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To paraphrase a successful senior jockey – good riders don’t need instructions and bad ones don’t follow them. I note this in the wake of another messaging own goal coming from Racing Australia in a seemingly bizarrely timed Good Friday eve statement announcing an amendment to the Rules of Racing in relation to riding instructions. This is the one that cemented jockeys only receive riding instructions from a trainer or owner of the horse they are riding. Again in seeking – in RA’s o...

The Leader Newspaper By Andrew Atkinson Exclusive Teenage Conditional jockey Tom Midgley’s biggest ambition is to ride a winner at the Cheltenham Festival following his latest win on Bavington Bob at Carlisle. “My biggest ambition is to ride my claim out and ride a winner at the Cheltenham Festival,” Malton, Yorkshire born Tom told me. Tom rode his first winner on Start Time at Thirsk in the Betfair Novice Riders Series under the watchful eye of BHA Jockey Coach Russ Garri...

Theres a horse in this line-up called The Night Watch, a masterpiece I have seen in Amsterdam and one of the grandest, and most famous paintings by the Dutch artist Rembrandt. It has no relevance to the pick today, but a mere shoehorn to include a little line from one old master to another grand old master. Step forward veteran Mick Easterby, and a rare runner appearing from him on these pages, but well go with one today in the shape of the unexposed Marwari. He can boast a victory at Newcast...

The Leader Newspaper By Andrew Atkinson Following the sad death of veteran retired racehorse Blue Spinnaker trainer Mick Easterby has reported an update on the yearlings that were in his care. “They are doing well and will hopefully all make a full recovery,” said octogenarian Easterby, 89. Blue Spinnaker was spooked after rustlers entered Easterby’s Yorkshire based stables, that lead to the horse bending an iron gate in a field, sustaining terrible injury and was later pu...

JINGLE BELLS-JINGLE BELLS JINGLE-ALL-THE-WAY! *Albert’s Back (9-1) tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info lands Betfair Exchange at Haydock *Paisley Park (9-4) lands Ascot Long Walk *Morning Spirit (9-2) Ascot win *Shimmering Dawn (13-8) Lingfield victory *She’sasupermack (5-2) Newcastle win By Andrew Atkinson Albert’s Back (9-1) tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info landed the Betfair Exchange Handicap Hurdle over 2m 2f at Haydock Park on Saturday. Six-year-old Albert’s Back trained by Mick Eas...