News Craven Meeting Review 18/04/25 April 18, 2025 / April 18, 2025 by Major Dickie The Craven Meeting from Newmarket saw three days of action with some fine performances and the Guineas Trials didn’t disappoint. Day one saw the Group 3 Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes a trial for the 1000 Guineas over seven furlongs. Verse of Love was sent off favourite here for the Godolphin operation at 15/8 but […] Read more »
News The Majors Weekend Review 13/04/25 April 13, 2025 / April 13, 2025 by Major Dickie Flat racing on the turf is back and the first Classic Trials in the UK took place over the weekend. How ever let’s recap on the Scottish Grand National Meeting first. The Scottish Grand National had twenty-three runners but only eight finishers. Unfortunately, two horses paid the ultimate price namely MacDermott and The Kniphand. RIP […] Read more »
News The Majors Aintree Review April 6, 2025 / April 6, 2025 by Major Dickie Day one from Aintree saw four Grade 1 races and the other supporting races were good too. The Manifesto Novices Chase got things underway and the betting suggested there were only two runners that could win. Jango Baie was sent off favourite at 6/4. The eventual winner Impaire Et Pass led before the last fence […] Read more »
News The Major’s Weekly Roundup 30/03/25 April 1, 2025 by Major Dickie Hollie Doyle rode her 1000th UK winner Handle With Care trained by Marco Botti in the opening race from Lingfield. A nice way to start the week. Newmarket trainer Terry Kent had two winners on the card both ridden by Brandon Wilkie. At Wincanton Michael Nolan rode the last two winners, one for his boss’ […] Read more »
News The Major’s Weekly Roundup 23/03/25 March 24, 2025 / March 24, 2025 by Major Dickie Monday and St Patricks Day has arrived. Two jump’s cards over the water at Wexford and north of the border Down Royal. At the former Gordon Elliott and Paul Flynn trained two winners each. At Down Royal Elliot also managed to have four winners all ridden by Danny Gilligan. In the UK Gary and Josh […] Read more »
News The Major’s Weekly Roundup 09/03/25 March 10, 2025 by Major Dickie David Pipes good winner at Ascot has suffered a setback and will miss the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival. More festival news broke when Brighterdaysahead was confirmed to run in the Champion Hurdle. On the track it was as expected a low-key start to the week. At Newcastle Tiptoptim won the bumper by eleven […] Read more »
News The Major’s Weekly Roundup 02/03/25 March 7, 2025 by Major Dickie Plumpton was abandoned as the course was waterlogged. At Ayr, two fair performances to mention. Firstly, Serious Challenge won the novice hurdle after making the long trip up from Fergal O’Brien’s base near Cheltenham. Johnny Burke did the steering and won by nine lengths from the big odds-on favourite from Ireland Bowensonfire. Blofeld on debut, […] Read more »
News The Major’s Weekly Roundup 23/02/25 February 24, 2025 / February 24, 2025 by Major Dickie We learned on Monday Ken Cunningham Brown died aged 93. He trained for over forty years on the flat and over jumps. RIP Also we heard Pat Murphy had announced his retirement at the age of 67 from the training ranks. Carlisle staged an eight race card which attracted plenty of runners. The first two […] Read more »
News The Major’s Weekly Roundup 16/02/25 February 17, 2025 / February 17, 2025 by Major Dickie The week started at Catterick where Phil Kirby had two winners, namely Asa and Achnamara. The concluding bumper won by the Donald McCain trained Count Of Vendome looked a smart type under Brian Hughes. The re-arranged Sussex National from January saw a great finish after three and a half miles. Last year’s victor, Dom Of […] Read more »
News The Major’s Weekly Roundup 09/02/25 February 9, 2025 / February 9, 2025 by Major Dickie Monday’s biggest story was a statement from Gordon Elliot saying one of his stable stars Gerri Colombe has been ruled out for the season. He disappointed on his seasonal debut back in November at Down Royal behind Envoi Allen. Elliot said he hoped the horse would be back in the Autumn. Lets hope so! Newmarket […] Read more »