Weekend Jottings

There are three meetings taking place this afternoon and they are all over the sticks with action coming from Stratford, Wetherby and Wincanton.  The stable does not have any runners today, although it looks as though jockeys Conor O'Farrell and David Noonan have picked up some decent outside rides at Wincanton.  They had certainly better get a wriggle on as they were both riding at Ayr yesterday.  It is quite amazing the distances these lads will go in search of a winner.

Don't forget, you have until midnight tonight to cast your vote for Racehorse of the Year.  Who will it be?  Annie Power?  Cue Card?  Don Cossack? Sprinter Sacre?  Or maybe Thistlecrack?  It's a difficult one as they are five extremely good horses and I am sure that any trainer would be pleased to have any one of them.  Annie Power would get my vote, although I have a sneaking suspicion that Sprinter Sacre might land it having made a Lazarus-like return at Cheltenham last month.

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I see that England cricket captain Alistair Cook is in trouble over his helmet.  Cook wore his old helmet when scoring a century for Essex, although regulations had already changed about protective headwear after a number of players were injured after some balls squeezed through their grille.  I still see pictures of Brian Close with all those seam marks on his chest.  They made them a lot tougher back then...ask your dad all about Brian Close.

No prizes for guessing where I will be at 1.30pm today...that's right, in front of my television!  Top of the table Leicester take on my beloved West Ham and not content with getting my finger burned once already this week, I think the Hammers are too big at 16/5.  Leicester must be getting a bit edgy with the Premier League all but in their grasp.

Manchester City's Champions League semi-final opponents will be Real Madrid.  It will be good to see Christiano Ronaldo back playing in this country - he is a special talent who seems to score every week.  It will be interesting to see if he is able to do the same at Main Road.

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Thought for the day.   Imagine if you could understand morse code...wouldn't a tap dancer drive you mad?!

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