Robert Cooper
Joe Fanning joins race riding retirement club
Robert Cooper relaxes but then life quickens into a speedy late flourish, as Joe Fanning will find out. Joe Fanning Who is the rascal with his...
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Robert Cooper
/ 2 months agoTOR BLIMEY, HE MUST EAT WELL
Robert Cooper reckons we should take diet tips from the horses Torcello with Shaun Lycett and daughter Jasmine) It has become an established fact that we humans are...
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Robert Cooper
/ 3 months agoPOT’S SIMMERING, IT’S A MIND GAME
Robert Cooper mulls over the varied joys of small pots and glorious triumphs Jan Brueghel winning Coronation Cup at Epsom last year Studying form only sometimes produces the...
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoEINSTEIN POSES A HEAD-SCRATCHER: Robert Cooper puzzles over the mysteries of life, the universe, Ballydoyle and the Guineas
Robert Cooper unpicks Albert Einstein Guineas hopes, Ballydoyle’s classic battalion and George Boughey’s Bow Echo in a lively Flat season preview.
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Robert Cooper
/ 5 months agoFESTIVAL IN A FLASH: WHOOSH – AND THEY’RE GONE!
Sir Bob Cooper muses on the ups and downs of racing, festivals – and life Racing can sometimes mimic a microcosm of real life; like counting the days...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoOSCAR WINNER TOPS THE BILL: Robert Cooper cheers handicap ace before tuning into Cheltenham Festival
Robert Cooper cheers handicap ace before tuning into Cheltenham Festival...
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Robert Cooper
/ 7 months agoOFF TO WAR … BY JANGO!
Robert Cooper mulls over old notes and backs Hendo ace Baie for Gold Constitution Hill and inset: Brighterdaysahead There are many benefits from not throwing things away; I...
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Robert Cooper
/ 8 months agoTHIS YEAR I’LL BE ON THE POT: Robert Cooper aims to reignite an old betting passion
Here’s to a proactive 2026! I’ve run out things to give up so my aim this year is to reignite a long extinguished flame, namely the Placepot. My...
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Robert Cooper
/ 9 months agoPIGS IN BLANKETS lining up a dinner coup
Robert Cooper eyes grim prospects for turkeys, sprouts and betting shops Constitution Hill ridden by Nico de Boinville As Bing Crosby would croon, ‘It’s Beginning to Look a...
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoBOB WAS A BIG BOOST: Robert Cooper finds a Way to follow up this season on last year’s jumps money-spinners
We have arrived at the time of year when I go delving for some horses to follow through the approaching winter months; some of them so far beneath...
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Racing Ahead
/ 11 months agoEYES FIXED FOR THE LATE SHOW: Robert Cooper focuses on track action with help from his optician
One Monday a month I dedicate a fair chunk of the day to composing this column; you will already be aware every full stop and semi-colon is meticulously...
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Robert Cooper
/ 1 year agoJungle Drums: Robert Cooper races off without laptop – but with eye on the track thrills
Can the long hot summer of 2025 really be drawing to a close? More than likely, although mine is still going strong, as I’m girding my loins for...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoRobert Cooper: It’s a man actually, Derek Thompson…
Robert Cooper welcomes Derek ‘Big Fella’ Thompson to the ‘quiet’ life Time flies when you’re having a good time, and since hanging up my Sky Sports Racing microphone...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoMorris Dancer: Robert Cooper muses on rabbit hold, fond memories and track hopefuls
Just a few minutes surfing the net can lead you down even deeper rabbit holes than Alice encountered in Wonderland. Here is a brief synopsis of a recent...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoFrom superstores to corner shops: Robert Cooper looks at racing’s underdogs
Robert Cooper looks beyond racing’s Goliaths to the plucky Davids The tealeaves have yet to reveal Aiden O’Brien’s final Derby battle plan, the likelihood being that the usual...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoStaying stoic in the agony: Robert Cooper reflects on emotion of tight defeat
Robert Cooper reflects on emotion of tight defeat – and a Sweet Reward The Agony and the Ecstasy. Irving Stone’s classic novel could quite feasibly have been written...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 1 year agoAces humbled – and it aint even started: Minor obstacles topple the big Festival stars
The Grand National is usually the race that grabs the headlines, but something pretty bizarre will have to occur at Aintree to dwarf the most eventful Champion Hurdle...
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Robert Cooper
/ 2 years agoMarcus Aurelius was on the money: Robert Cooper digs deep for a hot Cheltenham Festival tip from a Roman emporer
What, if anything, can we learn from history? With Cheltenham almost in full beam view, we are annually bombarded with statistics, trends, and previews until our brains erupt...
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All Weather
/ 2 years agoNO BLUES FOR BILLY FAMILY: Robert Cooper ditches slippers for enthusiasm, youth and the All-Weather
At £1 a shot for every ‘how’s retirement going’ I must have amassed enough coins to gazump Amo Racing’s supremo Kia Joorabchian at the autumn yearling sales.
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Robert Cooper
/ 2 years agoA ‘check’ that bounced back: Raising a toast to racing
Robert Cooper raises a toast to happy days racing in the year ahead.
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Robert Cooper
/ 2 years agoNorma’s colours are flying proud
Robert Cooper sees Percy Willis and Kaadam grace white and green spots and red cap.
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Robert Cooper
/ 2 years agoDIGGING OUT THE JUMPERS
The former Sky Racing frontman is all geared up for the change of codes - and clothing Now that another Flat season has been wrapped up and the...
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Robert Cooper
/ 2 years agoFROM BOOK TO BOOKIES
The former Sky frontman turns detective in hunt for Arc clues One of the drawbacks of not working so frequently – I don’t like to call it total...
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Robert Cooper
/ 2 years agoGIFT HORSES AND FRENCH LESSONS
Robert Cooper finds ‘retirement’ is keeping him busy The old adage about looking a gift horse in the mouth springs to mind. My interpretation is that if a...
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News
/ 2 years agoMY TIME FOR A WARM DOWN
Robert Cooper reflects on tragedy and triumph during his 50+ years in racing Just now the mundane seems such an attractive option; I will find out for myself...
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Robert Cooper
/ 2 years agoOUR SKY MAN IS FLYING THE COOP
Robert Cooper may be bidding farewell to Sky Sports but, never fear, will still be landing his gems in Racing Ahead Robert Cooper with Star Sports The cat...
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Epsom Derby Meeting
/ 2 years agoAIDAN CALLING IN TO BOOST EPSOM TALLY
But Robert Cooper is won over by James Fanshawe’s Ambiente Friendly touch Toppers and Tails suggest the serious stuff is about to be let loose. Epsom and Royal...
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Robert Cooper
/ 2 years agoBLOOMING LOVELY AND THE BEE IS BUZZING BACK
Sky Racing’s frontman welcomes spring, the Flat and Charlton’s returning Okeechobee If there’s ever a time to be optimistic, it’s spring – the birds are singing merrily, the...
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Grand National
/ 2 years agoIT’S SAFETY FIRST BUT NOBLE’S MY WINNER
Sky Racing frontman Robert Cooper casts a wistful eye back on old-school Nationals - but he’s fixed on Yeats Noble Yeats, ridden by Sam Waley-Cohen AS we trot...
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Robert Cooper
/ 3 years agoIRELAND’S CALL ONCE MORE… TO BE SURE!
Robert Cooper recommends whacking a few quid on The Real Whacker at Cheltenham No such thing as a certainty? I’m not so sure: there will have to be...
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