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Plus 12 and dry when driving in.. Very muggy..

Tom Bellamy in ..We worked Chateau Robin and Another Venture this morning.

Robert, Jules and Thomas Hodgkinson were here for a 'Charity Morning on the gallops followed by breakfast.'

Graham Potts our vet was in as normal this morning.

This weeks movers and shakers in the BHA handicap charts are..By The Boardwalk up 1 to 126, Gallery Exhibition down 1 to 135, Grand March enters over hurdles at 98, Un Ace down 2 to 140 and Younevercall up 8 to 143.

The Racehorse Owners Association Awards are about to close..

If you happen to be a member of the ROA then please click on this link and vote for the horses who you think are the best horses or even owners in each category.

When it comes to National Hunt Mare the choices are Annie Power, Petite Gray, Vroum Vroum Mag and our own Emily Gray.. Not wishing to push for your vote but wouldn’t it be great if Emily won.. she so deserves too.. Click here to vote. Be warned it might not work clicking straight through this link.. you might have to go through on you own web brouser.

I am sure you know how I have voted on two of the categories. Owner category..John Perriss and National Hunt Race mare.. Emily Gray.

Clare is on the committee of the Home Farm Trust and on Thursday they have their Christmas Fair in Cirencester.. Clare's Mother Cilla started the Friends of Home Farm Trust about 35 years ago, and amazingly it has carried on since, with faithful friends and now Clare and friends... Please, if you are in the area do call in as all support is hugely appreciated.

We have three runners today at Southwell.. Aliandy, My Cousin Rachel and Cresswell Legend.. David Bass rides all three.. For my thoughts on their respective chances please click here..

Before I go today I would just to add a big thank you to Balthazar Fabricius of Fitzdares for offering our Racing For Maggies Charity Partnership the use his Box at Cheltenham on Saturday.

It was incredibly kind of Balthazar. Seriously it was an generous offer and much appreciated by all who are supporting Maggies.. Balthazar is a mate of TNDGB.. or rather TNDGB seems to be always having lunch with him.

Also from Cheltenham.. Sam Morshead was staying with us for the three days. Sam was seen signing many copies of his book Racing Through Life at the same table as Jilly Cooper who was also signing copies of her latest blockbuster Mount...whose book sold more copies I wonder? Both said theirs did!

Thinking Cheltenham.. It was a very long three days..

Like the Irish patient who hobbled into the Surgery waiting room...

"I hope to God the doctor finds something wrong with me because I'd hate to feel like this if I was well!"