Monthly Archives: February 2022

It's getting to the stage with Trouble Shooter that maybe he is coming to the end of the line. He needs further than the trip he tried on the all-weather at Kempton the other day, but had run reasonably well under a boy having his first ever ride when falling late on around here before…

Feel The Pinch has been gradually running into form but also slipping down the ratings since returning from a near two-year absence. He could make the frame in a tight handicap.

I couldn't entirely trust Freethinker but he certainly ran his best race yet when second at Lingfield in November. The form has worked out well but it is still odd and indeed unfair that in the new ratings today he has been raised 3lb on that rather ancient collateral form. At least it means he's…

We have had to take our time with this horse who will no doubt improve with age. It is good to get Star Flyer on the track for the first time today and it will be interesting to see what he can do.

Zestful Hope is a big baby who unluckily fell on the home turn in his bumper but showed promise when third at Catterick. He will need to do more to figure today but he is a promising type with improvement to come.