I managed to see a fair bit of racing earlier.  Pleased to see Godolphin win another Group 1 race with Wild Illusion , she has been running well in top races all year, the drop back to 10f today seemed to suit her.  William Buick gave her a positive ride, making all the running, she really answered his every call in the last two furlongs, galloping on strong to win well from Urban Fox.

Galway has had a bit of rain, very tough to back winners at this meeting.  A large number of stables target this meeting, especially in the handicaps.  The crowd looks large all week, it is a meeting I want to go to one day, I never managed to ride there when I was a jockey.

I am just looking at the Epsom card for tonight, it would be nice to see my old weighing room colleague Shaun Keightley have a winner tonight, with Dance Teacher 7:30.  Shaun is back training after over 10 years without a license.   I saw him recently at the July sales in Newmarket, he was in good form.  Shaun is a really good man,  who works very hard,  and deserves to do well.   He was a good dual purpose jockey.  I spent many enjoyable days going racing with him, and some good days riding against him as well.