The ground today on grass looks testing at Hexham and Warwick, I would imagine it will be pretty much the same at Chepstow.  At Hexham in the 2.00,  Kileaty Briggs is the only ride of the day for Adrian Heskin.  He should oblige with a win, having just been chinned on his last run, I would be surprised if he gets turned over at short odds.  A really decent Novice Chase  at Warwick 2.10, Mister Fisher will likely start as favourite, trained by Nicky Henderson, he has really strong form over hurdles, he will be well schooled for his first try over fences.   Torpllo who receives a handy allowance for being only four, could well make use of that, and would be my idea of the one to watch closely, it is not strictly between these two, as Lisp who is headstrong, may well run well, he has also shown useful form over hurdles as well.

Switching codes: Football

I was a little bit surprised to see the change of management at Spurs over the last 24 hours.  Jose Mourinho has been appointed as new head coach, with the termination of Mauricio Pochettino’s contract.  The big question, is will Jose be able to turn around the poor start for the club.  Football managers change all the time, the rumour mill did think Pochettino was a candidate to take over when Mourinho was sacked at Manchester United, and here we see now he has lost his job, I don’t think the Argentine manager will be waiting too long, he will be offered plenty of good jobs in football over the next few months.  I thought he was doing a good job at Spurs, but obviously more was expected, from the Tottenham board.

I haven’t got too involved today with the racing.  Really testing ground at Cheltenham, some big priced winners, as is the norm on really slow ground.  Looking at the racing at Wolverhampton this evening, the 4.45 looks a really decent race.  Poets Mind would be my slight preference, Celestran is a real danger. I have actually backed them both ! Celestran to win and Poets Mind without Celestran.

Very testing ground at most of the race meetings today.  So a bit of caution in having a bet.  At Ayr the booking of decent 5lb claimer could make the difference to the chance of River Icon 2.15.  She has been running well on the flat of late, the heavy ground will make this a real slog, this mare stays well, and would be my choice here. The remainder of the card looks very difficult, hopefully the current dry weather at the track will stay, and not make the going any softer. She’s  A Rocco has been well backed in the last race, a bumper.  Her trainer likes to have winners at this track, so any more market support is eye catching.  At Bangor, already one race is over.  Augusta Gold is short odds to win the 1.15, Ailsa Mix is a real threat in this Novice Chase, for mares only, Augusta Gold has had a run this season, so that may well edge it for her.

A good winner earlier this evening, First View 5.10 Kempton advised to my subscribers at 9/4 (without First Reciever) this morning.  I played the safer option, although he was an outright winner.  Looking at the remaining races this evening, Busby 7.10 could well get another win at the track.  He has really good form at the track and course form at the track is always helpful.  Looking ahead to the rest of the week, some really good meetings, the jump racing is slowly taking centre stage, with today’s big race at Exeter going the way of the Nicky Henderson trained Janika.  The Halton Gold Cup, is always a good Handicap, carrying grade 2 class, and over £40,000 to the winner.  Henderson is always a stable to follow during November, he usually has his horses in good health.

October was a good month of profit for my subscription members, with +4.32 points(£432.00) so that was a plus.  With plenty of rain overnight, the ground will be testing at the majority of turf meetings today.  At Newcastle on the tapeta, rain normally helps to make the track ride a bit faster.  With the transferred from Doncaster group 1 Vertem Futurity at 6.00 for two year olds, over the mile.  I think it is the first group 1 race on an artificial surface.  Kinross has been heavily backed into favourite.  The Ralph Beckett trained colt was very impressive when he won easily at Newmarket on debut.  It is a big jump up in class from that here, as Mogul trained by Aiden O’Brian is a Group 2 winner, and has more experience.  But it will be really interesting to see the race, as a few others lining up are potentially very useful performers. So probably a race to watch rather than get heavily involved in, Newcastle is really a tough last furlong, horses with previous form at the track are worth following.

More later.