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27th March 2021
Plus 2 and dry when driving in.
Just when we have become used to getting up in daylight. But from tomorrow the clocks go forward and it is back to getting up in the dark again..
Hes No Trouble yesterday rather petered out in the home straight, and I am not going to blame the rain!
England won the second ODI in India.. one all, and the final is tomorrow..
Nick Cook (Younevercall, Hendra House and Balleticon) was in the pavillion yesterday as the 3 day friendly he was umpiring was cancelled due to rain.
Good news for British Point to Pointing as it all starts again on Monday.. Sadly Ireland are very unlikely to be starting their Point to point season at all as their vaccinations programme has hardly taken off.... Does make you realise there are some good points about Brexit! Europe is in a mess when it comes to vaccinations..
No David Bass this morning as he is up at Kelso.
Ciaran Gethings and Harry Beswick were in.
We jumped Voyburg, Design Icon, Lord Apparelli, Gerard Mentor, Shanacoole Prince and Prince Llwelyn.
Just in case you had not noticed, the flat racing season starts today at sunny Donny.. I fear there will be complaints from the flat trainers over the lack of grass on parts of the course after a torrid winter and no grass growth..
We have one runner today at Kelso.. Dandy Dan heads there and for my thoughts please click here.
Two prominent racing folk died recently and from very different back grounds..Martin Pipes assistant and Chester Barnes and Major General Jeremy Phipps..
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu, covid, and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"
Two weeks today..