A good WINNER yesterday for my subscribers, Clondaw Castle 1:40 Leicester strolled home at 6/4, it was only a three horse race, I opposed the odds on favourite, simply because he had a lot of question marks, jumping, enthusiasm, and first run of year.  He was rated 12lb ahead over hurdles, than my selection,  but it was a chase yesterday, and his previous race over fences, was poor.

Anyway on to today, two turf meetings have been abandoned, the two remaining are on the all weather.  At Lingfield racing gets started at 1.00, a tricky first race, I like one in the second, and the third race at 2:05 looks a moderate event.  If Turn To Rock is any good, he has an ideal chance to win, as the favourite is not very good.  At Kempton later today Choice Encounter looks to follow up on a recent win at 6:45, he could well be hard to beat.

I was just talking to a good friend this morning, former top jockey Declan Murphy.  He was in good form, said the weather is cold in the UK, and he was looking forward to going back to Madrid soon, he spends most of his time living in Spain now, always good to speak to him.  He made an amazing recovery from his awful fall, back in 1994.   He had great belief that he would get well again, after his fall, such a shame his career as a jockey was cut short, he was a very talented rider.