Hour…
Fifty minutes and thirty seconds…
Absolutely remarkable. A sub two hour marathon. Sebastian Sawe coming up with a Roger Bannister moment in London yesterday. Historic…
You have to feel for Younif Kejelcha who also broke the two hour mark – only to finish second…
Barely believable. I was pretty proud of my fastest London Marathon that contained all the threes, but yesterday’s run was remarkable. (Thinly veiled – “look at me, I ran the London Marathon loads of times….”)……
Set fair again this week on the weather front. Taps turned on up and down the land by anxious Clerks of the Courses. Some rain around, but not of the ground changing variety. That bleak and wet and dreary winter is a distant memory…
DESERT COP beaten two and a half lengths under Charlie Bishop at Nottingham yesterday afternoon. Which does not tell even a quarter of the tale. Only five furlongs, but plenty happening. From looking outpaced and out of love with the undulations to finishing best of all and on the bridle. There are days with him ahead for sure….
Barney Baker – “He looked to hate the undulations….”
Me – “There are no undulations at Nottingham…”
Charlie on the phone – “He hated those undulations….”
Whitbread / Bet365 day at Sandown providing the kaleidoscope of contrasting emotions for Team Skelton. Smashing through the £5 million (an outrageous number) prize money barrier, and celebrating a stellar year with most of the yard in attendance. Only for poor Ask Thistle to be fatally injured on the back straight. The highs and the lows that we all endure in this game and which never ever become any easier….
The dread sight of the empty stable the morning after…
Punchestown. And then the Guineas at the weekend. Top class racing under both codes…
One of the greatest 2000 Guineas winners…
