We've made it to the end of another Flat season. The season, of course, actually ends on 31st December and the new one will start on 1st January (which the keepers of statistics seem unable to take on board) but we still think of the season as being...

It's terribly exciting: love is in the air! Gemma's Facebook page this week has borne the announcement of her changed status: no longer "in a relationship", but now "engaged". There'll be a few broken hearts when word of this gets out, not least...

As we know, there seems to be a big push towards steering trainers into running horses against their better judgement. The Racing Post is particularly keen on this, and I don't know why. As we know, the Racing Post is in favour of making it harder...

Melbourne Cup night was really good fun. I found it easy to stay awake and (reasonably) on the ball, and the racing was really enjoyable, even if history probably won't remember it as one of the more special Cups. Before Cup night, though, we had had...

Outside of our own little corner of it, the biggest news in the European racing world (if that's not too paradoxical) has been the news that Sea The Stars (pictured, pre-Derby) is to stand at the Aga Khan's Giltown Stud. His mating with Zarkava is one...