It was good to get a winning bet for my subscribers yesterday.  I advised backing Confirmation Bias 3.45 Wincanton (without Supamouse) at 11/8 in the morning.  So in wet conditions, he did well to get second to Supamouse, and make it a winning bet.

Ground conditions at Fontwell looked tough, causing the card to be abandoned after 4 races.  Heavy rain saw the ground turn to be very heavy, and unsafe, hence the inspection and then being called off.  Todays card’s at Chepstow will be a real slog.  It will be tough going, horses will finish tired.  I may well put an update on later today , I’m just awaiting an update on going and weather.

I was sorry to hear of the death of former jump jockey Colin “Jack” Hawkins on Christmas Day.  He was 64, a really good northern based rider in his days as a jockey, currently he had been doing the role of a starter on the northern circuit.  I bumped into him at Market Rasen in September, I knew him from when he was a jockey, and when I was an apprentice in Middleham, he was stable jockey to Neville Crump.  Colin was a really nice guy, and will be missed by friends and family.