DONE….
And dusted. History. And books… Another fabulous Cheltenham Festival played out in the greatest sporting amphitheatre… Weather of all sorts. Overcoat collars turned up against icy [...]
BLUE RIBAND…
The Cheltenham Gold Cup… I was there for Dawn Run, Desert Orchid, Best Mate, Kauto Star, The Thinker in the snow, Denman, Long Run, Bobs Worth, Galopin des Champs and many more… A day [...]
HALF TIME ORANGES….
Half way. But still plenty to look forward to… Yesterday’s Champion Chase. Majborough doing Majborough things and trying to take a couple of fences with him. He has some engine, but [...]
SHE’S GOOD…
Lossiemouth. The galloping grey mare. Lighting up Day One. Willie Mullins proving yet again that the moniker of “genius” sits well on his shoulders… Brighterdaysahead and The [...]
YESTERDAY….
“All my troubles seemed so far away….” Spring sunshine. Birdsong. Skylarks rising…. Today. Entirely different. Standing on the cusp. Some might say the edge. “The [...]
WHEELS DOWN….
From Riyadh… After an anxious few hours sitting on a Saudi Arabian runway, Harriet and Ben’s flight has just landed. Behind schedule – but so what in the bigger scheme… [...]
ACROSS THE DESERT….
And Safe Home…. Hopefully… A bus headed away from the Quarantine Barns. Through the desert’s dark night to Riyadh. A flight home for Ben and Harriet. Home on Monday. [...]
THE NEXT FEW HOURS….
Will hopefully go something like this…. A seamless route out of London to Heathrow Terminal 2… “Man, What’s Happening….??” United Airlines from Washington. [...]
RACING RESCHEDULED….
To a later date… No real surprise that tonight and tomorrow’s Kings Cup meeting in Bahrain will not be taking place as planned… And hoping very much that we can get our team [...]
IN BREAKING NEWS….
That effectively broke days ago… The BHA is without a leader. The “heavyweight” Lord Allen will not be throwing that weight around in racing’s ever muddier waters. That [...]
