Over Leith. And everywhere else…
“Racing Abandoned….”
Absolutely the right call, but nonetheless a little frustrating that long held diary dates are rubbed out…
The team out bright and early before the bonkers Saharan heat sets in…
I went on Track Radio yesterday afternoon at the invitation of John Inverdale. For a 10 minute chat with Sonja Mclaughlan who hosts the afternoon show on this new and innovative radio station…
To talk about how we ensure the welfare of our equine athletes in extreme heat..
Track Radio. “Britain’s only sports and music radio station”. Check it out…
Royal Ascot debriefs nearly done. ITV viewing figures up. As were streamed views. “Team tactics” attracting plenty of comments and opinions. And as Julian Muscat writes in The Racing Post, if Gstaad had got up to pip Bow Echo on the line, the fall out would have been vociferous and difficult to sweep under any carpets…
The ground. The fact that the going received no more than occasional comment is testament to Chris Stickels and his team who turned the taps on and off as they saw fit. The draw bias on the home straight was not ideal, but you see the same up and down the land and all season long. I have no idea how you counter that one…
The Prix De L’Arc de Triomphe will be opened up to geldings next year. Meaning that some of the best racehorses will no longer be excluded from Europe’s premier championship race. A good call to my mind, but one that has divided opinion…
Right, where’s that hosepipe…
Stay chilled and hydrate responsibly. Obvs…
