TREVOR HARRIS wraps up the weekend’s racing

Trevor Harris looks back and ahead

I’m about to embark on the annual, yes I think it was a one-off last year, pre-Cheltenham festival tour, which takes me and my faithful driver/sidekick from Sussex to Scotland with plenty of time in the industrial north. Yes you’ve guessed it, I am going everywhere our intrepid head of PR, Luke Tarr, doesn’t fancy.

The Betfair Hurdle is a typical test for fans of handicaps and the criteria is to find one with plenty in hand. This is not always possible and there is a danger in over rating horses just because they have less convictions. There is also the problem of following the workings of every other punter

It’s a funny old game as no doubt Nigel Adkins found after Southampton dispensed with his services this week. Adkins was refreshingly different and it is hard to review his tenure as anything other than a resounding success. Admittedly Southampton made a poor start but in light of their fixtures this was highly predictable and

The machine, which has turned fearless layers into meek followers and intrepid punters to opinionless lambs, controls the prices throughout the betting industry. I refer, of course, to the exchanges and, in particular, Betfair. The media constantly refer to the bookies shortening selections or reacting to events. Stop it! the punters through the exchanges set

Saturday’s Betfair Chase sees the return of Long Run and this looks an opportunity to get his career back on track. However for me his best days may well be behind him and this is a chance to take him on at short odds. Never at his best last year, there is a theory that