SURELY ITS GOT TO BE PLAN B The met have been forecasting a weather bomb since Wednesday.    

Some are more important than others dickhead……🙈

Spot on…..    

Bertolini did okay down here for Rich Hill. But you pose an interesting question. We've now had enough shuttle stallions down here more of them should have won our premierships. Danehill aside I can't actually think off the top of my head of any other NH sires that have even made top 3 in Aus or NZ. The staying piece is a factor. The shuttler Montjeu had some great Derby winners, but mustering a title challenge off stayers in the sprinter-miler dominated Australasian racing scene is tough.  Would be interesting to get some US sires to shuttle more to see if it's the type that's the problem rather than the shuttling.

This genuinely is a coup. Wow, well done to Windsor Park.  Can't wait to see how he backs into our Turn-To lines. $30k seems a bargain for a horse of his stature, and his pedigree is more suitable for NZ than any other recent acquisition from the UK.  Very exciting.

The weather-delayed Appalachian Stakes (G2T) on April 8 for 3-year-old fillies looks about as competitive as a race can be.View the full article

After seeing her unbeaten streak come to an end in the Honeybee Stakes (G3), last year's Demoiselle Stakes (G2) winner Muhimma will try to return to her winning ways in the rescheduled Ashland Stakes (G1) April 7 at Keeneland.View the full article

An eventful afternoon at Aintree of which much more in my subsequent. However, first we have to get the preview for Saturday done.  Three championship races as the undercard to the big race over the National fences. The Mersey Novices Hurdle over 4000m sees Nicky Henderson play an interesting card by running the 4-y-o LULAMBA who is clear top rated, gets 10 lbs in weight from the older geldings and was a fine second in the Triumph to PONIROS. Having won over 3600m at Auteuil, the 4000m here shouldn't hold any fears and it's easy to see why he is 6/5 favourite with the ante post bookie chappies. KAPPA JY PYKE was sixth in the Turners at Cheltenham but beaten a very long way and my idea of an each way play against the favourite is Challow fourth REGENT'S STROLL who was seven lengths behind subsequent Festival winner THE NEW LION at Newbury that day. A subsequent defeat over 3600m at Exeter can be excused and back up to this trip should see him in a more favourable light at 12s he's a good bet against the favourite. Thirteen go in the Liverpool Hurdle over 4850m. TEAHUPOO was no match for BOB OLINGER at Cheltenham but still looks the most likely winner. I prefer last year's winner STRONG LEADER who flopped badly when favourite in the Long Walk and then, after wind surgery, ran okay in the Cleeve. We know the ground and track hold few fears and at 6s he looks a play. I'm worried about HOME BY THE LEE who beat BOB OLINGER at Leopardstown over Christmas and who was taken out of the Stayers at Cheltenham when hampered by the falling CRAMBO. With a clear run he has serious claims. Six go in the Maghull Novices Chase over 3200m. Three of the five who contested the Arkle re-oppose - the winner JANGO BAIE ran with credit in the Manifesto this afternoon. ONLY BY NIGHT was second, L'EAU DU SUD fourth and TOUCH ME NOT well behind in fifth. They went like scalded cats in this and L'EAU DU SUD was in the forefront and weakened unsurprisingly up the hill. ONLY BY NIGHT looked a possible winner only to be run down by JANGO BAIE close home. Aintree is not Cheltenham - there's no punishing final hill and I suspect while they will go hard, they won't go mad and on that basis I think L'EAU DU SUD has a serious chance of reversing the form with ONLY BY NIGHT, who I think will be seen to better effect over 4000m next season. As for the Grand National itself, it's not the race it was. The money has come for last year's winner I AM MAXIMUS who has been backed from 10s to 6s. He's got 7lbs more to carry this year as you might expect and he was beaten about the same distance in this year's Irish Gold Cup as he was in the 2024 renewal. He might be good enough but I'd be surprised.  Willie Mullins has just the six and it wouldn't surprise if two or three of them were involved at the business end. I've got two against the field at bigger prices - BEAUPORT (20s) and THREEUNDERTHRUFIVE (33s). There's also a Grade 2 Bumper and a big field of unexposed types. The Cheltenham Bumper fifth EL CAIROS is a place to start but Joseph O'Brien doesn't have many bumper runners and his LE LABO won on decent ground at Thurles. He's a tentative selection. Selections - Day 3 Mersey Novices Hurdle: REGENT'S STROLL (each way) Liverpool Hurdle: STRONG LEADER Maghull Novices Chase: L'EAU DU SUD Grand National: THREEUNDERTHRUFIVE (each way), BEAUPORT (each way) Bumper: LE LABO

I have found a few in the past so lets hope it continues.

Oh dear, looks like the weather isn't goin to play ball, hope Cambridge have great contingency plan 🤔 what will happen if there's too much heavy rain? dam this whole situation aint doin my nerves any good at all....yeh yeh an sod the breathin exercises 🤣   Cheers Iraklis

"Inside Churchill Downs," the popular weekly horse racing radio show, returns for its 11th season April 4 at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN Louisville's ESPN 680/105.7.View the full article

Three-time group 1 winner Zougotcha will provide buyers with a rare opportunity when she goes under the hammer at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast next month.View the full article

Most of the racehorses entered in these races have previous experience on the Road to the Kentucky Derby and several have strung together a sequence of impressive stakes wins, but some are entered for their first try in a stakes race. View the full article

Good luck, I think that's every owners goal, but there hard to find those fast ones,

Stonestreet Stables' Emery looks to extend to three her unbeaten streak at Keeneland as she will face familiar foes and talented older mares in the $650,000 Madison Stakes (G1) April 8.View the full article

Multiple grade 2 winner Hoist the Gold headlines a field of 12 older horses entered for the $350,000 Commonwealth Stakes (G3) April 8 at Keeneland.View the full article

Sonata Stable's Arzak is back in the bluegrass to defend his title in the $400,000 Shakertown Stakes (G2T) April 8.View the full article

The 6-year-old will look to become the first to complete the unofficial Sprint Triple Crown when attempting to add the Golden Shaheen to the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) and Riyadh Dirt Sprint (G2).View the full article

Tenma, with a record of four wins in five starts, is the even-money, morning-line favorite in the Santa Anita Oaks (G2) March 5 at Santa Anita Park.View the full article

Halo often there in the good ones.