In the main….
Gilded Berkshire acres. Royal attendance and approval. Mouth watering clashes. The big battalions are rolling out the big guns – but hopefully there will be a scrap or three that falls the way of the smaller yards. Whose celebrations tend to be rather more entertaining and engaging. Whilst some stand in that famous Winners Enclosure with that “we have seen this all before” demeanour, those who dance and shout to the rooftops are an altogether more alluring spectacle…
Five days of high drama. Five days when many will watch every single race and every single horse in the paddock. And five days when many who attend will not see a single horse. Each to their own. Chacun…
Royal Ascot, a Test Match, The World Cup, the golf US Open…
Which way to look….??
The timings mean that I don’t yet feel very “World Cuppy”…..
That will all change when England puts five past Croatia on Wednesday night…
Early start – with stuff and mainly nonsense to address…
Leave you with this extraordinary Ascot moment…
