In the Dante Stakes (3.15) at York on Thursday, Midterm did nothing to diminish his lofty home reputation when beating Algometer by 1½ lengths in the Sandown Classic Trial last month with 8 lengths back to the third horse and can maintain his 100% record. Sir Michael Stoute’s colt is the first foal out of six-time Group 1 winning mare Midday, by Galileo, which accounts, in large part,…

Betting on favourites of course isn't all sweetness, light and easy money and so it makes sense to show both sides of the coin. You often see people on Betfair trying to cash in to the tune of a few pounds here and there while no doubt thinking to themselves "this is free money". Above is a prime example of when "free money" goes bad. This 2015 Median…

In the 8.45 at Chelmsford on Wednesday, Bowson Fred has yet to race on Polytrack, but ran as well as he ever has on the Tapeta surface at Wolverhampton 11 days ago and looks worth chancing off a 1lb higher mark. The Monsieur Bond gelding was only beaten three-quarters of a length in that 0-90 contest and, with his latest weight rise offset by a drop back into…