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……”
Feels colder than that. Not many fools as mad as me on the A3 and the M25 just now. Making the gentle commute from Sussex to Epsom a walk in the park…
Pinpricks of bobbing light on the Epsom Downs as other early risers pick their way through the deep dark from stables to gallops. Less than 6 months until The Derby, although midsummer feels a billion years away…
Bright if a little windy in Bahrain today. Apparently. Fresh horses. Harriet happy with her team of four. Entries for Friday’s second Turf Series close in a few minutes. At the moment, it looks like this from our camp…
DESERT COP in the Sprint. MAX MAYHEM and NESTHORN in the 9 furlong Al Dana Cup…
Jockey juggling very much the norm in The Kingdom – but at present the steering will be done by Callum Shepherd, Lee Newman and Benoit de la Sayette respectively…
Nothing to run ahead of the New Year over here on the frozen plains. 2025 done and dusted on that front….
Absolutely delighted for my great mate Rebecca Curtis. A fine training effort to get Haiti Couleur to bounce back from “pulled up at halfway” at Haydock to galloping his rivals into the ground in the Welsh National. Cool horse – and a real Aintree prospect…
Becky trains so far into Wales that she can see the Statue of Liberty from the beach where she takes her horses. With Sean Bowen up, a proper Welsh day in Wales…
Galopin Des Champs running well in Ireland yesterday, but not exactly screaming Cheltenham Gold Cup winner. But Willie is a genius…
Happy with my two early each way pokes in the Festival’s blue riband race – a few pounds on both The Jukebox Man (25/1) and Grey Dawning (14/1). Plenty of 14s is still available about the latter, but the former is now an 8/1 shot. Plenty of water under several bridges…
Plenty of desert sand beneath our hooves and feet before we head to Cheltenham in March…
My fingers have turned purple. Jeez, it is raw cold right now and dead of night black. Flight details to Bahrain please…..
