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Plus 11 and dry when driving in.

We had a really enjoyable and constructive morning here yesterday with Libby O'Flaherty .. I wish more clerks of the courses would make the effort to spend a morning with trainers.. then they might understand how important honest ground descriptions are?

Southwell yesterday was fairly busy and the ground was good.. Destroythevidence ran well and although he was second we were pleased with his run.. he will come on for the experience.. Onwards and upwards..

My first day back being a passenger with David Bass.. In his new car..(Audi A6).. The last one ruined my back, thankfully this is a far better version of the last one and a size up..Thank you David for being so thoughtful.. Like all new cars there was/is that new feeling.. and smell...

 I found John Morris Jumping Prospects on my desk when I returned last night.. Always a good read.

David Bass and Ciaran Gethings were in this morning to ride out..

The Tattersalls Yearling sales have started and Book One is the premier yearling sales in the GB.. No shortage of money in their world judging by the results.

With all my talk about Vodafone and iPhone last week reminded me of my first emailing phone.. The Blackberry.. I still have my original one in my office desk.. It was a great phone and I was proud of it.. Now I see they are making a film about it..

The World Cup Cricket starts tomorrow in India..

Former successful jump jockey and Flat trainer Paul Burgoyne died last weekend at the age of 71... Paul was a really nice man..

On a Miami­ to Chicago flight was a lively youngster who nearly drove everyone crazy.

He was running up and down the aisle when the flight attendant started serving coffee. He ran smack into her, knocking a cup of coffee out of her hand and onto the floor.

As he stood by watching her clean up the mess, she glanced up at the boy and said, ‘”Look, why don’t you go and play outside?”

Are you called David?