A funny day yesterday – it felt like a long day chauffeuring my kids around with a couple of business meetings crammed in to the middle of the day. There was at least time to watch a bit of racing and lose a bit of money – I came second in a couple of agonisingly close finishes. I had a …

It was a long weekend and it’s a relief to be back at my desk. We had a fifth child to look after and my mother came all day Sunday – it’s nice to be living in a big house but it takes a lot longer to clear it up. It rained all afternoon so we decided to watch a …

I’ve had blog problems and the site has been down for a while – apologies for any inconvenience. My betting has been very up and down. I had an amazing run following a few stables coming into form – Stuart Kittow, David O’Meara, Keith Dalgleish etc. Tom’s horses have been running extremely well and continue to do so. This last …

I had a nice winner last week when Peintre D’Argent won at Newbury – she amazed us all by winning with incredible ease. She’s in foal to Winker – I think it’s made her eat a lot more (always a problem with her) and she may have benefited from it. She goes tomorrow at Musselburgh and I don’t see why …

The runners are coming in thick and fast now, with good and bad results. Van Go Go won her claimer but was claimed by Paul Dixon. I spoke to Paul later and bought back a leg – I doubt she will be a champion but she’s improving and is uncomplicated and should win more races – she’s also my first …

I had a lot of runners last week with no success, but Manor House had a Chester winner (owned by Michael) and the 2yos are starting to fire now so I’m fairly happy. It was a very busy week. On the bank holiday weekend I was away at Turnberry in a group of 47 – back at the farm Jane …

I had several runners while I was away. Van Go Go broke her duck nicely at Redcar and goes again today. Monster Munchie won a weak maiden at Wolverhampton. Sunday Bess came out in a strong maiden at Newbury – she came fourth, which was on the face of it a disappointment, but she may step up from that. Nemo …

I’m recently back from a two week family holiday in Brazil. Jane’s brother moved out there at the end of 2009 to take up a position as deputy head of the British school at Rio de Janeiro and he helped us put the holiday together – the party was me and Jane, the children and Jane’s mother. We had a …

I’ve got a lot of horse action coming up over the next few weeks and I’m in the middle of a busy working time, so time for a good download; Theophrastus has finally been showing decent form, and he goes again on Tuesday over 3m6f. He’s off a mark of 115 having won back to back handicaps, but he’s in …

I mnentioned three horses in my last blog post that would run over the next few days – in fact none of them are. Nationalism was pulled out of the Lincoln; Whey Sauce was withdrawn as the feeling was that she is not quite ready. The worst news regarded Wear em out Wilf – he had worked extremely well for …