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I get the sense that the runners this week prior to the rain and better ground are being turned out because they need a race rather than placed with winning opportunities. That was certainly the case on Monday and the…

At the start of the current season William Haggas described his strategic change of keeping more older horses in training as making him ‘more like a National Hunt trainer’. Six months into the season it is clear that ,as yet,…

No runners on Tuesday after Mondays rather strange entries, which as expected were not betting opportunities. Haggas has entered 30 horses on Saturday and Sunday with the expectation that the forecast rain will produce better ground. Keep an eye open…

Somerville Lodge has three runners on Monday and nothing on Tuesday. The three on Monday present a real problem for punters and bookmakers pricing them up. First up is Encore who has her first run for William Haggas having began…

Due to the possibility of soft ground, there has to be a level of doubt that Maltese Cross will run in the Arc this season. If he does and I do believe it will be his main Autumn target the…

An excellent York for Somerville Lodge and finally a big race Saturday winner thanks to the win of IFRAAD in the Melrose. That was backed up by excellent runs by Lake Forest and Opportunity who looks a very good bet…

Other than Lady Rosalind taking up an engagement in the big Tattersalls sales race at Newmarket– she is a big outsider and is not a betting proposition – this Saturday sees Somerville Lodge concentrating on York. Each week since Royal…

The York Ebor Festival continues and the better ground has seen nearly all the horses on the first two days run very well. Rhapsody landing the each way money finishing 2nd at 9/1 on Thursday. After the good start to…

The brilliant victory of Maltese Cross in the Voltigeur on Day 1 at York has done much to clear away the gloom that has largely hung over Somerville Lodge for much of the summer. There seems little doubt that the…

Hope has returned, maybe dampened and still smoldering. High Degree was allowed to drift to 2.94 on the exchanges -his long overdue second success at least ended the weekend with a payout. The difficulty with backing the William Haggas trained…