FOR A WHITE WEDDING….
And for “white” horses. Hopefully…
Not a cloud in the sky ahead of a fabulous family wedding this afternoon. Folk just beginning to scurry hither and thither with trays and plates and seating plans and nerves aplenty…
Weather Gods playing ball. Sometimes, they do…
Kick off at 3.00pm. And so I will have to watch Gordon Grey at Ascot from behind a pew or a gargoyle. The 2.55 race. I have already asked the wonderful bride to delay her entrance. All about me – obviously…??!!
Gordon Grey (Neil Callan) on his first domestic run for us after a winter in a war zone. He needed his first run in Bahrain, and then probably should have won rather than finishing 3rd on his second outing…
A typically competitive Ascot Handicap, and the favourite Valedictory looked a winner waiting to happen when second at Newbury recently. 6/4 in early betting, and there is plenty of 28/1 and bigger about our boy. But he does not know what price etc etc etc…
A day or a race that will not define GG’s season…
Neither will it for Tex (Jack Dace) up at Leicester this evening. Flattering to deceive on more than one occasion last season. I will settle for encouragement and hope…
Right, time to go and get in the way of those who are scurrying to and fro…
