I hope followers may have had the double I had yesterday.  Gantier 4:30 Lingfield and Marhaban 8:25 Wolverhampton, they were a bit short when I mentioned yesterday that I had backed them in a double, but both did the business ! Not too sure Gantier is in love with racing, he made hard work of winning.

Racing at Market Rasen goes ahead, a few decent types racing at the Lincolnshire track today.  Bachelor will be hoping to get some prize money for connections at 1:50, he fell last time behind a very useful horse, and may just edge it today over Lisheen Castle, if none the worse for his recent tumble.  At Newcastle, I thought Tetradracham was a convincing winner last time at Wolverhampton.  He has been raised 9lb for that, but he won by 7 lengths that day, he seemed a different horse in the tongue tie, which he wears again today.

I have been reading about the trainer Darren Weir in Australia.  He looks like getting a ban for possessing illegal electronic devices, known as jiggers, after they were found at his stables by police and stewards during a raid.  He is a leading trainer, having trained a Melbourne Cup winner in 2015. A “Jigger ” is the local name for an electronic device, usually used with a whip, and is designed to deliver an electronic shock to a horse in a bid to produce a better performance on the track.  All I can say about it, is if he has been using Jiggers, he deserves a ban, if you have to resort to that kind of training, you don’t belong in the sport.