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Minus 1 and a cold drying wind when driving in...

Snow flurries on the way home from Taunton yesterday

Behind The Veil ran a far better race than last time.. learning..

Sadly El Rio pulled up and was diagnosed with an irregular heart or an Atrial fabrillating heart.. Sprinter Sacre and Denman both suffered from this during their career and recovered..

Taunton is a rather quaint racecourse and locally hugely popular.

Keith and Liz Ellis (BTV) upgraded to the Orchard Restaurant where the food was very good, while El Rio’s team were based in their Syndicate room which again was excellent.. Far better than the owners and trainers which was packed with syndicates..!

Tuesday morning.. David Bass was in.. we needed to work a couple..

More of those ridiculous early closing races for The Cheltenham Festival today..The Champion Hurdle, Stayers Hurdle and Mares Hurdles all close today...

Exeter was where we were meant to have been racing today but that was called off yesterday before 12 pm..

We had a vet visit as usual this morning and this weeks movers and shakers in the BHA handicap charts were..

I Got Stung down 2 to 97, Mr Grey Sky down 2 to 121, Samatian down 2 to 80 over hurdles and fences, Shantou Express down 2 to 122, Percy Veering down 1 to 99 while Heros De Romay enters at 123 and Magical Escape enters at 122.

Sandown cancelled Veterans race has been rescheduled to Warwick on Saturday..

The great JPR Williams died last night.. A wonderfully tough player on the field of Rugby, he was also a brilliant tennis player.. He beat David Lloyd to win the 1966 Wimbledon juniors title..What a life..

Goodbye Franz Beckenbauer.. A fabulous footballer..

Cocklebarrow Races.  If in the area this is one of the locals huge and fun race days..21st January..

This made me laugh

As I was getting in bed, she said ''your drunk.''

I said ''how do you know?''

She said.. ''you live next door..''

Sad story, but a good charity.