Van To Kempton

It is a Bank Holiday Monday bonanza with six meetings taking place this afternoon.  The action comes on the flat from Windsor, Beverley and Bath, while there are jumps fixtures from Kempton, Warwick and Ayr.  David has one runner at Kempton today as Vaniteux runs in the 2m2f handicap chase at 4.40pm.  Despite top weight of 11-12 he has dropped to a handy mark and this is the easiest race that he has contested in some time.  He gets his ground again today but would need to improve on his most recent couple of efforts.  Tom Scudamore is in the saddle.

What an incredible result in the 1,000 Guineas yesterday afternoon with the Richard Hannon trained 66/1 chance Billesdon Brook victorious.  It didn't look to be a fluke in any way shape or form so it will be interesting to see if this filly can reproduce it next time.  We were at the Hannon establishment recently and I can tell you that this one was not mentioned as a future Classic winner.  She becomes the biggest priced winner of the fillies' Classic.

Also over the weekend was the Kentucky Derby and I have never seen so much water on a race track, it looked as though they were running over a pond.  There was loads of standing water on the course and I am sure the action would not have been allowed to go ahead in this country.

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Foolishly I watched some of the Tony Bellew slaughter of David Haye.  I know that the fight was just put on to help Haye make a bit of money, but it was so one-sided it was embarrassing.  Let's hope that Haye packs boxing in and takes up promoting - he has already proven to be a really good talker by getting the fight on in the first place!

Liverpool's Mo Salah should be picked for the England diving team.  I have only ever seen Michael Phelps dive more often!  You older ones will know what I'm talking about.

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Thought for the day...how long a minute lasts can vary depending on which side of the bathroom door you are on!  Have a nice day...

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