- Sunday, 04 May 2014 07:46
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It is day two of the Newmarket Guineas meeting this afternoon and it is the turn of the ladies with the 1,000 Guineas the highlight. It is a Group One contest with £410,000 in prize money up for grabs - unsurprisingly it has attracted a high class, nineteen runner field. Supporting that, there is also a Group Three race on what looks to be a very good card. Meanwhile, there are also flat meetings from Hamilton and Salisbury. With no jump action on the menu, the stable has a Sunday off.
I see that bookmaker Paddy Power has priced up this years' jump jockeys' championship on a handicap basis. Tom Scudamore is an 8/1 chance with a 95 winner head start over A P McCoy, while Barry Geraghty is also 8/1 but with a 150 winner head start over the champ. Don't forget that while he does not ride over here full-time, Geraghty still has the might of the Henderson team to rely on and at certainly looks worth a bet...the only drawback I can see is that you have to wait a while to collect your winnings!
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I have been watching the build-up to the Carl Froch and George Groves rematch at Wembley on 31st May for some weeks now and I have to say, I am not sure that there is the sort of animosity between the two men that has been made out in the press. Mind you, a bit of aggro between fighters has always sold tickets and at the end of the day it is all about bums on seats.
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I had to chuckle when I saw England cricket bad boy Kevin Pietersen's tweeted reaction to the news of England batting coach, Graham Gooch's sacking. He said, "Where do I apply for the England batting coach job? I won't encourage whistling when you get out or trying to change the game." I wonder what he means by that? Seems a little deep to me!
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My local football team Torquay United are heading out of league football. They are currently bottom of League 2 and played the team that are third from bottom yesterday. I went and saw the Gulls play recently and it was a terrible match on a cold evening. You know it is far from entertaining when you keep looking at your watch! It will take a massive effort to get them back into the league proper - you would think that a town the size of Torquay would have a league side!
