A late post today.  Couple of good winners yesterday for my followers.  Both won well at Exeter.   Darcy Ward 7.20, jumped well and likes quick ground, he could win again.  Story Of Friends 8.20 was a good winner of the bumper, it’s hard to know what he beat, and it is always hard trying to follow up under a penalty, if his trainer decides to try and win another one.

A fair amount of rain around throughout today.  I backed one at Chester, who ran ok, no excuses on the ground, I just think the winner is a very good horse. Sir Dragonet looked a more than useful horse, he only had his first run 13 days ago, the O’Brian horses look very strong this year so far.  Japan is another horse I really like, he is pencilled in to run at the weekend in a Derby trial , possibly in Ireland.  A great ride by Shane Kelly today on Gossiping, he galvanised his mount to get up on the line in the 5.05 to win by a nose.  Tomorrow has some good races at Chester, hopefully I can find a winner.  It is a really difficult track, some horses just do not handle the sharp bends, you really want a horse that is a strong traveller, as it is difficult to make ground on a lazy type, you get pushed wide if your horse loses its place, and it makes it very difficult to get back into the contest. Franny Norton is a jockey who rides the track very well, he usually has an excellent strike rate, winners to rides.

More later.