First post for a long time again, having had no internet for nearly a month. Just before Christmas we moved back to our old house to get out of the way of some fairly heavy building work at the farm. We ordered broadband from the day we arrived, but it was delayed until after Christmas. We rang BT in the …

No internet at the moment and Im having to update the blog from Jane’s Iphone, which is extremely fiddly, so I’m keeping it short. Quaker Parrot goes at Wolverhampton and she may have found a good opportunity to score.  In the King George I’ll oppose the principals with Deep Purple, who should give a decent account of himself. The nap …

Christmas approaches and it’s increasingly time spent with the children. We went for a walk this morning – there was a scary moment. Jane and I were holding Ollie’s hand, and we were playing the ‘one two three – wheee’ game where we swing him up in the air. Unfortunately the second time we did it we let him go …

I’m busy today – in a Bettorlogic board meeting with a follow on meeting in town. December has become my busiest time of year – I’m involved with a lot of companies now and they all seem to have one meeting to tie things up before Christmas. Theophrastus runs in the 1:30 at Folkestone, and he may have found himself …

No luck in the week with both of my runners finishing down the field.  Peintre D’Argent ran ok for a while but was run out of it at the end of the race.  I’m not concerned by that – she’s never had a turn of foot and the pace wasn’t strong enough for her.  She was noticeably up behind in …

It’s been a long time since my last blog.  My house is in a mess at the moment – my computer is packed up in a box.  My study, which was supposed to be finished in February, is only nearing completion now.  Our bathroom upstairs was supposedly a two week job – they started in June and we’re still waiting.  It’s all extra stress …

I’m on holiday in Cornwall with the wife and kids at the moment. We’ve been quite lucky with the weather and with no internet access it’s a proper escape. I was happy with Morana’s run. He was beaten fair and square but it was a top class race and he’ll progress plenty from 2 to 3 and he’ll be suited …

A big day today as Morana takes his chance at G1 level. I’ve spoken to Pete throughout the week, and had another chat this morning. He’s as well as he’s ever been and he should relish the conditions. I don’t see any reason why he won’t run extremely well – there are some big reputations in the race but he’s …

An amazing day Saturday when I had my first group winner in my own colours. I’ve had shares of several group winners in the past.  Many years ago I had a piece of a horse called Glide Path with John Hills.  He was a top grade handicapper who was just shy of group class – his most notable achievement was back to …

Saturday turned out to be a good day for me financially as I backed Supaseus, the winner of the Cambridgeshire.  Supaseus is owned by Sir Martyn and Ben Arbib – Sir Martyn is one of my co-investors at Swindon Town.  The icing on the cake came a little later when Swindon held on to win 3-2 at Brentford – it …