Huge figure in 80s racing. I was once in a lift at Ascot & Henry Cecil entered. I was so in awe,I took a step back & crushed the foot of the man behind, who turned out to be the Aga Khan. Took it in remarkably good spirit, a
& was very amused by my fumbled attempts to utter correct form of address.

There’s this special kind of dad…

We finally know the name of the mystery taxpayer who bought a dodgy tax avoidance scheme and tried to obtain an anonymity order to keep his fight with HMRC out of the press.

It's Frankie Dettori.

I'm no tipster & never want to be. However,if anyone fancies a fun bet to very small stakes tomorrow,they could do a lot worse than a little dabble on Silver Thorn at around 25s in the 1.35 at Newbury. A long term prospect, I was really taken by him at Stratford. Sure he's better than the bare form

He seemed to enjoy that, bless him. Jumped beautifully, admittedly against poor opposition. I do just wonder what level he can reach over hurdles. A decent handicap at least, I would have thought.

My favourite horse in training, Wise Eagle, returns to hurdling (solely due to running so well on the flat) after four years on Friday for Adam Nicol (12.38 Musselburgh). How much do I love this horse? I once travelled from Bucks to Redcar SPECIFICALLY to see this fella (he won, gawd bless him)

Phrases you don't like to hear from racing presenters (Luke Harvey) when a horse falls. "He didn't deserve that, he was going well".
When DOES a horse deserve a fall, Luke?

Crikey, Willy Twiston-Davies is morphing into his dad rapidly - poor lad 😂

Five writers of whom I've read 10+ books:

Charles Dickens
Dick Francis
David Nobbs
Michael Morpurgo
Philip Pullman

Well it's not taken long here for the block option to go into overdrive. So much for the "better place".

Are you a champagne socialist?

Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵

It’s definitely a Mad World. #albionchristmastour www.albionchristmas.co.uk

#Sugarbabes on #SCD - the Trigger's Broom of pop.

If your display name is something other than your real name it's going to make it very hard for people to search for you and for you to grow your reach. If you edit your profile and make your display name different to your handle you should gain followers.

Goodness me he's good. (Pictured here at Stratford) #l'eaudusud @roadcheltenham.bsky.social
@racingtv1.bsky.social

Crikey, this weather is wreaking havoc with field sizes. Average fields for both Exeter and Plumpton on Monday? FOUR.
In fact Plumpton has exactly four declared per race. Can't remember last time I saw an entire win only racecard.

@fentonstevens.bsky.social Ah, good to see you've come across to a far friendlier place. Very much liking it so far.