ASCOT 2.00 - Sprint Stakes - 6 furlongs - Class 1 - 20 run - Good to Soft. I looked at every horse in the race and ended up with a short list of 6 and left many dangers on the floor of my office. Of that short list, Brando drawn in Stall 13 who was runner up in this at 80/1 last year is again a danger based purely on Course and Autumn for...

HAYDOCK 2.20 - Handicap - Class 3 - 6 Furlongs - Soft - 17 run A few in here have obvious chances and there is the sub-plot of the Buick/Murphy Jockey title race that looks a genuine hum-dinger. Buick rides Chairmanoftheboard for Channon and on it's own merits the horse has an outstanding chance, the title race hype though will see anythi...

Wincanton 4.05 Handicap - Class 5 - Good to Firm - 3 miles 1 furlong - 11 run At the top of the market and at pretty short prices for any Class 5 race over this sort of trip both O'Faolains Lad who impressed under Rules for the first time when winning last time at Newton Abbott and Jony Max who is a 3 mile P2P winner trying this kind of t...

Bath 4.15 - Listed - Class 1 - 1 mile 6 furlongs - 14 run - Good to Firm This is not a Handicap but a Stakes race where all 3 year olds carry 8 stones 11 pounds and all 4 year olds and over carry 9 stones 4 pounds. There is an amazing scenario that the first 6 home in an handicap at Goodwood who all finished within 2 lengths reoppose but ...

Leicester 4.25 - Handicap - Class 5 - 1 mile 2 furlongs - 17 run - Soft A big field in Soft Going with some Good patches that will no doubt be tacky and a true test of stamina. There are a couple of unexposed types in here relatively lightly raced who could still have scope and it may be worth your while tracking Reverential and Tele Red ...

The Champions Day Card at Ascot has often been blighted by unseasonably wet weather and heavy or very soft Going which has affected the spectacle and indeed in the eyes of many the point of the exercise to find "the champion" at various distances and Class of race. The Going today is perfect, just on the soft side of Good, with a dry and quiet...

A frustrating week continued when Legend of Zorro was probably hampered more than any other of the front 5 at the 2nd last yesterday, it wouldn't have won I don;t think but may have picked up a place and a report that it had lost a shoe during the race would have hampered chances too. The preferred Meeting today is at Haydock with one very dec...

Good MorningIt was hard to equate the result of yesterday's tip race with the massive amount of collateral form on offer and whilst Roseabad clearly had something go amiss close home, the overall result would leave many a form analyst scratching their heads. Autumn Flat form is always difficult to assess, clearly we have more joy on softer rat...

There isn't much for Sean to chew over at Punchestown today and not much to enthuse over elsewhere, but the biggest race on the Calendar at Bath, a Listed Class 1 race at 4.15 over 14 furlongs has thrown up a pretty unusual twist.

We'll have a look at one well handicapped horse at Punchestown from Sean and an analysis of a 17 runner handicap at Leicester on the Flat. The NH Cards at Hereford and Huntingdon have sadly not delivered many Entries to offer much in the way of competitive Racing.