Live From Pond House!

There's a real buzz in the yard this morning as Channel 4 Racing are filming live from the stable.  They will be featuring interviews from David and Martin and they take a look at some of the Cheltenham hopefuls as they complete their preparation.  As you can see from the picture above there are plenty of people in the Channel 4 team (and that is before you get to the technical guys in the live broadcast vans) - it is amazing how many people it takes to bring a live feed to your television set.

There's a real buzz in the yard this morning as Channel 4 Racing are filming live from the stable.  They will be featuring interviews from David and Martin and they take a look at some of the Cheltenham hopefuls as they complete their preparation.  As you can see from the picture above there are plenty of people in the Channel 4 team (and that is before you get to the technical guys in the live broadcast vans) - it is amazing how many people it takes to bring a live feed to your television set.

There are four meetings taking place this afternoon - three jumps cards coming from Doncaster, Newbury and Kelso as well as an all-weather flat meeting from Lingfield.  The stable has just the one runner today at Newbury, Master Overseer who takes in the veterans' chase.  He either wins or pulls up so I guess if you have backed him you will know your fate from a fairly early stage.  He has run some cracking races down the years, but he is still 1lb higher than his best winning mark so it will take a good performance for him to win.  He will be partnered by Tom Scudamore who gets on so well with him.

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Did anyone see those pictures of the pike being rescued from Worcester racecourse yesterday?  They were huge!  Racecourse staff rescued them and returned them to the river - they certainly looked like a couple of nice fish, although I bet they could give you a fair old nip.

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I was watching the cricket between the West Indies and England.  True to form England managed to lose by 15 runs.  Sadly the match was only watched by a few thousand people - a few years ago the stadium would have been packed.  It seems that everyone out there now watches netball, sorry basketball or rounders, I mean baseball!  When I was in the West Indies back in the sixties and seventies every kid played cricket, but not any longer.

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The much anticipated snooker match between Ronie O'Sullivan and John Higgins never really materialised as The Rocket beat Higgins 5-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Welsh Open.  It was Ronnie's first win over Higgins in five years...I don't see anyone being able to stop him from lifting the trophy now.

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My football mate says that the problem with Manchester United is that Moyes should not have got rid of all the back room staff - they knew the United system.  I can't say I disagree with him either.

I will be having a little treble on Spurs at 4/11, Leicester at 4/9 and Rotherham at 4/6...you heard it hear first!

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Don't forget if you have missed the Morning Line live from the yard, you can always catch it on Channel 4+1!  Have a nice day.

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