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There is opportunity… A mantra drummed into me by a great financier friend… We certainly sit in disruptive times. A fragile ceasefire that could tip one way or the other. The IMF [...]

Bright blue skies and a low red sun. Driving in. Light and bright is a million times better than those bleak black midwinter mornings before dawn has even thought of creeping over the [...]

Will out… Max. And Mc…. I Am Maximus and Rory McIlroy. Two superb winners of iconic events over the weekend… The Grand National winner etching his name beside the great winners. [...]

“Not what it was like in my day…..” Times change. Opinions too. So be it… But it’s not hard to see why the great race is no longer the jumping test of the [...]

Aintree and Augusta… Day One at both “green and pleasant” venues providing the highest drama… I guess that I’m unlikely to get an invitation to head up Magnolia [...]

To rush through…. Hoops too… That time of year. Busy is good etc etc… An early start to Kempton. To gallop a couple. Charlie Bishop joining us… Early starts are part and [...]

Australian racing rabbit hole alert… We have not had one for a while. Loading for Race 6 at Grafton. Jukebox In Siberia the favourite. Wondering how on earth they came up with that name. I [...]

Down the hours… Tuesday morning. Dammam to Cairo to Stansted. Is the plan. For Nesthorn, Max Mayhem, Desert Cop and Gordon Grey… Their stay in the Kingdom extended by a month. [...]

Overnight… And not because they were falling out of nightclubs and bars at closing time… The siren alarm that comes raging through my telephone through the night is in no way [...]

Racing in a war zone… But great to be here to look into the eyes of those who have ensured the welfare of our horses through these troubling times. I can see the strain and the tiredness, [...]