Roll with the punches. Weave and bob. Duck and dive. Keep bloody kicking…
Highs and lows. Fine margins. By the barest of margins…
“Fly like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee…”
Days get turned over and upside down by dull news, or when the luck does not fall your way. Other days are brilliant and fabulous and fun and funny – and could be lived over and over again…
Not our day yesterday. But so nearly so..
TEX should have won the historic Brighton Mile and the iconic trophy that is a replica of the Brighton Pavilion. But “should” does not win horse races…
Right race, wrong track, and a fast diminishing neck the difference between fun and less fun. But in the past fortnight, TEX has gone from frustrating conundrum to talented star on the rise. A fortnight ago, we would have taken Ascot winner, “eyecatcher” at Glorious, unlucky loser in The Brighton Mile – and there are days ahead for him for sure…
The fine margins. The difference between the morning stride being skip or leaden..
We move on…
Much encouragement in the runs of both LUNAR TIDE and PURPLE MOON at Kempton. Cobwebs blown away. Both will be better on turf. Just not this bonkers baked turf…
Sandown today. VESPER HONEY (Jason Watson). Not much has dropped right for her, and no real surprise to see her at 7 million to one in the betting. Early days. Learning her trade. All will be well…
Office politics. The Racecourse Association looking like a busted flush. Racecourses and Racecourse Groups breaking cover and breaking free. What next ?? Yet another fissure appears within our sport, and we feel more rudderless, confused, vested and flawed than ever before. Simon Cox, our new BHA Chair, has not exactly raged out of the traps in terms of public announcements – keeping his powder dry before launching into his scary in-tray….??
Meanwhile, those of us on the shop floor will battle on, providing the product that turns so many wheels and oils the engines for the benefit, mainly, of others. Mad fools that we are…?!
In much more fun news…
Tallulah launching a Golf Channel on TikTok and Instagram. Charting her golfing journey.
TazzTeesoff. Go check it out…
