Gold for GB!

There are plenty of flat meetings on today with Yarmouth, Goodwood, Beverley, Ffos Las and Lingfield all taking place. In Ireland, the Galway festival continues with a mixed card.  

Yesterday at Galway, Martin McIntyre our amateur jockey took the journey over to have a ride in the 7:10pm he had no luck with his mount La Hacienda finishing down the field, but to get the chance to have a ride in big festivals like that are always what it's all about. 

The first day of Glorious Goodwood begins and it is stacked with quality racing across the card as the Group 1 Goodwood Cup takes place at 3:35pm and features two Group 2 contests.

Sky Sports Racing presenter Robert Cooper will cover his last meeting today at Yarmouth. The racecourse named the last race after him as a farewell which has actually divided so he actually has two races now named after him and I am sure he will not be too far away from a racecourse in the future!

The action from the Olympics continued and in the diving, Tom Daley won his fifth Olympic medal with silver alongside Noah Williams in the men’s synchronised 10m platform. Tom Daley had effectively retired from diving after winning Gold in the sport at Tokyo, but his son Robbie persuaded him to return, when he said he wanted to watch his Papa diving at an Olympics! There is now talk, that his one off appearance in this Olympic Games could encourage him in doing another. 

In the eventing, Team GB defended their Olympic title with securing the Gold medal and becoming the first Gold Medal at the Paris 2024 games for GB. The triumph in Tokyo for the team 3 years ago was the first team eventing gold for 49 years and three years later, the team have successfully retained their title for the first time since achieving back-to-back golds in 1972. Laura Collett also secured a Bronze medal in the individual also. 

Across the third day of the Olympics GB won a total of 6 medals, taking our total up to 10 going into day four. 

What kind of exercises are best for a swimmer?

Pool-ups!

Happy Tuesday!