With all the turf racing today finished.  The ground at Ludlow went soft and quite testing, I was going to back one at the track in a later race, with the rain and change in going to soft, I gave it a miss.  It’s hard enough trying to back winners when things are in your favour, so when underfoot conditions are not suitable, avoid !

At Kempton Master Tommytucker was a good winner 1.30, he raced keenly in front and rallied from the last fence to get the better of Who Dares Wins, who ran really well.  The favourite Thomas Darby was a dissapointing 3rd, he never looked happy from halfway. I thought Culture De Sivola was given a moderate ride in the 2.05.  She did well to be second, as her rider Lizzy Kelly must have gone a furlong further than the winner, she was kept wide all the way, with the winner going the shortest route down the inside, and Papagana stayed on well to get the job done.

Looking at the remainder of races today at Chelmsford.  Montather 4.30 will not need to be anything special to win on debut.  It looks an average Novice Stakes, with those that have ran, there are 4 horses that have never ran, so one of them could be smart. Majestic Noor did run well on debut and will be better for that run, she could be in the mix.

I wasn’t surprised to see Donacha O’Brian announce that he has retired from race riding.  He has major weight issues, and must have got fed up with constantly reducing his weight every day.  Hopefully he will do well with his planned training career.  I’m sure he will be well supported with some good owners.

More tomorrow