Plenty of rain overnight in Guernsey.  Assuming more rain has fallen in the UK, the ground will ride slow at most of the racecourse’s today.  At Newbury, The Tin Man 3.00 is a course winner, likes cut in the ground and has had a run this year, he ran ok at Ascot.  With improvement for that run, he would be my choice.  Silvestre de Sousa could start the day with a winner, he rides Fox Chairman at 1.50.  Form on the soft and a really good run last time makes a lot of appeal.

It is the  Betway Summer Handicap Hurdle At Market Rasen today.  Won last year by L’Inganno Felice, who is back in training after been given a bit of time off.  Today the race looks as competitive as ever.  The topweight Longhouse Sale has done nothing wrong in four runs.  He has a solid chance of defying topweight, although this will be his hardest task so far.

I will miss live racing, one of my son’s is playing in a tournament here in Guernsey.  With the first match against Everton Academy ! So it will be tough, they have won the tournament for the last 9 years, so it will be a hard start, but good experience.  Hopefully the local teams can perform well over the next couple of days.