Royal Ascot
Ascot Day 3
Work raises its ugly head and delays matters, while winking at me from the sideboard are the 227 tests I have to take before Friday’s
Capt. Kneesup
17th June 2021
Tips
Royal Ascot
Ascot Day 2
Sometimes you have days when God leaps out of bed and says “Here I am – and because you have recently been less of an
Capt. Kneesup
16th June 2021
Royal Ascot
For a brief moment we all became Christians
Thanks to the Welsh, the first score draw arrived on Saturday, while I travelled back from Newmarket, having spent the morning with William Knight and
Capt. Kneesup
14th June 2021
Euro 2020/21 Tips
A weekend off perhaps with some Turkish Delight
I find myself heading to Newmarket on business, and on the instructions of the Plantagenet Herald, I am obliged to leave at such a time
Capt. Kneesup
11th June 2021
Euro 2020/21 Tips
Euro 2021 – Free Interactive spreadsheet
The entire Derby news flow seemed to judgementally focus on the “jocking off” of Adam Kirby from John Leeper and his reinstatement on Adayar, forgetting
Capt. Kneesup
8th June 2021
Epsom Derby
The Derby
While that wretched Liberal-wet, Green-belt-destroying PM has failed to make 4th June a National Holiday, (he’s always looked like he’d have been happier at Harrow),
Capt. Kneesup
4th June 2021
Epsom Derby
The denuded antepost list and how to pull Elle Macpherson
Endless numbers of “stars” and “celebrity doctors” keep insisting that for me to be well, I must be happy. For me to be happy I
Capt. Kneesup
3rd June 2021
Tips
A glance through the news and a no-brainer punt
I glance through today’s papers and I find myself in despair at being the only sane person on the planet. Does that make me a
Capt. Kneesup
31st May 2021
Tips
Lord Tissue of Reputation in Tattersalls offers an apology…
Recently it has become obvious that our reputation here at Raceweb Towers for providing honest and scrupulously researched racing tips, political opinions, and other racing-related
Capt. Kneesup
29th May 2021
Weekend Racing Tips
Why we should be worried about both Boris and my tipping?
This week, somebody mentioned Prorogation on the radio and I started to reflect on the Supreme Court’s ruling in 2019, which found that BJ’s decision
Capt. Kneesup
22nd May 2021
Golf Tips
USPGA
The first round gets underway in about an hour, and you would have had this sooner, but I fell into bad company yesterday at that
Capt. Kneesup
20th May 2021
Tips
If it’s BBC4 – it must be Eurovision?
Well, there’s unusual. BBC4 now regards The ESC as Art and I am wholly in admiration of Graham Norton, whose contracts seems to allow him
Capt. Kneesup
18th May 2021
Results
The Results To Date (July’19 – May ’21)
It’s been a while since I did this exercise, but like everyone else, I’m blaming galloping inertia, the absence of incentives, my parents who failed
Capt. Kneesup
16th May 2021
Weekend Racing Tips
Chips with everything. Huzzah!
This diet malarkey is doing my head in. I am obsessed with the numbers of Kcals (what was wrong with Cals?), and the difference between
Capt. Kneesup
15th May 2021
Tips
The Dante Meeting Day 2
Yesterday – I discovered appropriately today – was National Diary Day. In that vein, yesterday’s selections weren’t so appalling, but still, we were down a
Capt. Kneesup
13th May 2021
Tips
York’s Day 1 and welcome to the new Chairman
Stand by for another guff-fest from Ed “Woke” Chamberlain, where he waxes lyrical about the fact that A WOMAN is the Chairman of York Racecourse
Capt. Kneesup
12th May 2021
Weekend Racing Tips
UPDATED: Rain-impacted selections revisited for Saturday
When I finally stepped down last night/this AM, I was soaked between office and bed. This morning, the going has changed and Lingfield is now
Capt. Kneesup
8th May 2021
Weekend Racing Tips
The 1000 Guineas – and a Thank You
I know, I know. I was going to take a day off. But lying abed, feeling sorry for oneself, only works for so long, and
Capt. Kneesup
2nd May 2021
Weekend Racing Tips
The 2000 Guineas – Punchestown Day 5 – Jab 2
For those of you eagerly anticipating the tips for Day 4 of Punchestown, I’m afraid I was laid low by Jab 2 and am not
Capt. Kneesup
1st May 2021
Tips
Punchestown Day 3 Pfizer Vaccine 2
Another day, another jab, so far so good. However, as days go this has so far been relentless. Over an hour to get to the
Capt. Kneesup
29th April 2021
Tips
Punchestown Day 2 and the race that never was.
At the risk of sounding like a trainer, this is a difficult time of the year to get things right. Old stock is replaced with
Capt. Kneesup
28th April 2021
Tips
Punchestown Day 1 (and The Notts Oaks)
Over the next five days, we’ll see the lowering of the curtain on the Irish National Hunt season. We’ll see Rachel Blackmore trying to make
Capt. Kneesup
27th April 2021
Weekend Racing Tips
The last Huzzah of the Winter Game
The social whirl of dinners and drinks invitations this week suggested post-lockdown merriment is an unstoppable train. We have been flat out on the supper
Capt. Kneesup
23rd April 2021
Tips
Kick-on Sunday
With the void left by Polly Dog and The Duke of Edinburgh, across our personal and national psyches, the unelected medical elite has decided to
Capt. Kneesup
17th April 2021
Cheltenham March
Newmarket 3 Cheltenham 2
The tips for today’s TV racing are here. Very brief. Will explain more tomorrow.
Capt. Kneesup
15th April 2021
Tips
Newmarket Day 2 Cheltenham April
What a lovely thing to see young Jack Mitchell power ahead yesterday in the 3:55. He was always a good little jockey even when a
Capt. Kneesup
14th April 2021
Lumme – It’s Newmarket and the Classic trials already!
The Golf was not horrendous and for a brief moment, I thought Hideki might falter, allowing Jordan a chance. However, like the coward that I
Capt. Kneesup
13th April 2021
Golf Tips
The Masters 2021
I know it only seems like six months ago, (it was), that the Augusta National Golf Club gave the Green Jacket to Dustin Johnson and,
Capt. Kneesup
6th April 2021
Weekend Racing Tips
The Irish Grand National – a Galway view
If you want to protect your wealth, the Irish Grand National is a race best watched rather than a sensible betting opportunity. However, sensible is
Peter O'Tool
5th April 2021
Tips
Easter Monday, Lockinge and Irish Craic
We didn’t start Easter thinking we’d be saying goodbye to Richard Johnson, who retires upright and walking, and capable of a new full and productive
Capt. Kneesup
5th April 2021
Tips
Putting the wheels back on the Gravy Train
Many of you will know the music of the much-inked Rag’n Bone Man, and especially his hit lament called “(I’m Only) Human”. A reviewer said
Capt. Kneesup
3rd April 2021
Just a thought
AWT Championships? Hasn’t Jesus suffered enough on Good Friday?
Good Friday, and Europe is awash with Fiestas and Fetes celebrating Holy Week. It’s a time of year when I might reasonably consider that the
Capt. Kneesup
1st April 2021
Tips
They’re Off!
A two-parter this week – Tips and comment on Cheltenham. This first, though, as they’re almost OFF for the first day of the 2021 Flat
Capt. Kneesup
27th March 2021
Tips
Mothering Sunday, Cheltenham, Knackering Saturday
On my knees, despite eight hours of sleep and a working man’s breakfast. Only just midday, and I have already had a business meeting; given
Capt. Kneesup
20th March 2021
Cheltenham March
The Pharaoh of Galway breaks his quarantine to give his tips
The top Irish Tipster and irregular commentator for Raceweb, Peter O’Tool, aka The Pharaoh of Galway, has managed to smuggle out his Gold Cup day
Peter O'Tool
18th March 2021
Cheltenham March
Cheltenham Day 3
With the sad inevitability of the unsinkable ship travelling at speed and an enormous stationary iceberg, I suspect my Cheltenham maybe gashed below the waterline.
Capt. Kneesup
18th March 2021
Cheltenham March
Cheltenham Day 2
I have not yet had the chance to congratulate myself for tipping and Brian Harman for playing into his 3rd place in TPC. A 175/1
Capt. Kneesup
16th March 2021
Cheltenham March
A weekend view of The Cheltenham Festival
The girl in the picture is Elvira, whom I have mentioned ante scriptor. She turned up rather suddenly, refused coffee, and then said nothing, but
Capt. Kneesup
13th March 2021
Tips
This day and that Day.
The Augustinian, German theologian Martin Luther was known for his well-meant interference in early 16th-century religious beliefs, and his fanatical hatred of Jews, Catholics, Anabaptists,
Capt. Kneesup
12th March 2021
Golf Tips
PGA Players Championship – DeChambeau kept in bounds
The Arnold Palmer Invitational last week saw, Bryson DeChambeau under extreme scrutiny, having threatened to cut corners on Bay Hill’s Par 5 sixth, by driving
Capt. Kneesup
10th March 2021
Tips
Another quiet week with nothing on the news
You get weeks like that, don’t you? You can have month after month when the papers are full of horror stories, and the TV and
Capt. Kneesup
6th March 2021
Tips
My old gender-neutralised friend – and nobody even bothered to ask …..it?
Some of you will know that on Tuesdays, after tea, I often indulge in a spot of PR and Nowcomms, if only to keep the
Capt. Kneesup
27th February 2021
Tips
Bad Luck Ben and Jim – and good luck to us today.
The stupidest question ever asked of any sportsman, as their hopes, self-worth, future careers and personal reputation lie in tattered, bedraggled pieces in full view
Capt. Kneesup
21st February 2021
Tips
Samantha has just had to pop out…
A slightly ethereal conversation this morning with Madame, who posed the question: “Is it possible, that we might both have died from Covid, and that
Capt. Kneesup
20th February 2021
Tips
It’s either moss, or the green shoots of a comeback
It’s been a torrid few weeks on the punting front, and the whiff of ordure was beginning to clag these pages. However, like a small,
Capt. Kneesup
14th February 2021
Tips
A reader writes…
Dear Sir Jim Ratcliffe, I don’t pay you to sit at home all day watching men playing in boats and then hitting tennis balls around
Capt. Kneesup
13th February 2021
Tips
Another 180 minutes I can never get back
If you have the opportunity and wherewithal to burn five pound notes then can I guide you to the most incomprehensible film I have ever
Capt. Kneesup
7th February 2021
Tips
Chicken jealousy raises its ugly head
Sadly this week saw the passing of Sam Vestey, who was a good man. We weren’t best buddies, but his huge skill with people was
Capt. Kneesup
6th February 2021
