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Due to “unforeseen circumstances”…. The King’s Cup meeting that was originally scheduled for 5th and 6th March in Bahrain will now take place this coming Thursday and [...]

The bedrock. Where foundations are laid. Where journeys begin, and dreams take flight… Point to Pointing. Tables groaning under pies and sandwiches and bubbling stews. Beer in plastic cups. [...]

And planes and trains and automobiles… Are catching up with me this morning… Plenty going on in our sport. Here, there and everywhere. But that will have to be for another day as [...]

As Ryan crouched a little lower off the home bend, let out an inch or two of rein and got down in behind his horse’s neck… Kempton gets crowds like this when blue moons and Boxing Day [...]

The international flavour of our sport. Headlines that range from Dubai to Doncaster and most places in between.. Surreal to be reading about World Cup night at Meydan on Saturday with the region [...]

Out of the Gulf… Well, certainly from an equine perspective… News of a flight home out of Dammam in Saudi Arabia on 7th April. A short journey across the Causeway from The Kingdom. [...]

Frosty and fresh and pretty chilly as a red sun pokes over the far horizon… “Red Sky in the morning….” Far away in the east, there is talk of the Kings Cup meeting taking [...]

To Epsom Downs. No more than a short hop. And a shorter skip… In London last night. The Turf Club. A3 clear just now. Simples… Spring springing. Dew on the ground and a chill in the [...]

Skies. Criss crossing vapour trails. A skein of geese headed towards London as we drove across the Downs just now. Brighter mornings are good for the soul after that long, bleak and black [...]

A numbers game… Or even a Christmas carol… Today’s diary goes something like this…. “Three members of the Arab Racing Organisation….” “Two (Gary [...]