interested. Then it gets beat again. And again. And again.
By that point, the danger is you’re no longer backing the horse because it is the right play today — you’re backing it because you feel like you’re “owed” the winner.
That is where discipline matters.
Captain Robert was a good example today. We’ve been with him a few times over the last year and he finally got his head in front. Great when it happens, but it also shows the fine line.
There is a huge difference between:
• keeping a horse in the tracker for the right conditions
• waiting for the right race, mark, conditions etc
• backing it only when the case is still strong
And simply chasing it every time it runs because you don’t want to miss the day it finally wins.
That is how you burn money.
Good racing advice is not about blind loyalty to a horse. It is about judgement, patience and knowing when the price, conditions and information line up.
Sometimes the right thing is to go back in.
Sometimes the right thing is to leave it alone.
The art is knowing the difference.