And low Surrey Suburbia…
Just seen plenty of it. A closed northbound A3. Waze taking me off into the suburban sticks. Grey rain lashed pavements under orange street lights. Bumper to bumper….
Gaps closing on country lanes as the early risers jostle for tight spaces. More congested than a Stewards Cup or a Wokingham at the furlong pole…
Made it to Downs House. Finally. Bits of Surrey ticked off…
But some were clearly having a worse time of it on the A3 than us. Hope all is well…
“Rain lashed” the feature of today’s forecast. Relentless and horizontal wet. Man and beast well rugged up against the elements. A day that is most unlikely to define. A day to be got through…
A runner. MASSIMO BLUE (Jack Mitchell) to Chelmsford. Jack a little unlucky not to win on this boy at Downtown Dunstall Park in the autumn when a gap fell for another quicker than it did for us. A tight little race….
All well in the desert. DESERT COP (Callum Shepherd) our only runner over there tomorrow. A 5 furlong sprint. Drawn 1 – which can be good. Or…..
Not so well in the desert is the windy and grey weather. Sophie has some friends who have flown in for a few days. Burial mounds and the Tree Of Life looking more likely than poolside. I’m sure they will muddle through…
Declarations this morning for what promises to be a fascinating renewal of Ascot’s Clarence House Chase on Saturday. Harry Cobden on Jonbon in JP’s green and yellow. A sight that is going to be very familiar in the years ahead….
15th January. By 15th March, the Cheltenham Festival will be done and dusted. Two months until “The Roar” and Guinness splashed hands…
Some fine renewals of the Clarence House in this….
