A dreadful day in Newmarket, albeit a warm one (12 degrees). Yesterday morning was lovely but it was raining by evening stables. Rained for much of the night, all morning &, now, into the afternoon. Easy to see why poor @FakenhamRC has been caught out. An unforecastly awful day.
👏 Brian Acheson hugely complimentary on GALOPIN DES CHAMPS, per @AtTheRaces:
"He is the best horse since Kauto Star and I’ve said it since the day of the Turners. He is an absolute rocket, a weapon.
"We lost nothing in defeat and I don’t think there is a horse in training that can stay with him, he’s just a machine.
"You are running for second place. In the era where we don’t have enough good horses, if I didn’t have Gerri in the race, then you would love him to win by half the track just to make him look a superstar – and he is a superstar, I would love to own him.
"Hats off to him and it was actually an honour to run against him, he’s so good. We will take him on but there is only one winner."
EL PRADO (IRE) 1989
(SADLER'S WELLS - LADY CAPULET BY SIR IVOR) #ElPrado 1991 co-champion 2 year old colt in Ireland. Was trained by Vincent O'Brien .Sired 85 sw. Stood at @AdenaSprings
🗣 "James is 100 per cent top class. He's better than just being a back-up jockey"
Nicky Henderson has backed James Bowen to take any extra attention in his stride when deputising for injured stable jockey Nico de Boinville
https://t.co/TMMzydV8aQ
Day 9️⃣ of The 12 Greys of Christmas 🎁
Remembering Defoe, Coronation Cup hero 🏆
Defoe was so loved, that a rocking horse was made in his image for Roger Varian's children 🤍
There is and has been too many takeout merchants in racing since it began !!! Show media rights deals in the public domain like the premier league football does and put some of the cake back and make British racing the best in the World like it used to be… 🤷🏻♂️👊🏼🏇💰🇬🇧