This morning. As opposed to the “one more trot please” of the past few days at Tattersalls…
Galloping four unraced 2-year-olds at Kempton as the sun rises. If the sun rises today. Too dark and early and pitch black to tell much on that front. The Coulsty filly “Coulin Rouge”. The Blue Point filly “Stepney Blue”. The Tasleet filly “Tentasion” and the Ghaiyyath filly “Spirit of Mika”…
Elsa Tan and Kenergy with them to do a bit of “hand holding” but also a piece of work ahead of impending engagements…
A “work experience’ day for young horses. Kempton is perfect for the exercise. You can never replicate the raceday experience of debut, but mornings like this open the eyes and prick the ears…
We will miss Kempton very much if it disappears under 500 Redrow starter homes. Quiet on that front – is “quiet” good, or just the calm before the storm of a devastating announcement…
“Announcements” aplenty from within the Chancellor’s battered briefcase yesterday. The 5% hike on Machine Game Duty (MGD) is at the lower end of the scales discussed, but still a 25% rise. And if bookmaker predictions are proven correct, the Betting Shop Estate is set to be decimated as a result. Bringing thousands of job losses and removing community hubs that have been a sanctuary for so many down the years…
Yet again, the Government has approached the Gambling sector with nil understanding of the ripple effect. Viewed as a pariah industry, and put in the same basket as “dodgy vape shops and barbers”, they don’t get the bigger picture. And the ramifications that will tsunami across so many people’s lives…
Tattersalls yesterday. Lots 1053 (FIERCE FORTITUDE) and 1105 (OVERSOUL) knocked down to us. #HaveHorseWillTravel aspirations for both…
Two runners today. Callum Shepherd up on both at Southwell…
ALCARAZ and LILLY LUX…
Right, Thursday is the new Friday in terms of traffic chaos. An A3 and an M25 to negotiate to reach that Kempton place before the sun rises. If it rises….
