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Plus 9 and wet when driving in.

Leicester being abandoned yesterday was a bit of a bugger! Waterlogged hurdle track and good on the chase course.. Hard to explain unless you know that they water the hurdle course as it is also the flat course during the summer and they don’t water the chase course.. But until the hurdles are replaced with chase races then bye bye Leicester on a very wet day.

Watching ITV 4 racing at home showed how good Irish racing really is.. The two chases were cracking races to watch. Galvin and Galopin Des Champs

David Bass, Ciaran Gethings and Harrison Beswick were in for one lot this morning.. Racing starts so early at this time of year.

Norman Carter was here third lot to see his Samatian and his KBRS horse Voyburg.

Graham Potts was in to do his Tuesday visit on a Wednesday.

We have two runners today at Doncaster.. Balleticon and Pipesmoker.. for my thoughts click here

Geoffrey Boycott quote..

To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.

Perhaps that explains where England went wrong in Melbourne!