A thrilling Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown earlier today, but what do we make of the proximity of Firefox, beaten under 14 lengths by Fact To File? 160ish-rated horse at the very most on other form.

That is a mighty good piece of writing in @theguardian.com review of that film.

🏇 Well, damn. Ted Noffey's out. 😞 www.horseracingnation.com/news/Report_...

Ble mae'r Ffeiliau Epstein yn y byd?

Braverman defects. Reform are 2.12 from, errrm, 2.12 for most seats at the next General Election.

95 yards added to the distance of the opener at Cheltenham, so overall time of 5m 22.1s is more like G/S tending towards Soft, rather than Softer.

Well, I survived 5 days in London without getting murdered, robbed, sold into slavery, or anything like it, though I did misplace my dignity a couple of times. Still the greatest IMO.

Stridepredictor.com Some interesting research and insights from the field of striding, much of which I agree with.

Quite the substack post from Paul Krugman. These are desperate times for America and the world.

Francis @graffardracing.bsky.social gives his and the @agakhanstuds.com team's current thinking as to starting points and aims for newly-minted Longines World's Best Racehorse Calandagan and brilliant Qatar Prix de l'Arc hero Daryz. @rpbloodstock.bsky.social www.racingpost.com/news/world-r...

Taking my life in my hands and travelling to one of my favourite places on Earth - London - including for the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings Awards on Tuesday.

Sectionals summarised for last 10 winners of Clarence House Chase. Pace was remarkably strong this year, especially in the first half of the race.

Newark. We all know it’s an anagram for Jenrick. Right?

Alas poor Jenrick. Interestingly, Reform is back to a shade of odds on, with Tories eased slightly, for Most Seats at Next UK General Election on Betfair. The opposite to the way Bad Enoch and others are spinning it.

Good that the City of London is doing this, and about time, too.

The remarkable thing here isn't the universal revulsion. Its that two large parties - Reform and the Conservatives - are trying to maintain stances favoured by around 0-1% of the public. Polling like this also suggests that whenever Labour does develop enough backbone to act, there's no going back

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It's three weeks after the deadline to release the Epstein files.

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Nigel Farage and Elon Musk are dead against grooming gangs “paedos” until, that is, Musk’s profits are at stake Piece by me on a grim double standard comment.press/110126

Good, if depressing, read again.

This is the accurate headline

Despite the figures, I am still reading that this season’s Savills Chase was “slowly-run” or “a dawdle”. Visuals which ignore evidence frequently come to wrong conclusions, and it happens on a daily basis.

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🚨Now at almost 85,000 signatures. Let’s keep going! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

How the new breed of tech-driven clever clubs is making inroads into the dominance of the Premier League's big six. With mentions of course for Bournemouth, Sunderland, Brighton, Brentford, Crystal Palace etc observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Latest ATR blog, looking back on Doncaster/Saint-Cloud and forward to the Breeders' Cup.....and to Epsom in 2026. www.attheraces.com/blogs/expert...

This City Khan observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

JRM, of all people, should not forget about Cnut.

The fact that Labour need to have an massive internal discussion about their fear of losing the vote of "that bloke who votes Reform and likes setting fire to buildings with foreigners trapped in them" before it condemns Katie Lam's plans is not a comms issue, it's a decency one.

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Overview of 2yos, Middle Park/Cheveley Park sectional comparison, the likely effect of the draw at ParisLongchamp. www.attheraces.com/blogs/expert...

www.attheraces.com/blogs/expert... A memorable St Leger, some handicapping calculations, and a look at a few of the big performances over an eventful weekend.

Tells it straight and true. A fine read.

Blog looking back on Arc Trials Day and other matters, including the phenom that is Ka Ying Rising. www.attheraces.com/blogs/expert...

One-i Philp at it again. #OneEye

Part Two of the Goodwood 2025 Review www.attheraces.com/blogs/expert...

Crime and the perception of crime: @jburnmurdoch.ft.com via @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9623...

First part of a two-part Goodwood blog also looking back on Calandagan's win at Ascot. Submitted 20 hours ago, so I did not have the Field of Gold injury information then. www.attheraces.com/blogs/expert...

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