Musician Willie Nelson makes a mockery of Lance Armstrong
Submitted by reader Peter Burrell, our first quote of the week comes from the American country music singer-songwriter Willie Nelson:
“I think it is just terrible and...
Frankie Dettori’s triumph at Lingfield marks a great start to his return to racing
Frankie Dettori’s win at Lingfield on Wednesday is to be celebrated and marks a most welcome return for Britain’s favourite jockey.
Having...
20 questions with Paralympic cyclist Colin Lynch
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
I’m a fiercely competitive person. Many people find it annoying actually. From the need to always be right,...
A salute to those taking on challenges this Christmas
As the majority settle down to their Christmas feasts, give a thought to The Atlantic Polo Team who are racing across the Atlantic in a seven...
20 questions with former English rugby union player and England captain Lewis Moody
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Family and friends who will always keep you grounded and honest
“Don't get...
Total Facebook ‘likes’ for three of Britain’s top football clubs is higher than the country’s total population
The population of Britain is approximately 63,900,000 people. The total combined ‘likes’, however, for just three of...
Hugh Bonneville can celebrate after Gothic wins at Leicester
This morning, The Telegraph’s ‘Mandrake’ reported on the latest success of the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Petrushka Syndicate and one of its investors, Downton Abbey star Hugh...
Pontus Maltborg examines the changing face of France’s Ligue 1
The French football Ligue 1 has long been the league of the many and of unpredictability as it has had 6 different champions during the...
The Tout’s tips for Saturday’s Ladbrokes St Leger
As we enter the autumn it is time for the final classic race of the season on Town Moor at Doncaster. The race used to bear more...
The Tout’s tips for the York Ebor Festival
The summer moves on apace and we reach the great northern three day Ebor summer festival on the Knavesmire at York (Roman name ‘Eboracum’).
There is a long...
Pontus Maltbourg analyses this year’s European football transfer window
With less than one month remaining of the major European transfer window it is time to analyse the movers and shakers in European football.
Although the English...
The Tout’s tips for Wednesday’s racing at Goodwood
We’ve arrived at the mid summer festival to beat all others at Goodwood but without the heatwave and some of the ingredients that give Goodwood the pseudonym...
Another win for The Tout
Toronado romped home in a last minute surge at Goodwood’s Sussex Stakes this afternoon and produced yet another glorious result for our man The Tout.
After his success at the Open,...
The Tout does it again
With Mickelson having won The Open at 20/1, The Tout has pulled it off again.
Two of his other selections, Ernie Els and Darren Clarke, finished 10 and 11 shots off...
The Tout’s tips for The Open Championship 2013 at Muirfield
This year it is Muirfield’s sixteenth opportunity to host The Open Championship, which retains its status as the number one event in European golf. The...
Judy Murray has good reason to smile
An interview with Andy Murray’s mother, the tennis coach and British Fed Cup team captain Judy Murray, appeared in the Evening Standard today. The focus of the article...
Our man in whites Fred Sculthorp looks ahead to this week’s Test cricket series, The Ashes
The enemy are at the gates. The time has come. Tomorrow, two of the great sporting civilizations will clash...
Andy Murray’s place in history is much deserved
If he’d lost he’d have been remembered as a “Scottish nearly man” but with his historic victory yesterday at Wimbledon, Andy Murray OBE became a “British superstar”.
Murray,...
Debenture tickets to Wimbledon’s men’s final available for £42,000
Fancy a ticket to the Wimbledon’s men’s final? You can have a pair but it’ll cost you just over £42,000.
With Andy Murray having become the strong...
The Steeple Times asks football guru Pontus Maltborg: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
The struggle for excellence.
“Don't get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion,...
The Queen’s horse wins the Gold Cup at Ascot
The Queen is no doubt deservedly raising a glass tonight after her first ever Gold Cup win at Royal Ascot.
Asked what it meant to train a...
Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot 2013 truly was a fashion parade
Royal Ascot is known for four things: horse racing, royalty, fashion and drunken revelry.
The Mail Online, which normally delights in showing images of the...
The Tout’s tips for Royal Ascot
Finally for all fans of horse racing the greatest week of the year has arrived and even the ladies look forward to it with anticipation as their outfits come...
Frankie Dettori signs with Your Golf Travel
Champion jockey Frankie Dettori is back in the saddle and back in business. As well as performing his trademark flying dismount after winning at Goodwood on Friday on...
A tribute to Sir Henry Cecil (1943 – 2013)
Sir Henry Cecil was undoubtedly one of the greatest trainers ever. His tally of 25 classic winners is unsurpassed since 1900 and in 2012, he crowned...
Frankie Dettori returns to racing
Frankie Dettori’s back. This afternoon the racing legend will ride Beatrice Aurore, owned by ABBA’s Benny Andersson, in the Princess Elizabeth Stakes at Epsom.
He has been missed and we are...
The Tout’s tips for the Oaks and the Derby
Frederico Tesio, a pre-eminent Italian breeder, who owned and bred Ribot one of the all time greats maintained that there is only one important piece of...
The Steeple Times asks Olympian swimmer Amini Fonua: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
“Don’t judge, be open-minded and approach everything you do with love” – You...
The sale of a Purdey gun engraved with a portrait of Baroness Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher had many devoted followers and fans in her time as Prime Minister. Coal miners, in general, were not amongst them...
The Steeple Times asks Welsh National winning racehorse trainer Michael Scudamore: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Grandad Scu, a tough man when he was riding and...
Three out of four for our man, The Tout
The first day of Cheltenham has been kind to our mysterious friend, The Tout.
His predictions of Hurricane Fly to win the Champion Hurdle, Quevega in the...
The Tout’s tips for the Cheltenham Festival 2013
Finally, after a long and harsh winter we have arrived at the greatest show on earth for National Hunt fans. The Tout feels his blood pressure rise...
