Late post today.  I have been travelling back to Guernsey,  so not seen any racing as yet.  Another good month during September, with an Overall profit of 15.7 points for the month.  Looking forward to trying to keep things going during October, a lot of horses do start to lose form when the weather changes, plus the ground does not get to firm with the Autumn dew in the morning. A couple of horses entered in the early part of the week I have been waiting for, so I hope the rain stays away !

Kempton Park has some difficult handicaps to work out tonight,  a couple that look of interest running in later races.

It was nice to catch up with a few old friends in Newmarket and at Market Rasen, over the last few days.   I did not have much time to spend  with a couple of old weighing room colleagues as they were working on Saturday, Colin Hawkins and Russ Garrity are now Starters, both of them were at the races on Saturday. It is a long time since I seen either of them, both were good jockeys, and said they were enjoying their new roles.

It is good that the BHA are employing former jockeys, a large number now work as stipendary stewards, Jockey coaches and Starters. A jockeys career is not that long, especially a jump riders, a large number retire in their thirties, a lot due to injury,  being retrained in some other profession takes time, although the injured jockeys fund do help a lot with course costs for ex riders.