Weekend Jottings

It's a shame that the biggest stories centering around British racing at present is the number of punch-up's at the racecourses.  I know that there are sniffer dogs on some of the tracks now, although I am not quite sure of their value.  As I see it, the biggest problem is the number of drinks these idiots are consuming.  Furthermore, most of them are wearing suits and look completely normal until they are blind drunk.  I tend to agree with snooker and boxing supremo Barry Hearn, who says that more money needs to be spent on security and there should be less tolerance - the moment there is any sign of trouble, they should be ejected from the course.  Most of them aren't there for the racing anyway, just a good booze-up.

There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with a flat card from Ripon and two jumps fixtures from Market Rasen and Stratford.  Stable jockey Tom Scudamore heads to Stratford where he has picked up four outside mounts, a couple of which look to have sound chances.

When I moved to Brixham, a small fishing town in South Devon there were no less than five betting shops.  It seemed a little excessive and it is hardly surprising that only one survives today.  Even so, when the new £2 limit on the FOBT's comes in, I reckon this one will follow the other four.  While I don't condone these roulette machines, it will be a shame when the betting shops are gone.  It seems that everybody does their gambling online these days.  I still remember the times before the pictures were beamed into the shops and you had to listen on the loud speakers...happy days.

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There are only 25 days to go until the start of the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.  I hope they have their security sorted out.  It seems that a lot of the fans from other countries only go along to fight with other nations, it's a sad state of affairs.

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A man goes to the Doctor's with a carrot up his nose and a parsnip in his ear.  The doctor says "Clearly you are not eating properly!"

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