Robin Oakley

The turf | 16 August 2018

With teams anthems and a pop concert afterwards, the Shergar Cup brings a different crowd to the racecourse

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Making racing profitable depends on getting information at the right time. In the Stewards’ Cup at Goodwood two Saturdays ago I had a fancy for trainer Clive Cox’s Tis Marvellous and plunged accordingly. He finished 25th of the 25 finishers.

Last Saturday he was racing again at Ascot where I spotted a friend with connections to his stable.

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