I watched a lot of the racing today.  Mister Fisher was a horse I mentioned on my website as one to follow when he was second on his chase debut at Warwick.  He duly did the business today at Cheltenham 12.45.  He jumped well in the main, and stayed on well.  Some decent performances at Cheltenham later in the card.  Call Me Lord was a game winner for Nicky Henderson and his under used jockey James Bowen.  He was touted as a future champion jockey when very rapidly riding out his claim, he was struggled for a decent “Saturday horse” this season, and it was good to see him get the opportunity to get on this horse, his regular jockey Daryl Jacob is currently out of action.  His stable companion Pentland Hills did not relax very well, his rider Nico De Boinville could not get his mount to drop the bit, and having raced with the “choke” out, he was unable to finish his race off, and tired on the run in.  A lot of horses tend to pull with De Boinville.

With racing currently taking place at Wolverhampton.  It was good to see young rider Angus Villiers win the first race for Mick Appleby.  He has just said he will not ride again this year, his boss Richard Hughes wants him to keep his 5lb claim for the start of the turf season, and this promising young rider is heading to Florida for a working holiday, where he will be based with Brendan Walsh.  I know Brendan from our time working together at Godolphin.  I’m sure the experience Angus will get from riding to the “clock” will only benefit him.

More tomorrow.