calva decoy

Good luck , I'll take you on in the 1.35 with MARVELOUS MICK 11/2 bet365 , P.Nicholls doesn't have a great winning strike rate with his hurdlers here over last 3 years 9 winners from 44 saddled but has a great LSP of +£46.46 & every £ will help towards retaining his trainers title .

Good luck , I'll take you on in the 1.35 with MARVELOUS MICK 11/2 bet365 , P.Nicholls doesn't have a great winning strike rate with his hurdlers here over last 3 years 9 winners from 44 saddled but has a great LSP of +£46.46 & every £ will help towards retaining his trainers title .

Good luck , I'll take you on in the 1.35 with MARVELOUS MICK 11/2 bet365 , P.Nicholls doesn't have a great winning strike rate with his hurdlers here over last 3 years 9 winners from 44 saddled but has a great LSP of +£46.46 & every £ will help towards retaining his trainers title .

3.35 Doncaster: Mr Professor @ 25/1 E/W (Bet365)

7.15 Wolverhampton - ALFRED COVE 17/2 eway bet365 . 2nd , got pipped in last half furlong .
3.35 Doncaster - VETIVER 20/1 eway bet365 ( Thursday price , now 15p rule 4 with Awaal a n/r . 👎 never really featured , probably better over 7f & with the headwind 8f probably felt like 9f today .

7.15 Wolverhampton - ALFRED COVE 17/2 eway bet365 . 2nd , got pipped in last half furlong .
3.35 Doncaster - VETIVER 20/1 eway bet365 ( Thursday price , now 15p rule 4 with Awaal a n/r . 👎 never really featured , probably better over 7f & with the headwind 8f probably felt like 9f today .

7.15 Wolverhampton - ALFRED COVE 17/2 eway bet365 . 2nd , got pipped in last half furlong .
3.35 Doncaster - VETIVER 20/1 eway bet365 ( Thursday price , now 15p rule 4 with Awaal a n/r . 👎 never really featured , probably better over 7f & with the headwind 8f probably felt like 9f today .

7.15 Wolverhampton - ALFRED COVE 17/2 eway bet365 . 2nd , got pipped in last half furlong .
3.35 Doncaster - VETIVER 20/1 eway bet365 ( Thursday price , now 15p rule 4 with Awaal a n/r . 👎 never really featured , probably better over 7f & with the headwind 8f probably felt like 9f today .

7.15 Wolverhampton - ALFRED COVE 17/2 eway bet365 . 2nd , got pipped in last half furlong .
3.35 Doncaster - VETIVER 20/1 eway bet365 ( Thursday price , now 15p rule 4 with Awaal a n/r . 👎 never really featured , probably better over 7f & with the headwind 8f probably felt like 9f today .

7.15 Wolverhampton - ALFRED COVE 17/2 eway bet365 . 2nd , got pipped in last half furlong .
3.35 Doncaster - VETIVER 20/1 eway bet365 ( Thursday price , now 15p rule 4 with Awaal a n/r . 👎 never really featured , probably better over 7f & with the headwind 8f probably felt like 9f today .

Doncaster 1.20 The 2024 turf flat season kicks off with a seven runner renewal of the listed Doncaster Mile. The ground is likely to be pretty sticky here and that may play into the hands of last year’s winner Astral Beau who although having a few pounds to find with a few of these on official ratings has form figures of 3111 on soft or heavy ground and has won first time out for the last two seasons including a 4L victory in this race a year ago. Pam Sly is a more than capable trainer and may have most to fear here from the Roger Varian trained Charyn who kept better company than this last year and is the highest rated of the seven runners. Knight is another who relishes the mud but its the only mare in the race that can beat the boys here under Shane Kelly under her ideal ground conditions.   ASTRAL BEAU 1 point win @ 5/1 bet365   Bangor 1.30 A rare visit for the ITV cameras to Bangor-On-Dee for this class 2 2M 3 1/2F handicap hurdle which has attracted eight runners. It may chiefly concern Dan Skelton’s veteran West To The Bridge who’s fallen down to a winning mark, Olly Murphy’s hat trick seeking Pickanumber and last year’s winner Jungle Jack. Preference is for Skelton's West To The Bridge who has the assistance of Tristan Durrell here with main stable jockey Harry Skelton required at Newbury.   WEST TO THE BRIDGE  1 point each way  @ 5/1 bet365   Doncaster 1.50 The first two year old turf race of the season is the historic Brocklesby Stakes run over the minimum trip of 5F and has attracted a field of fifteen this year. Obviously the market will tell us the ones that are expected to run well but I can pass on a good mark for the Amo Racing newcomer Mystical Elegance trained in Lambourn by Dominic Ffrench Davis. The owners are already off the mark with the first juvenile race of the Irish flat turf season last Monday and the trainer was on the Nick Luck podcast on Thursday stating that the son of Zoustar will love the prevailing ground and is very forward with a good willing attitude. He was the pick from three entries from the yard and without the benefit of any market clues is worth a speculative interest.   MYSTICAL ELEGANCE 1 point win 5/2 bet365   Newbury 2.10 A field of nine face the judge for this 2M 3F class 3 novices’ handicap hurdle. Phillip Hoobs & Johnson White’s Into The Park and Nigel Twiston-Davies’s Spirits Bay head the weights and the market and come here both chasing hat tricks although both are up in the weights. As a four year old the Dan Skelton trained Kartoon And Co gets a healthy age allowance of 12lb and off of just 10 stone 2lb here, a weight which is jockey Harry Skelton’s bare minimum (he may well have to put up a pound overweight). He ran well at Sandown a fortnight ago when runner up in a handicap hurdle when well backed and with the extra 3F likely to suit looks the pick although I can’t resist a small each way saver on Nicky Henderson’s only runner of the day in handicap debutant Break My Soul, who’s recent second spot at Warwick has been boosted by the winner placing in graded company since and the third winning a handicap. We all know Henderson’s stable has been under a cloud but his only runner since Cheltenham was a winner at Kempton a week ago.   KARTOON AND CO 1 point each way @ 8/1 BetVictor 1/5th 123 BREAK MY SOUL 1/2 point each way @ 16/1 bet365 1/5th 123   Doncaster 2.25 The Lincoln consolation race the Spring Mile Handicap has attracted eighteen runners and is run over the straight mile. Last year’s winner Harswell Duke is back to defend his title with the runner up Titian, third Maysong, seventh Arthur’s Realm and a few others all back as well. Harswell Duke did us a favour that day and can race here off of a 8lb lower mark mainly due to the fact that he lost his form after last year’s win. Although he’s 6lb worse off now I would prefer Julie Camacho’s Titian from last years race to come out best here. The one I want to be with though is the Tony Coyle & Caine Wood trained Thunder Roar with the booking of Jamie Spencer an eye caching one. He obviously adores the mud with form figures on soft or heavy reading 11213 which include a a heavy ground victory of a 7f race here in October. He teed up for this with an eye catching third at Southwell a fortnight ago and even though he has to prove he stays a mile looks the bet as long as stall number 1 is not a negative.   THUNDER ROAR 1 point each way @ 8/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Newbury 2.40 Just the seven have declared for this class 2 2M 4F handicap chase where last year’s winner Heltenham heads the market following another win here at the beginning of the month. He’s up 6lb for that win and 13lb in total from last years win. His best form appears to be on testing ground so drying conditions may not suit and I’ll take him on with Kerry Lee’s bottom weight Eaton Collina. He arrives in top form having won two handicaps at Wetherby in February rising 12lb for those success’s under today’s jockey Richard Patrick. He maybe the value bet against the favourite.   EATON COLLINA 1 point each way @ 5/1 William Hill 1/5th 123   Doncaster 3.00 Seven line up for this 6F listed Cammidge Trophy. Bar the rank outsider Glorious Angel a case can be made for all with Karl Burke’s Marshman (first time tongue tie) and William Haggas’s Montassib jointly the best horses in the field although neither would want a real mud bath. The same could be said about Charlie Hills’s Orazio and with Baradar dropping down from a mile to 6F it maybe worth taking a swing with the only three year old in the field Adaay in Devon trained by Rod Millman who has his dual purpose stable in fine form currently winning with three of his last 8 runners at time of writing. She was a big improver through last summer and autumn winning four times, all on soft ground, before ending the season finishing 1 3/4L runner up in the listed Bosra Sham Stakes at Newmarket on heavy ground won by a well touted Godolphin filly. She gets not only a 5lb fillies allowance but also a hefty 13lb age allowance and could be the value play on ground she likes under Silvestre De Sousa. Back her each way with the firms paying three places in the seven runner field.   ADAAY IN DEVON 1 point each way @ 14/1 William Hill 1/5th 123   Newbury 3.15 A wide open renewal of the EBF mares novices handicap hurdle run over 2M 4 1/2F with seventeen runners going to post. The race has a wide open look about it with many of the mares making their handicap debuts here. An interesting runner is the Dan Skelton trained Lindy Reilly who’s got in here off of a nice low mark following there starts and is worth watching closely. Barbury Castle trainer Alan King took his mare Kay Tara Tara up to Kelso to get qualified for this event 15 days ago on ground that was too soft for her but she ran well in defeat finishing 2 1/4L second to the re-opposing El Elefante and it will be no surprise if on 11lb better terms and on significantly better ground she turned that form around and runs a big race.   KAY TARA TARA 1 point each way @ 12/1 888sport 1/5th 12345   Doncaster 3.35 The first big flat turf handicap of the season is the William Hill Lincoln run over the straight mile of Town Moor with a maximum field of twenty two gong to post. The front two in the market Awaal, who ran second in this last year to Migration and Liberty Lane,a course and distance winner at the St Leger meeting both hold decent claims with preference just for the latter who is trained by the in form Karl Burke and could be well drawn in stall 20 if last year’s renewal has anything to do with it especially now he’s been gelded. Both have been well found in the market mind as has last Monday’s Irish Lincoln winner Chazzesmee who if none the worse for that victory can be in the shake up. The most interesting runner to my eyes however is Lattam who’s joined Julie Camacho’s Yorkshire stable having been bought for a cheap looking 50,000 guineas. A winner first time out the last two seasons he loves soft ground and took the Irish equivalent first time out last season when in the care of William Haggas. Ryan Sexton is a good booking and from a draw in the middle means he can go either side if there appears an advantage earlier in the meeting. A tough call and whilst I wouldn’t put anyone off Liberty Lane it’s Lattam that appeals each way with the firms paying extra places.   LATTAM 1 point each way @ 10/1 bet365 1/5th 123456    

I've just done VETIVER 20/1eway bet365 ( 4 places ) 
It'll only be her 8th start with 3 wins over 7-8.5f on good to soft / soft & heavy , Balding / Probert good combo & she was 3rd in Group 3 fillies & mares over 7f here in September staying on , she's also already won a Listed , has had a 174 day break but won 1st time out last season & was placed on her debut run & i thought 20's was over priced ( probably be 50's now I've taken early price ) 
Slightly worried that @richard-westwoodhas picked Dutch Decoy as I used to have an eyelash in him but gave up on him when Johnston Snr would just run him on all weather but Johnston Jnr is doing a cracking job with him on turf .

I've just done VETIVER 20/1eway bet365 ( 4 places ) 
It'll only be her 8th start with 3 wins over 7-8.5f on good to soft / soft & heavy , Balding / Probert good combo & she was 3rd in Group 3 fillies & mares over 7f here in September staying on , she's also already won a Listed , has had a 174 day break but won 1st time out last season & was placed on her debut run & i thought 20's was over priced ( probably be 50's now I've taken early price ) 
Slightly worried that @richard-westwoodhas picked Dutch Decoy as I used to have an eyelash in him but gave up on him when Johnston Snr would just run him on all weather but Johnston Jnr is doing a cracking job with him on turf .

I've just done VETIVER 20/1eway bet365 ( 4 places ) 
It'll only be her 8th start with 3 wins over 7-8.5f on good to soft / soft & heavy , Balding / Probert good combo & she was 3rd in Group 3 fillies & mares over 7f here in September staying on , she's also already won a Listed , has had a 174 day break but won 1st time out last season & was placed on her debut run & i thought 20's was over priced ( probably be 50's now I've taken early price ) 
Slightly worried that @richard-westwoodhas picked Dutch Decoy as I used to have an eyelash in him but gave up on him when Johnston Snr would just run him on all weather but Johnston Jnr is doing a cracking job with him on turf .

I've just done VETIVER 20/1eway bet365 ( 4 places ) 
It'll only be her 8th start with 3 wins over 7-8.5f on good to soft / soft & heavy , Balding / Probert good combo & she was 3rd in Group 3 fillies & mares over 7f here in September staying on , she's also already won a Listed , has had a 174 day break but won 1st time out last season & was placed on her debut run & i thought 20's was over priced ( probably be 50's now I've taken early price ) 
Slightly worried that @richard-westwoodhas picked Dutch Decoy as I used to have an eyelash in him but gave up on him when Johnston Snr would just run him on all weather but Johnston Jnr is doing a cracking job with him on turf .

I've just done VETIVER 20/1eway bet365 ( 4 places ) 
It'll only be her 8th start with 3 wins over 7-8.5f on good to soft / soft & heavy , Balding / Probert good combo & she was 3rd in Group 3 fillies & mares over 7f here in September staying on , she's also already won a Listed , has had a 174 day break but won 1st time out last season & was placed on her debut run & i thought 20's was over priced ( probably be 50's now I've taken early price ) 
Slightly worried that @richard-westwoodhas picked Dutch Decoy as I used to have an eyelash in him but gave up on him when Johnston Snr would just run him on all weather but Johnston Jnr is doing a cracking job with him on turf .

I've just done VETIVER 20/1eway bet365 ( 4 places ) 
It'll only be her 8th start with 3 wins over 7-8.5f on good to soft / soft & heavy , Balding / Probert good combo & she was 3rd in Group 3 fillies & mares over 7f here in September staying on , she's also already won a Listed , has had a 174 day break but won 1st time out last season & was placed on her debut run & i thought 20's was over priced ( probably be 50's now I've taken early price ) 
Slightly worried that @richard-westwoodhas picked Dutch Decoy as I used to have an eyelash in him but gave up on him when Johnston Snr would just run him on all weather but Johnston Jnr is doing a cracking job with him on turf .

I've just done VETIVER 20/1eway bet365 ( 4 places ) 
It'll only be her 8th start with 3 wins over 7-8.5f on good to soft / soft & heavy , Balding / Probert good combo & she was 3rd in Group 3 fillies & mares over 7f here in September staying on , she's also already won a Listed , has had a 174 day break but won 1st time out last season & was placed on her debut run & i thought 20's was over priced ( probably be 50's now I've taken early price ) 
Slightly worried that @richard-westwoodhas picked Dutch Decoy as I used to have an eyelash in him but gave up on him when Johnston Snr would just run him on all weather but Johnston Jnr is doing a cracking job with him on turf .

Similar to yourself , we used to go racing every month & as well as watching football live but now just 4/5 times a season & 2/3 of those will be free days courtesy of rewards for racing .
I'm quite a frugal person who looks & enjoys value for money but the whole day out at racing taxis , trains , food , drink , entrance fees & the on course prices of everything I feel like the whole experience is like being tipped upside down until every penny falls out of your pockets , on the positive side , I'm so looking forward to Craven Meeting in a few weeks but we don't do weekends racing anymore , more morons there than you get at the football & at the Craven Meeting i doubt they'll be more than 1,000 people in attendance & kudos to Newmarket for still operating the free shuttle bus to the train station , shame on Huntingdon for scrapping theirs .

Similar to yourself , we used to go racing every month & as well as watching football live but now just 4/5 times a season & 2/3 of those will be free days courtesy of rewards for racing .
I'm quite a frugal person who looks & enjoys value for money but the whole day out at racing taxis , trains , food , drink , entrance fees & the on course prices of everything I feel like the whole experience is like being tipped upside down until every penny falls out of your pockets , on the positive side , I'm so looking forward to Craven Meeting in a few weeks but we don't do weekends racing anymore , more morons there than you get at the football & at the Craven Meeting i doubt they'll be more than 1,000 people in attendance & kudos to Newmarket for still operating the free shuttle bus to the train station , shame on Huntingdon for scrapping theirs .

Similar to yourself , we used to go racing every month & as well as watching football live but now just 4/5 times a season & 2/3 of those will be free days courtesy of rewards for racing .
I'm quite a frugal person who looks & enjoys value for money but the whole day out at racing taxis , trains , food , drink , entrance fees & the on course prices of everything I feel like the whole experience is like being tipped upside down until every penny falls out of your pockets , on the positive side , I'm so looking forward to Craven Meeting in a few weeks but we don't do weekends racing anymore , more morons there than you get at the football & at the Craven Meeting i doubt they'll be more than 1,000 people in attendance & kudos to Newmarket for still operating the free shuttle bus to the train station , shame on Huntingdon for scrapping theirs .

Good day for my horse racing tips yesterday - 
9 selections - 8 winners
Acca bet -
Excelero 4/11
Billytherealbigred 4/9
Night Raider 1/3
Daily tips -
Golden Maverick 4/6
Prairie Wolf 6/5
Theformismighty 11/8
Ascending Lark 85/40
Double Powerful 5/4
Nap -
Ayyab 2nd 3/1 (beaten neck  )

Fascinating read from some 'wise owls' so far, who love the sport of Racing 🐎......as 'we' do with both National Hunt and our 1st love of the Flat......
The Cheltenham views, well i would agree with @calva decoy...... it will happen going to 5 days in this new commercial racing industry, so its a 'when' and not an 'if'............we used to go, but the total cost now re travel / tickets / hotels / food / drinks etc have made it prohibitive.....well for us anyway.......hence our 1st love of the Flat.
we are in the triangle of Ascot / Goodwood / Epsom, so makes it very viable for us to go to the meetings!...... also yes as we have our 'friends' ( contact) in Newmarket, so again have a place to stay when going to HQ  meetings which makes it viable. We have noticed the last few years that our 3 racecourses and when we go to Newmarket, that they are all pushing the 'racing experience' big time to attract a wide range of new customers.....young people / families as well as holding on to regular race goers like 'us', who do occasionally enjoy the 'whole experience' of the racing / drinks / meal and meeting friends old and new.......of course the other plus of 'live racing' is can 'get on' on course with some nice bets once have some information and not 'limited' online and withdraw too much in case of getting closed down,  as looks like we going to lose 1 account having taken out 2k recently and are now 'restricted!
 
 
 

Some excellent points @AzertyuiopFan however , due to the ongoing greed in the racing industry & the festival being the premium " premier raceday " for national hunt racing with Royal Ascot the flat equivalent & with a lot of support UK wise mainly from ex jockeys / trainers i wouldn't be surprised to see it growing & becoming a 5 day festival in 4/5 years time rather than returning to a 3 day despite attendances being down this year .

6.30 Southwell - EAGLES REALM 11/2 William Hill , previous CD winner who'll benefit from drop back from 16-14f .