Archive - Boyd's Own Paper

AINTREE GRAND NATIONAL MEETING SATURDAY

A horrible day’s racing on so many fronts.

6 hrs ago • Nick Boyd

AINTREE GRAND NATIONAL MEETING FRIDAY

Some five or six weeks ago BC (before Cheltenham), some overpaid, underthinking Socialist adviser to Rachel Reeves, thought it would be clever to…

Apr 9 • Nick Boyd

AINTREE GRAND NATIONAL MEETING THURSDAY

The latest construction data paints a stark and sobering picture of a housing sector in freefall.

Apr 8 • Nick Boyd

The Masters Tournament - Augusta

When one mentions The Masters in the USA, there is a visible shifting of attentiveness.

Apr 8 • Nick Boyd

How Milliband and Starmer are overseeing the collapse of UK Plc

Another profitable Saturday, and please God, this heralds the start of a fab week at Aintree and another at Augusta.

Apr 7 • Nick Boyd

Ireland today, Foie Gras tomorrow

I get so bamboozled these days by whether we are officially in Europe or Out.

Apr 6 • Nick Boyd

Lambourn Open Day and other matters

Huge crowds in Lambourn, and so good to see my old chum PBN fully recovered from the ghastly C and considerably more sprightly than myself.

Apr 4 • Nick Boyd

Easter Racing? Not today thank you; I'm training for Mars.

No Tips for today because it is Good Friday, and I am old-fashioned enough to believe you have to keep at least two days free from the demands of…

Apr 2 • Nick Boyd

Talking of the end of lent, new life, old stories, resurrections and stuff that makes you doubt...

I feel overwhelmed by this week… maybe it’s the impending excitement of Lambourn Open Day, Saturday drinks, and the Lockinge Old Berks Point-to-Point.

Apr 2 • Nick Boyd

Is the Texas Open a Masters dress rehearsal? Hardly...

Every April, the golf calendar shifts its focus toward Augusta, Georgia - but the road to the Masters runs directly through San Antonio and The Valero…

Apr 1 • Nick Boyd

March 2026

Ah go on - It's the National season - and you need a subscription!!

If only the grounds of vulgarity, I have to apologise for talking about the financial aspect of our relationship.

Mar 30 • Nick Boyd

Dubai, Lincoln, Suzuka and don't forget Kim

A strange weekend is in store.

Mar 28 • Nick Boyd

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