To a later date…
No real surprise that tonight and tomorrow’s Kings Cup meeting in Bahrain will not be taking place as planned…
And hoping very much that we can get our team home soon. There is movement and chat on flights out of the region, and here’s hoping that Harriet and Ben can be given some concrete news in the coming hours and days…
A very real scenario being that the horses will have to follow further down the line…
Speculation and hypothesis does not help in any way, and so we will wait for the official lines…
Perhaps racing here should be “rescheduled” once we have some considered and united governance in place. Sadly, we would be waiting for years…
Racecourses aligning themselves. Arena Racing and its owner the Reuben brothers and the head honcho Martin Cruddace v The Rest Of The World…
The Reuben brothers have decided that they would much prefer to watch Class 6 Handicaps than build thousands of homes across their Real Estate – or…..??
This is an excellent piece by Ed Grimshaw. It is quite long, but also very well informed, and pithily explains plenty. Worth a read if you have 5 minutes…
https://cuttingcomment.com/the-great-fracture-how-arc-became-the-fault-line-that-split-british-racing-in-two
If the medium that you read this on does not support the link above, just Google “Ed Grimshaw Cutting Comment”…..
LILLY LUX beaten just over a length into 4th last night at Kempton. She is gaining confidence, and I’m convinced that her best days lie ahead under both codes…
This time next week, those half time oranges will be out…
This time tomorrow, Clancy will be in the house. “Man, What’s Happening….??”
What’s happening is that I’m driving the short trip to Exeter tomorrow to watch the Riverdee owned Sherminator. Just down the road…
Stayers Hurdle next Thursday. This was a good horse – bred by my old mate Bobby McAlpine…
