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Current profit 2025 01-03-2025 - 31-08-2025 + 163pts . Diary updated daily night before racing.

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No Haggas- No Santa this year but Xmas money to be won. Betting on the two listed races on the Lingfield card on Thursday have been in recent years like a visit to Santa Claus in the guise of William Haggas. The Somerville Lodge trainers record in the 1…

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19.11.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Back from Break – Winning Run to Continue The Somerville Lodge team get straight back into full swing following the week long break, with the AW horses well entered up this week, starting Monday at Newcastle. In terms of our profit this ye…

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16.11.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big Season Finale Saturday Looking back at the form of the yard over the last week there is a case to be made that we bailed out early deciding not to bet this week and with very few bets over the last two to three weeks. Ma…

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07.11.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Weekend Watching Brief The focus at Somerville Lodge is now on 2026 and the host of 2yo’s running in the final weeks of the Turf season are not really considered as betting opportunities, some may win; most won&#82…

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29.10.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tuesday Weds Thursday 3 well fancied The yard continues to look forward to a strong end to the season and there are 4 runners going to post on Tuesday and Wednesday. We are getting little luck at the moment with the 1pt bets but three…

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27.10.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hag Tag AW Season starts Monday.. The helter-skelter flat season that is 2025 for the Haggas yard was signed off in typical fashion on Saturday. The impressive success of My Ophelia and her stablemate Earth Shot who chased her home…

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26.10.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hag Tag Saturday Summary… 8 are currently due to go to post on Saturday but the yard pulled out 3 of their original 15 on Friday and there could be some defections to follow on Saturday. Two unraced 2yo’s My Orphelia …

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24.10.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hag Tag 2yo Update Several followers have messaged me questioning the expected performance of the unraced 2yo’s from the Haggas yard running this weekend at Newbury and Doncaster. Here are the facts about all 2…

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24.10.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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15 runners on Friday = busiest day of season for Haggas team… On Wednesday 3 2yo’s were sent off 1 or 2 in the market and all were beaten. Generally, this years crop is slow to come to hand and cannot be backed with confidence even after a run, as we ha…

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23.10.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thursday calm before the storm.. There are just two runners on Thursday before weather permitting Somerville Lodge throws everything but the kitchen sink at the meetings on Friday and Saturday, more on that tomorrow. We got it rig…

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22.10.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big Team out on Wednesday Although we got it right avoiding Silver Chamber, the Somerville Lodge 2yo’s continue to be underwhelming and despite being heavily backed Fractional was still very green and ultimately disap…

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21.10.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tuesday Somerville Seaside finale.. Yarmouth has been the venue for many leading Somerville Lodge 2yo’s to learn about racing especially In the Autumn months. The win strike rate in the last 10 years is 50% with 2yo’s run…

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20.10.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A vital week to look forward to… The weekend once again added to the roller coaster season where once again β€˜expect the unexpected’ was the rule. As Haggas himself inferred it was almost impossible that all the jockeys…

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19.10.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

After the 1 Mile race - and you decide Crown of Oaks can't win - and then this happens.!! Astonishing race riding from the jockeys drawn low - 200/1 plus it happening !!!

19.10.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Racing TV on X: "πŸ—£οΈ"Remarkably, after a furlong, the rest of the field came with us!" @WilliamHaggas shares his disbelief at how yesterday's Balmoral Handicap unfolded, given what had happened in earlier races. #LuckOnSunday | @nickluck | @WorldPool https://t.co/ENDuH2a1S5" / X πŸ—£οΈ"Remarkably, after a furlong, the rest of the field came with us!" @WilliamHaggas shares his disbelief at how yesterday's Balmoral Handicap unfolded, given what had happened in earlier races. #LuckOnSunday | @nickluck | @WorldPool https://t.co/ENDuH2a1S5

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19.10.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dubai seeks French Justice Division ran far too freely and showed every sign that the one concern of the race coming soon after York unfortunately proved to be the case. The poor run of horses from the yard on the Internatio…

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18.10.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Balmoral Update An extra look at the 4.40Β  given Somerville Lodge runs two Crown of Oaks and Godwinson.Β  Both are drawn high if that appears to be favoured in the earlier races or has equal chance don&#8…

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17.10.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Racing TV on X: "A 3yo on the ⏫ Eternal Force picks up strongly to complete the hat-trick and mark himself down as a horse still ahead of the assessor. Could he be a Lincoln type for next year? @WilliamHaggas | @TomMarquand https://t.co/oqIr21ICT4" / X A 3yo on the ⏫ Eternal Force picks up strongly to complete the hat-trick and mark himself down as a horse still ahead of the assessor. Could he be a Lincoln type for next year? @WilliamHaggas | @TomMarquand https://t.co/oqIr21ICT4

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17.10.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Racing TV on X: "Some π„πœπ¨π§π¨π¦π’πœπ¬ insight from @TomMarquand ⬇️ https://t.co/2X22rOc7ze" / X Some π„πœπ¨π§π¨π¦π’πœπ¬ insight from @TomMarquand ⬇️ https://t.co/2X22rOc7ze

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17.10.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hag Tag Champions Day Good ground and a day of intrigue and expectation for Somerville Lodge as the curtain comes down on a roller coaster season. The brilliance of the training methodology has again shone through with …

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16.10.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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15.10.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wednesday and Thursday posers? There is no escaping the fact that over the last 7 days when faced with a clear choice of Yes or No to back horses from the yards running to improve their ratings for the purpose of the Autumn Hors…

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14.10.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Racing Reality to the fore on Tuesday… Seven months ago Alobayyah was nominated as one of Tom Marquand’s five to follow with the hope that she would develop into a Group 1 Oaks filly. Now in the middle of October she heads to Newc…

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13.10.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Monday outstanding stats lead to must bet opportunity… Why does the Haggas yard target Selling races ? I have no idea. The stats leave me in no doubt that they do and added to the yards record at Musselburgh generally and even more so with 2yo’s …

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12.10.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A complete Nightmare… The way we set out to make a profit leaves missing winners that mostly follow the process, without a bet, with a worse feeling than backing losers. There has really only been one occasion before Yo…

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11.10.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Saturday Bet Added After the victory of Mukhtalif beating Hornsea Bay and the win of the Clive Cox trained Sky Advocate yesterday at York it makes no sense not to invest in Noble Horizon in the York finale with 17/2 …

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11.10.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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York Focus on Saturday The Haggas yard avoid Newmarket on Dewhurst Day. However with the focus on top 2yo’s it has never been a day to target for Somerville Lodge. The yard have only sent out 1 winner at Newmarket …

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10.10.2025 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Somerville Lodge prepares big team as season end nears…. Its been a difficult few weeks for the Haggas yard with the surreal draw drama at Longchamp impacting on several of the main races targeted. For us although we have correctly cut right back on reco…

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09.10.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Return to form expected Thursday… The yard broke their run of 21 losers when Seren Star won at Nottingham on Wednesday but the turn of fortune didn’t last long when Art Lover lost a front shoe on the way to post at Kempton an…

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08.10.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pace Burn up perfect for Art Lovers Although the events over the weekend became almost surreal, there is no reason to stop following the processes that have proven so successful year after year. On Monday at Yarmouth despite there be…

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