TIME FLIES…
A text from Doncaster Racecourse yesterday afternoon…. “EARLY CLOSING RACE REMINDER. Please note entries for the Lincoln Handicap close noon tomorrow, 20th Jan. Please refer to Racing [...]
APPARENTLY…..
We have passed the shortest day, and the mornings will edge a little brighter… Not yet….!! Bitter cold and pitch black. “Plus One, feels like Minus Four……” [...]
KEMPTON’S DAY….
How poignant and significant that we should witness one of the greatest races at a racecourse that is beholden to the wit and wisdom of the developers…. The build up to this year’s [...]
AS THE LAST…..
Touches to Christmas plans take place up and down the land, thoughts turn to those who will be working whilst others are playing… Racehorses do not understand Bank Holidays and high days. [...]
DESERT DUST
Settling… After the first Bahrain Turf Series went well… All three horses who ran on Friday night have come out of their respective races in good order – and the Programme Book [...]
THREE YEARS AGO…
To the day… Lucander and Pat C set alight our Bahraini pioneering mission with a stunning win in the Al Muharraq Cup. Dancing clear of a competitive field, our desert hero… The horse [...]
RACEDAY….
In the Kingdom of Bahrain…. The luck of the draw…..?? MAX MAYHEM and NESTHORN drawing the widest stall positions in the mile and a quarter Turf Series race. Lee Newman and Benoit de [...]
Just ashes….
From The Ashes. Sadly…. Bazball and Ben and Brendan energised English Test cricket. They ensured that the longer format of the game flourished at a time when T20 franchises were on the cusp [...]
NOT QUITE….
Ashes to ashes. Just yet… Australia probably just below par with 8 wickets down. 90 odd for 4 was a good moment in the middle of the night – but I reckon after losing the toss, [...]
SLATE GREY….
Old Trafford skies. Hanging damp. Drizzle on top of heavy rainfall. Sakhir Racecourse in Bahrain… Unseasonal. Unexpected. Unusual…. Pretty much the same here on Epsom Downs where the [...]
