It was a good couple of days for jockey Rob Hornby. He rode two Group 1 winners at Newmarket, the second one yesterday for his former boss Andrew Balding, the mare Alcohol Free winning the July Cup over 6f. Hornby has conducted himself well, after losing the winning ride on Westover in the Irish Derby.

Today has good racing in France, the Deauville card starts at 12:23 with a 5f listed race for two year olds. Malrescia who is trained in England , looks the one to beat, she should have no problem with the drop to 5f , having won over the trip previously.

I like Hooper at Stratford, he has been running well over fences, and todays event over hurdles looks a good race for him to get back to winning ways, he runs at 3.46.

More soon.