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Plus 16, dry and windy when driving in. I don’t think we will be dry all day?

Worcester…Best grass cover in any paddock..

Gerard Mentor completed his first chase well.. jumping well and ran OK.. He will have learnt from the experience and will surely find a race soon..

Lady Gwen was for her fairly well behaved, and Tom Bellamy was very relaxed on LG when she was trying or rather thinking about misbehaving..

Tom who rode her last time was adamant that 2miles 4 furlongs was what she needed.. Ummmm was my thought, but it was worth the try.. Anyway, she was getting into the race like a horse with a great chance but then 2 furlongs from home the petrol ran out..  

Tom Bellamy take a bow.. Tom admitted to the owners post-race that he was wrong and LG did not stay..How refreshing..

Worcester might not be on the top of my racecourse list, but it has certainly moved off the bottom. They are trying and the owners and trainers room, although not ideal, at least it had good food which helps ..Owners experience is important..

A postscript to Worcester.. Maya my PA came racing as she knew that I had such a long wait between the first and last race that she could sit me down and make me read through our 2024/2025 brochure..She complained that she can never tie me down in the office??

Those of you who watched Aiden O’Brien take over York yesterday on ITV would have enjoyed listening and watching Ruby Walsh and his post-race analysis of City Of Troy winning the Juddmonte International.. There is no better person at it, he was just brilliant yesterday… Equally brilliant is Aiden O’Brien, who surely will be Champion Flat trainer in England.

Good news from Basingstoke Hospital.. All Pandora’s three girls are now with her..

First test.. England had a good day..

Thursday morning brought in Phil Case and Richard Dowle.. Phil was here to see his KBRS horses Parc d’Amour, El Rio, Percy Veering and Fair Fronteries.

I went over to Ginny Thompson to watch her ride Heros de Romay.. Ginny is pre training Heros..

From there I went to see John Perriss’s horses in pre training with Kerry Millership..Kerry is based near Shipton On Stour

John Arlott was quoted as saying...

Cricket is a most precarious profession; it is called a team game but, in fact, no one is so lonely as a batsman facing a bowler supported by ten fieldsmen and observed by two umpires to ensure that his error does not go unpunished.