Which is no real surprise as rain has been in the forecast for several days…
According to the local gallops report, plenty has fallen “in the past couple of hours….”
Puddles. Flooded road at the bottom of Langley Vale in a hollow that is always flooded when the rains come. Tough for cyclists navigating the early route to work…
No movement amongst the caravans and mobile homes. Heads down as rain lashes…
Ground changing ?? Or of no real moment on fast turf…?? We shall see..
Plans and declarations and entries to mull and consider. Entries made yesterday with Epsom described as “Good to Firm, Good in places”. And therefore impossible not to enter fast ground horses…
We shall see what this day and other days bring. Shortly before 7.00, and rain stopped…
Declarations for The Derby are tomorrow morning. Wednesday morning for Saturday’s race. A good idea from the media perspective as this gives an extra 24 hours of clarity on running and riding plans…
AMELIA EARHART a strong favourite for Friday’s Oaks at around 2/1. And a more robust staying pedigree than stablemate PRECISE. Amelia could easily be 5/4 come post time…
In The Derby, mixed messages on the favourite BENVENUTO CELLINI’s pedigree. He will probably stay – but PIERRE BONNARD has a deeper pedigree in that respect, and 8/1 has some each-way appeal…
Unexpected news out of Newmarket. One of the young battalion of trainers who are doing so well, James Ferguson, is calling time on his seven year training career…
He’s a good man and will make a success of the next chapter for sure…
No runners for us today…
Racing TV with us later this morning. An unscripted chat with Martin Dwyer, Tom Stanley and Oli Bell. What could possibly go wrong….??
1974. A 50/1 shot stuns the “crowd of more than half a million on The Downs….”
Perhaps this will be another year for a long shot ?? You have to be in it…
