Are Barcelona back? Such a question will be asked a lot this season as Hansi Flick continues to impress in his debut season as Blaugrana coach. There are deep, existential issues at the club which are ...

ELECTRIC MASON has only been out of the place in one of his five starts, and despite being beaten nine lengths on his hurdles debut, he should do better this time around. I’ll be surprised if he’s out ...

Richard Fahey’s SILENT MOVE won with plenty to spare on his penultimate start at Haydock and will find this easier than when seventh back at the same venue last time out. He’s the one to beat, but ...

There wasn’t much enthusiasm for Nuno Espirito Santo’s appointment when the Portuguese coach replaced Steve Cooper at the City Ground at the end of last year. After failure at Tottenham Hotspur, Nuno ...

Liverpool went top of the Premier League table with a comeback win over Brighton on Saturday that had the Anfield crowd dreaming of a title challenge. Andy Robertson, however, watched it from the ...

STYLE OF LIFE came close to winning over C&D last time out and now has a win and a second from two starts here. This filly has only been raised a pound in the handicap, so she should be competitive.

When Bournemouth were beaten 9-0 by Liverpool at Anfield in the Autumn of 2022, just weeks into their Premier League return, they were almost wholly dismissed as a serious top flight outfit. That game ...

An interesting opener with a couple of newcomers to note. EL MATADOR is related to several winners, and his trainer often does very well with two-year-olds, so he’s appealing on paper. OPPORTUNITY was ...

Manchester United simply couldn’t take any more. Sunday’s defeat to West Ham dropped Erik ten Hag’s team down to 14th place in the Premier League table and proved to be the final straw for the ...

TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG is a course winner and shaped well on his only previous start on soft ground, so he is likely to be in the firing line, as should TURN AND BURN, who is only 2lb higher than when ...

Only Erling Haaland, Bryan Mbeumo, Chris Wood and Cole Palmer have scored more goals in the Premier League this season than Danny Welbeck. The 33-year-old has found the back of the net six times in ...

PROSPERITAS has shaped promisingly in all four starts to date and should go well having finished fifth in a hotter race at York last time out. Of the other runners, I’ll cover with EMPORESS, who is ...