I had a long chat with Pete this morning. Winker recovered from the race extremely well. He’s a very uncomplicated horse and appears to be a true professional – we will probably go straight to Ascot with him now. Lord Snooty will come out in two or three weeks, either at Newmarket or Windsor – he wouldn’t want it too …

A winner at last! It’s a real relief, and it was great to be back in the winner’s enclosure again. I’d had 24 runs since my last winner, with 8 seconds, 4 thirds and 3 fourths – I was beginning to think I was cursed. I got to the course early and I had the chance of a good look …

I travelled up to Newmarket to watch Major Eazy run and arrived forty minutes before the race – I met up with Jeremy, who with his brother Ed are the co-owners. The horse looked pretty well in the pre-parade ring – fairly lean and very calm. Richard Perham joined us – he said that he’d been riding Spirit of Sharjah …

No runners today, but I’ll be watching a few. Brian runs two in the first at Warwick, and it should give a good indication of how forward his 2yos are – ours runs tomorrow. Later on in the 4.30 Pagano makes his debut for Alan King. I went to the sales intending to bid for this horse, but decided against …

12 days on from my last post and still no winners. Kings Head ran well to come fourth – the trip was probably to long and we’ll drop him back. Master of the Race also did well in coming third at a big price. He’ll get a handicap now and should be able to pick up a small race, but …

I’ve been very busy lately – a lot to write about but not enough time to write it. I don’t seem to be able to update this blog from work due to firewall issues which makes matters worse. I went to Milan ten days ago – I had lunch at San Siro one day and watched a few trotting races. …

I went to Ascot on Saturday to watch Mon Michel run – I took a box and invited a few mates along. MM was in the first race – Rodger arrived at the box fairly early, and he was unhappy about the jockey bookings. Jamie Moore normally rides MM on the home gallops, and often MM works with Altilhar. Both …

Mon Michel runs in what is a very competitive juvenile on Saturday – Robert Thornton takes the ride. He’s been disappointing thus far, well beaten into second on his last two starts, but he is good on the gallops and my feeling is that he is weighted to pick up a big handicap if and when it comes right for …

King’s Head was beaten fair and square by a decent looking animal. Prince Ary ran a stinker today and finished with quite a nasty cut on his leg. I’ve now had five second places and a couple of thirds since my last winner – roll on the flat season.

I was spectacularly bad today – all my fancied horses finished unplaced and the only horse I laid won. Not much to be said about that. King’s Head goes tomorrow. He’d like it a little firmer but he should go ok – I spoke to Gary today and he said that the horse works like a good ‘un and is …