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A selection for readers to consider runs at my local track this evening who’s in fine fettle at present and to me seems to prefer going round a bend rather than the straight 5f courses of Newcastle or Southwell. Successful over course and distance at the turn of the year in a classified contest ROGUE DE VEGA repeated the feat two weeks later in a similar handicap to this evenings race traveling well behind the leaders, having to wait for a gap, before taking up the running inside the final furlong and winning I believe with more in hand than the official margin would indicate.
good luck to allSaw an list of the councils that are looking to deny local voters their rights.
It consists of 27 local authorities …
21 Labour, 4 Conservative, 1 Lib Dem and 1 no overall control.
However the reason for today’s posting is about Starmer taking the knee & bowing to China and approving the huge embassy complex. No surprise to me after COMMRADE Starmer’s government handed over the Chagos Islands to China ally Mauritius, caused the collapse of the Chinese spy trial. Is there nothing this government won’t do to please their Chinese masters?
good luck to allHad his winning run cut short last time after being hampered entering the final furlong but finished full of running on the heels of the leading two just being nudged out to maintain his place.Marked up by RP as a ‘eyecarcher’ expect UP THE AGENDA to return to the winners enclosure here.
good luck to allAs I’m late posting just a quick note to put forward ZOULU CHIEF for your consideration.
good luck to allApologies for the late post but think GOGO YUBARI is worth a small wager to continue the run.
good luck to allA slow start from the gates gave us little chance. (15 Jan)
Hoping to get back onto the winning track with ACCRUAL at Lingfield.This gelding being put forward for your consideration can be considered to be on the upgrade since going through the sales ring and switching stables late November.Following a blow out stable debut the selection has run consistently and been progressive in his performances and looks a contender here.
good luck to allHDLG … your posting implied a strong economy because of the stock market.
I too invest in the stock market have done for nearly forty years now.
Ask Reeves about being negative after all she INVENTED not one but two ‘black holes’ before each of her budgets.
The OBR couldn’t find the first and explicitly told her the second didn’t exist, but did that stop her?
She lied to to the public about the reasons for tax rises and turned it into a benefits street giveaway.
Read the other day a article about her curtailing the OBR in future to stop it passing comment.
good luck to allOnce again the economic illiterate left need reminding that the stock market is not the same as the economy. The FT 100 is simply the 100 largest capitalised companies registered on the exchange. Their involvement and the amount of business they do here is dwarfed by their international business interests.
Isn’t BOOASTING about the stock market something Trump would be likely to do?
Earlier one poster asked for more interaction between government and the media ie questions and answers. This is unlikely to happen if Starmer’s aide carry’s out the threatened reduction in daily briefings making them sound and be even more aloof from the public.
Someone else asked why people don’t trust Starmer?
Try the simple fact they can’t trust a single word he says (even cabinet ministers have said this) or policy announced will be carried through, just look at the ‘briefings’ in the run up to the budget. There was so much ‘kite flying’ not even her own cabinet colleagues knew what was going on.
Things are announced then back tracked on resulting in confusion and distrust.
Air strikes on Syria ……. last year Starmer was gushing over the new regime.
Finally a comment on Venezuela.
Has this been thought through by ANYBODY in the US administration as to what happens next?
How will the people react to being ‘run’ by US interests?
It has all the hallmarks of the Bush/Blair invasion of Iraq and we have all seen where that’s led …. ISIS etc.
good luck to allEndless Victory didn’t start the year as I had hoped fading rather tamely following a prominent run but I wouldn’t be writing him off just yet. With the weather putting paid to most racing today following yesterdays cancelations I have managed to find an interesting contender in OKAMI who had his first try over the minimum trip last time out winning with a degree of ease which suggests he’s not out of this contest despite the weight hike and think a place at least is on the cards.
good luck to allHave put up Endless Victory in the last on my thread.
For a more detailed review look there.
good luck to allKicking off the New Year in the sunshine of Meydan where I believe ENDLESS VICTORY can get the ball rolling and continue the progress he showed during 2025. Unsurprising for a late foal the selection being put forward for your consideration didn’t see a track until a 3yo when making his debut at my local track beating among others his more fancied stablemate readily and followed up at Newmarket before disappointing in a Listed event during the Guineas meeting. After a gelding op he was successful again from two outings improving on his previous form. His form at this track last year again was progressive on debut before producing a very under par effort next time out. Not seen again until Royal Ascot he put in a most encouraging run nearest at the finish but producing career high numbers at that time. He registered even better numbers next time when just run out of it under joint top weight and a similar effort today will see him go very close.
good luck to allDidn’t exactly cover myself with glory in 2025 recording a 20.65% overall loss on my personal stakes which I put down to too much experimenting. However for 2026 and beyond I intend to stick to the strategy as laid out in my post of 19th Dec. The figures for bets posted on this thread since its start are as follows.
Stakes £461.00 …. Returns £412.55 (calculated to a £1 win bet @ SP)
Although the above figures may be a tad unfair to myself given bigger odds may have been available for the horses in question and many ran to places as each way selections but believe the above method is the fairest way to judge my efforts.
I wish to take the opportunity to wish all my readers a HAPPY & PROSPEROUS 2026.
good luck to allThe outside draw will be difficult to overcome but providing one can get a e/w price that breaks even the summer import SAM’S XPRESS can make his presence felt in the final contest of the night at Dunstall Park.
good luck to allRead an amusing article over the weekend and if you thought things couldn’t look any worse for the inept BBC, think again, Mastermind once had a reputation for intellectual rigour but it seems even that bastion has been breached by the constant dumbing down of it’s programmes.
Questions on the celebrity version included ……
“Woof woof and bow wow are representations of the sound made by what domestic pet?”
“The term veg as in fruit and veg, is an abbreviation for what type of food stuff?”
“Beef is a meat from what farm animals?”
“Which cardinal point on a compass is represented by the letter S?”
Questions even David Lammy couldn’t have got wrong?
good luck to allHope one and all had an enjoyable Christmas & Boxing Days.
Scanning through the cards more in hope than expectation found ZIGGY’S TRITON e/w who won very nicely at today’s course earlier this month.Three of his top four RPR’s have been here.Although this will be harder especially given the weight hike I do believe he’s capable of building on that run and worth an each way bet.
good luck to allAnyone familiar with the work of Charles Dickens will know the story of ‘Scrooge’ as a seasonal offering from the writer whether or not you have read the book.
But how many of us take in the message?
I suppose it can be different things to all of us. However please allow me to say what I believe the message is and should be expressed. For myself it’s realizing that we can and should be better people.
MERRY CHRISTMMAS to all
