Eric Alston – apprentice jockey to trainer – spanning almost six decades
By Andrew Atkinson Exclusive
ERIC Alston is approaching 60 years in the Sport of Kings, the Lancashire born trainer having been apprentice jockey with Walter Wharton in the sixties.
On Saturday at Haydock Park Eric and his wife Susan, who have...
Seven horses killed in fire tragedy purchased by new Spanish owners in Newmarket
Three-time winner Wise Counsel, a half-brother to former Spanish poster boy Noozhoh Canarias, runner-up in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, dies
By Andrew Atkinson
Seven horses who lost their lives in a horse box fire had been purchased by new Spanish...
Goodwood – Majestic Dawn lands Listed William Hill to complete fromthehorsesmouth.info 36-1 double
By Andrew Atkinson
Jim Crowley rode Majestic Dawn (3-1) to victory in the Listed William Hill Festival Stakes over 1m 1f at Goodwood on Saturday to complete a fromthehorsesmouth.info 36-1 double.
P & O Cole trained six-year-old Majestic Dawn gained a...
Liam Treadwell: Inquest
By Andrew Atkinson
The post mortem inquest on Aintree Grand National winning jockey Liam Treadwell revealed he died after taking a mixture of strong drugs.
The post mortem inquest on February 10 concluded Treadwell, found dead at his Shropshire home in...
Saturday Racing from Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton: Going standard.
Indomeneo Fahey tip
By Andrew Atkinson racing correspondent fromthehorsesmouth.tips
RICHARD Fahey trained Indomeneo is selected each-way by fromthehorsesmouth.tips at Wolverhampton on Saturday night.
Indomeneo (6.40) is napped to land the BetWay Stakes over 1 mile and 1 furlong, with S.P....
HEMMINGS TO CAP KELSO LISTED PREMIER CHASE
By Andrew Atkinson
Jonjo O'Neill trained Cloth Cap (2.40) goes to post in the 2 miles 7 1/2 furlongs Listed Premier Chase at Kelso on Saturday, ahead of the Aintree Grand National on April 10.
Cloth Cap, owned by three times...
Maid In India fromthehorsesmouth. tips headliner wins Haydock Betway Achilles Stakes Listed race
By Andrew Atkinson
Maid In India - tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.tips - was backed down from 16-1 to 8-1 in winning Haydock Park's Betway Achilles Stakes Listed race over 5 furlongs on Saturday, a career best display.
"She is a good filly....
Jockey Scudamore daughter’s letter to PM falls at first fence with schools returning on...
By Andrew Atkinson
Margot Scudamore, daughter of jump jockey Tom, who wrote a letter to PM Boris Johnson to move the 2021 Cheltenham Festival a week - so she could watch him on TV - fell at the first fence,...
KEMPTON PARK 33-1 TREBLE
It's Mcfabulous for fromthehorsesmouth.info punters!
By Andrew Atkinson
Mcfabulous completed a fromthehorsesmouth.info 33-1 treble at Kempton Park on Saturday when landing the Grade 2 Dornan Engineering Relkeel Hurdle over 2m 5f, under jockey Harry Cobden.
Trained by Paul Nicholls seven-year-old Mcfabulous...
Iconic Belle last leg of fromthehorsesmouth.info £1.258,874 thirteen horse accumulator
By Andrew Atkinson
Phil Kirby trained Iconic Belle was the last leg of a fromthehorsesmouth.info £1.258,874 thirteen horse accumulator on Saturday, when winning the Sky Sports Racing Fillies Handicap over 1m 3f at Doncaster.
Trainer Emma Lavelle started the bookie bashing...
Royal Ascot Day 3 – Kyprios out to spoil Stradivarious party in £283,500 G1 Gold...
By Andrew Atkinson
Royal Ascot Day 3 on Thursday June 16 opens with the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes over 5 furlongs, with 11 runners going to post.
Aidan O'Brien trained The Antarctic (2.30) with Ryan Moore up is tipped to bag...
Saturday’s Racing Previews Thirsk and Bangor-on-Dee
Thirsk - Mandobi tipped in Skybet Novices Stakes
By Andrew Atkinson
Thirsk, where the going is good, features the Sky Bet Class 2 Novice Stakes over 1m 4f on Saturday's seven racecard meeting.
Bryan Smart trained Cotai Pearl (2.20) with Graham Lee up,...
Saturday Racing Previews
Lingfield Park, Kempton Park, Cork, Wincanton and Newcastle
Hollie Doyle to shine on Aquaplano at Lingfield
By Andrew Atkinson
Hollie Doyle rides Marco Botti trained Aquaplano (2.55) tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info to land the Betway Median Auction Maiden Stakes over 1m...
Jockey Danny Cook fighting to save eyesight
By Andrew Atkinson
Jockey Danny Cook hopes eye surgeons can save his career after being forced to give up race-riding following a fall on Definitly Red at Newcastle in the Rehearsal Chase on November 28.
"I'm going to take time out....
Hurricane Lane St Leger win – St Mark’s Basilica Irish Champion Stakes fromthehorsesmouth.info double
By Andrew Atkinson
Hurricane Lane landed the Cazoo St Leger Group 1 Stakes at Doncaster on Saturday- tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info- under William Buick for Godolphin.
Irish Derby and Grand Prix de Paris winner, Charlie Appleby trained Hurricane Lane, landed Britain's oldest...
It’s ‘Love’ for O’Brien in Sunday’s Qipco 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket
By Andrew Atkinson
AIDAN O'Brien trained Love, ridden by Ryan Moore, backed from 20-1 to 7-2, is tipped to win Sunday's Classic Qipco 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket over 1 mile.
Love, who finished third in the Fillies Mile, is Ballydoyle based...
Gentlemansgame lands Thurles Carey Glass Hurdle
By Andrew Atkinson
Rachael Blackmore landed the Carey Glass Hurdle on Gentlemansgame tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info at Thurles on Saturday, gaining a 8 1/2 lengths win ahead of Unexpected Depth.
Gentlemansgame (11-8) made virtually all in the 2 miles 7 furlongs race,...
Ravenhill completes 455-1 Cheltenham Festival treble
By Andrew Atkinson
Ravenhill (12-1) completed a bookie-bashing 455-1 treble on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday when landing the National Hunt Challenge Cup.
"It was a great ride. He showed his class - it's brilliant to be...
Young Dev – tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info – touched 499-1 on Betfair – in Navan Handicap Chase...
By Andrew Atkinson
Young Dev - tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info - touched 499-1 in running on Betfair - in the Handicap Chase at Navan on Sunday having broke a stirrup after the first of 17 fences, with jockey Hugh Morgan riding without irons for...
If I knew you were coming I’d have baked a Cake
If I knew you were coming I'd have baked a Cake - the Alex Higgins story
FORMER apprentice jockey Alex Higgins, two-times world snooker champion, died a decade ago on July 24, 2010.
Journalist and author friend Andrew Atkinson is writing...
CHANNON TO SCORE AT CHESTER
By Andrew Atkinson
Alston to strike at Roodeye
MICK Channon saddles Chynna (2.35 ew) in the MBNA Fillies Handicap Class 4 race over 7 furlongs at Chester on Saturday, with Adam J. McNamara up.
Former England and Southampton striker Channon's runner...
SOLID AS A ROCK!
Manigordo, Seventh Kingdom, Nuits St Georges and Solid Stone winning tips; Gayle Force Maya (10-1) and Puerto Banus (9-2) each-way tips placed
By Andrew Atkinson
Solid Stone ridden by William Buick and trained by Sir Michael Stoute was a winning...
Doubling Dice rolls-in fromthehorsesmouth.info Nap hand at Haydock Park
By Andrew Atkinson
Hugo Palmer trained fromthehorsesmouth.info selection Doubling Dice (5-4) completed a Nap hand of winning tips at Haydock Park on Saturday.
Lady Hayes, Dubai Honour, Danyah, Came From The Dark and Doubling Dice returned a fromthehorsesmouth.info accumalator of 143-1. A...
BHA announce owners new coronavirus guidelines
By Andrew Atkinson
The British Horseracing Authority has announced owners new coronavirus health and safety guidelines after the UK Government gave the go ahead for racing to continue behind closed doors in the wake of the current situation.
Any owners attending...
