2 Sunday Runners

                 Bathwick Man -
    Winner of this race 12 months ago

Today there are three race meetings, a flat card at Redcar and two jumps meetings at Newton Abbot and Stratford.  David has one runner at each jumps meeting both for owner Sarah Clifford.  Bathwick Man runs at Stratford and Waterunder at our local track.  Bathwick Man was the winner of this race 12 months ago.  He does have to step up on recent form to have a chance this afternoon with Conor O'Farrell in the saddle.  Tom Scu rides Waterunder.  He was the winner of a hurdle race at Ffos Las this season but does have to give a lot of weight away this afternoon.  The flat card at Redcar has terrible prize money on offer.  The biggest prize to the winner is £6,409.  All the rest are worth £3000 and two of them are worth £1900.  Mind you, if the trainers and owners run them the courses will get away with it.

I would like to say a special happy birthday to a trio of our owners today.  Wayne Clifford, Malcolm Denmark and Gino Paletta all share their birthday's today so I hope they all enjoy a great day.

I see Jack Berry caught up with loud bookie Barry Dennis at Lord cricket ground in the week.  He wanted him to sponsor a brick in the rehabilitation centre.  Jack caught up with MCP and myself a few years ago and we have our names on a couple of bricks.  Jack does a lot for the Injured Jockeys Fund and has done for many years.

I saw some of my Arsenal mates in the week when I was in London.  They still live in cloud cuckoo land.  They will not get Luis Suarez but at least all the talk in the paper keeps them happy!

I see that former Engalnd captain Michael Vaughn and Aussie Damien Martyn got stuck in a lift at Lords.  They were stuck for 35 minutes!  Just say Botham and Chappel ever got stuck, they would not have needed 35 minutes before they came to blows!  I know a few people that would have paid good money to see that fight!  Have a good day.